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SHANGHAI EPIC

Chinese Outwit Japanese Military Tactics.

MINE

ATTACK ON IDZUMO

Shanghai, 2 pm, 10-day.

PANESE RÉval

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thorities

ich was Town by soldiers to

had its origin in the Shanghai Docks, to which the electric wire which exploded it has been traced

They add that the explosion took place 150 metres away from the flagship and deny reports of damage Our Own Correspo dent

NATIONAL

BRILLIANT HANDLING OF RESERVE TROOPS

JAPANESE FAILURE

ADMITTED

Shanghai, 2 p.m., To-day. In an official communique issued to-day, the Japanese admit the failure of their fourth big offensive on the Shanghai front, while stating that fighting is still continuing.

The phraseology used is: "All positions are un- changed, but severe fighting is going on."

Behind this cryptic statement is a story of re-

APPEAL FOR peated attempts to break the Chinese lines by the

“infiltration tactics, made famous by von Hutier during the Great War, with violent isolated as-

BRITISH

MINISTERS

IMPRESSED

London, To-day. The parliamentary correspon dent of The Times” says that it is understood that Ministers are much impresssed by the rising feeling in this country against the methods adopted by Japan in venture in China. prosecuting her militaristic ad-

They recognise, he states, that there is growing support for the de-

mand for economic boycott of Ja- pan, put forward by Sir Francis

CHINA URGED salts at a series of different points in the line, all-eland, MP, for North Conwall,

noted economist, in letters to "The Times

of which have failed largely because of China's and Professor J. M. Keynes, the wealth of reserves, which have been brilliantly em- ployed at critical moments.

The demand for a boycott of: Japan was reinforced by the Na-

meeting yesterday, and it is felt tional Council of Labour at its

that the Council's declaration is likely to reinforce the demand for Our Own Correspon-lan earlier meeting of Parlament.

Reuter

London, To-day. letter from the famous South African financier, Sir Abe Bailey, appears in "The Times penetrated the Chinese lines, swift have shown wonderful heroism and Where Japanese have temporarily Kwangsi divisions are reported to this morning recalling the na- counter-attacks have been launched resource in the Linhang sector, tional fund which the Lord before any depth of progress has where some of the severest fighting Mayor of London opened to rely restored.

been achieved and the defences ful- is occurring here the sufferers in the 1924 In the process, loss of life has

dent. Tokyo earthquake, and the hun been extremely severe on both sides. dreds of thousands of pounds sent to Japan from Britain as a result.

Pointing out the present urgent need of medical equipment in Chin- ese cities, where thousands of Chinese civilians are being torn to pieces by Japanese bombs and shells," Sir Abe Bailey (whose leg was recently amputated), says the "news comes with a terrible poignancy to an invalid who has received every attention

isn't

this an occasion when the British Commonwealth should come to the aid of sufferers in China, at least to the same extent as they came to the aid of the Japanese in 1924, and under the same traditional leader ship?"

RED CROSS STAD

JAPANESE RAID

WHAMPOA THIS MORNING

Canton, To-day. While no Japanese planes have call at noon states that there visited Canton to day, a phone

has been considerable aerial ac- when two Japanese planes, be- tivity over Whampoa all morning.

lieved to be off an aircraft-car- rier, surveyed and dropped bombs.

Suggesting that aid in this case Their main objective, the Naval should be rushed hinese ports Academy, is believed not to have in the form of

etics and been hit but a certain amount of res, first by air and then damage must have resulted in the

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