1937-09-29 — Page 8

MATES

1937

TORPEDO ATTACK ON IDZUMO Explosion Rocks All Shanghai In Early Hours

VIOLENT BATTERY

BRINGS WAR BACK

TO FOREIGN AREA

Shanghai, To-day.

The war came with startling suddenness to Shanghai's doorstep at 4.50 this morning when the pre-dawn stillness was shattered by a terrific explo-

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This was the signal for an intensive battle be- STUDY OF

tween Chinese artillery in Pootung and the Japan

ese warships strung out from the Japanese Con- UNEMPLOYMENT

sulate General to Woosung, which lasted for an hour.

London

Mr. Ernest Brown,

tion of the unemployment

The Japanese warcraft pumped a continual of Labour, continuing his stream of shells into Pootung, the thunderous de-visited Harrogate yeste tonations waking up the entire city.

The force of the explosions broke several win- dow panes in the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank premises and other buildings on the Bund.

will later visit York, Wakefield and other Yorkshire towns.

Mr. Brown is most concerned at the question of employment for men

from 45 to 65 and young, men have had no settled work since leay-

Shells from Chinese guns passed over the ing school Reuter Idzumo and are reported to have landed on Jar- dine's Shanghai and Hongkew Wharf.

Meanwhile, daring Chinese machine gunners THE on Pootung Point, on the opposite bank of the river from the Japanese Consulate General, sprayed the Idzumo and nearby Japanese warships with fire.

Japanese seaplanes took the air to try and spot the Chinese guns which, not wishing to disclose their positions, remained silent.

The battle was the noisiest heard in Shanghai since hostilities started and gave most of the city's inhabitants a badftright.

The populace of Nantao, thinking themselves under bombardment, were especially nervous, and many began terrified exodus from the area. Reuter.

HUGE CHINESE REINFORCEMENT

Shanghai, To-day.

Japanese planes took a prominent part in operations on the Shanghai front, where in spite of heavy hand to hand struggles, neither side has gained any decisive advantage.

The Chinese have been further reinforced, and, according to Japanese sources, seven Chinese divisions are now stationed on the Lotien sector.

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WORLD GOES BY

ByULYSSES

WORD on hiking. word, I mit

A should say, of warning. show waring to the more athletically- minded of our Shanghai, guests. who may look forward to enliven- ing a gloomy winter in Hong Kong by scaling the many hills, moun- tains, alps and oheir

tions of the earth's urface (dic tionary).

These so-called natural eleva tions-are- not in the least hit. tural Indeed, after one or two tempts to scale the Observatory Hill and other such mountainous

ranges: I have come to the sion that some fendishly-minded just out of pure devilment.

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ole memorial to the lite and you should beware of those cranks, of whom there are many in Ulysses touches me deeply. If the the Colony, who gaze at-Taimoshan bottles were replenished from time or Lion Rock with a faraway, to time, I might even consider pay. dreamy look and who murmur ecsta-ing a visit to the spot. Until then, Eighteen Chinese divisions, each tically of hikes, past and yet to however, I shall keep myself firmly from 6,000 to 10,000 strong, are come. bow said to be stationed in

There is nothing ecstatic in hik region of Liuhong, Pootung landing. It leads invariably to at least Kiangwan, while another twenty two gallons of sweat (le perspira divisions are asserted to be in the tion), loss of several pounds in immediate vicinity of Shanghai. weight, skinless heels, aches and

often,

agement or

one of

Statements made by Japanese those hurried weddings. spokesman yesterday on the strength The last occasion I went, of the Chinese air force are much started off, on a hike was remarked on by foreign journalists, large party of us took the since they were in glaring contrast slopes of Kowloon Peak at to former affimations from the same somewhat reminiscent of the earlier source that the Chinese air force stages of a Japanese attack had been practically annihilated." While, the others gallantly ear-

ried on and were last now says that the the Dear Old Flag. the strength of two minutes silence) Chinese

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force mit, 1, like the previously even toed Japanese attack, had Ocean dead stop, 1,921 feet from

tied down to the fat.

When desirous of taking exer-

cise, as the saying goes,

rugby play two or three games football, followed by a run round Happy Valley and possibly a game or two of squash rackets, some hockey thrown in for good measure.--But no hiking.

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