1937-10-02 — Page 24

THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER

1937.

FOUR JAPANESE JAPAN RECITES

WARSHIPS OFF BOCCA TIGRIS

Canton, To-day.

HER AVOWED AIM IN CHINA

Tokyo, To-day.

From the Canton Air Force it In the course of an extensive was learned last night, that four review of Japan's policy in the additional warships flying the Ja-present Sino-Japanese conflict, panese flag arrived in the Pearl spokesman of the Foreign Office River delta yesterday afternoon and to-day declared that Japan de anchored within two or three miles sired neither foreign mediation of Bocca Tigris Fort-

in her dispute with China" nor The first Japanese destroyer, seen convocation of an international during the blockade, No. 29, is still conference to deal with the con- in the vicinity of Chekwan Bay, and troversy. it is believed that Japanese opera-

Japan, he said, is determined to tions in South China are being "fight to the bitter end unil China directed from this destroyer.

reconsiders her attitude and dras- All vessels sailing for Hong Kong tically alters her anti-Japanese yesterday were forced to cancel their policy.” trips owing to the official announce- Moreover, Japan did not desire to ment, received from the Headquar- destroy China but merely wished to ters of the Fourth Route Army, iradicate those elements which were that the River had been blocked. "disrupting peace in open alliance Meanwhile the s.s. Taishan was "with the greatest element in the accepting reservations for Hong world's unrest-Communism. “ Kong throughout the day, in the The spokesman added that Japan hope that it might be possible that wanted neither to make China solely the traffic stoppage would be lifted dependent on her nor to take part this morning Our Own Corres-¡of China's territory. pondent.

TAICHOW'S FALL PANIC IN SHANSI

(Continued from Page 1) suffered severely at the hands of the former Communist troops be- fore forcing a passage.

A third Japanese force seized Ningwa, west of Yemen Pass.

LIENCHEN FALL CLAIMED The vanguard of the Japanese troops in the Tientsin-Pukow Rail- way zone has reached Lienchen, 10

All Japan desires was co-opera- tion, resulting in a new era fruitful development and construc- tive prosperity."--Reuter.

Peninsula Garden

Now Public

STOP PRESS STA

No

of

sence of

Boca

Canton, 11.05 am.

fnformation is ob-

arding the

pre-

mese feet off

Chinese

sources state

Under an order issued by HE the Governor-in-Council, Peninsula Garden, at the junction of Salisbury and Nathan Roads, is added to the list of Places of Public Resort.

Regulations governing public use of the Garden are contained in the "Gazette.”

and twenty

with an alre

now engaged in

the Forts.

Chinese source

action

miles from the Shantung border, Typhoon Warning they heard firing this morning,

while another force has taken Sienhsien, west of the railway.

Defying Japanese anti-aircraft The following typhoon warning

guns, a single Chinese plane raided Paotingfu yesterday morning, bombing the railway station. Reuter

TAIYUANFU IN PANIC

Sensation Caused By Fall Of Taichowsha

Tientsin, To-day.

this

was received in Hong Kong from

9.10 Manila Observatory at morning....

Typhoon in about longitude 126 degrees east and latitude 17 degrees north moving north-west.

Beach Pollution

at

A notice to mariners posted the Harbour Office requests that in order to avoid pollution of bathing

Japanese penetration of the inner beaches, shipping refrain from dis- wall in North Shansi and the cap-charging ashes, dunnage, garbage, ture of Taichow, north of Taiyuan- etc within the waters of the Co- fu, has created a sensation and has lony.

plunged the Chinese in gloom after{ the optimism occasioned by the re- cent claims of Chu Teh, the former Communist leader, to have wiped

Alice Moller Sails

Despite rumours of unrest among

out a Japanese division in north-her crew, the Alice Moller sailed east Shansi.

from Hong Kong with a full com- Though a rearguard action is plement shortly after 9 a.m. to-day. probable at Shihlingnah, midway between Taichow and Taivman. fall of the capital is regarded as imminent.

GOVERNOR'S FLIGHT

A naval draft from HMS. Cape- town, now in Hankow, and not needed on board at present, is pro- ceding to Hong Kong via the Japanese sources state that Mar-Canton-Hankow Railway on Wed- shal Yen Hsi-shan, Governor of nesday. They will be used in Shansi, had filed from Taivuan, Hong Kong for fleet work and re- after removing the body of his deplacement of sick personnel. ceased father from Hopientsun to the south.

ties state that ten Chinese divisions Taiyuan has been thrown into a jaré retreating in confusion throngh panic and the capital transferred narrow mountain passes from Tai- to Linfenz, formerly Pingyang, in chow, and were bombed incessante South Shansi.

debacle in Shansi

with the

FUSION.

ly

Elaborate celebrations of

are at the

Chinese city

which may mean that the

anese are bombarding the forts,

but this cannot be confirmed -

from the usual reliable sources.

-Renter.

TEL. 20022 or 33993

The Eastern and Australian

liner, s.s. Nankin, was stopped

by a Japanese destroyer of the

16th Flotilla seven miles from

Pedro Blanco Island at about 2

pm. yesterday. She was de-

tained for 20 minutes while her

register and deck log were ex-

after which she was al-

lowed to proceed to Hong Kong.

Imperial Airways (Hong

Kong) state that it is im-

probable that the air-liner

Courtier which crashed yes-

terday carried any mail from Hong Kong....

The third fatality was

Greek named Elefterakis.

NEWS FLASHES

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