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JAPANESE IN SHANSI REINFORCED

Taiyuan, To-day.

Six hundred Japanese were killed in a clash which occurred in the sector north of the city last night, when they at- tempted to break through the Chinese lines, according to a re- port received here.

The Japanese are now being re- inforced in the north, but have so far not met with any success..

Japanese planes visit the city every day.

Two divisions stationed here left last night for the Ping Ting front, where one of the fiercest battles in North China is now raging.-Our- Own Correspondent.

NORTH CHINA FIGHTING

Fighting

Peiping, To-day.

on

the different

fronts in North China contin- ues with varying fortunes.

The three-weeks

deadlock

north of Taiyuanfu has not been broken, in spite of a des- perate Japanese attack against the Chinese positions in the Hsinkow Hills, but Japanese troops on the eastern front are advancing steadily. One force has reached Tseshih, on the railway 50 miles from Tai- yuanfu.

Meanwhile the Chinese in North Honan are vigorously contesting passage of the Huan River, three miles north of Changteh.

The Japanese report the cap- ture of several bridges and forts, assuring them a foothold on the south bank of the river.

In Suiyuan, a Japanese force from Paotow is reported to be approaching Wuyuan, on the road to Ninghsia.-Reuter.

LONDON-CAIRO CONSULTATIONS ON DEFENCE

London; To-day.

The Foreign Secretary, Mr.

THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 2, 1987

Wives and children of men of the 1st Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment, who have been in Palestine for nearly a year, left Southampton on the troopship Nevasa to-day. They will be reunited in Egypt. The 2nd Batt, the Black Watch were also on board, Palestine bound. Photo shows the Nevasa leaving Southampton. (Fox Copyright).

GERMANY'S

COLONIAL

CLAIMS

MR. EDEN OFF

TO BRUSSELS

London, To-day.

UNIVERSITY OF TRAVANCORE

Madras, To-day.

The Foreign Secretary, Mr. An- The Maharajah of Travancore has thony Eden, left London for Bussels, issued a decree announcing the where he will represent Britain at establishment of the University of the Nine-Power Conference.-Reu-Travancore for furtherance of re- [search in applied sciences.-Reuter.

London, To-day. Commenting on the question ofter. the former German colonies, the "Manchester Guardian" recalls that) prior to accepting the disarmament conditions nineteen years ago, Ger- many had been given to understand that she could retain her colonial possessions.

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Despite this assurance she had been deprived of them on the pre- text that she was incapable of gov- jerning colonies.

The fact of the matter, says the journal, was that Germany lost her colonies because she lost the war and this fact would be a great incentive to her to try and win a new war in order to recover her former pro- perty.

The bulk of British public opin- ion favours settlement of the co- lonial problem, says the within the framework of the Lea- gue of Nations. Trans-Ocean.

ITALY'S LINK

Anthony Eden, said in the House WITH JAPAN

of Commons yesterday that no official representations had been

paper,

made by Egypt concerning the AGAINST SOVIET

increase in the Italian forces in Libya which might affect Egypt.

He added, however, that consulta-

Tokyo, To-day.

A Tokyo newspaper states that

tions were going on between Egypt Japan has agreed to include Italy and Britain concerning defence mea- sures under the recently signed mili- in the anti-Comintern Pact with tary agreement between the two Germany. countries.-Reuter.

Italy has abandoned her inten- [tion to conclude a bilateral agree-

The s.s. "Bangalore" left Kobe ment on the same basis with

on Saturday and is due here

Wednesday at about 8 a.m.

on Japan, says the paper. She Formal announcement of Italian

will moor at Buoy A3 and sail at participation in the agreement will

6 a.m, on Saturday,

[be made very shortly-Reuter,

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