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ATTACK

ON SOOCHOW

Gordon Campaign Against Taipings Recalled CHINESE FALLING BACK ON PRESIDENT

"MAGINOT" LINE

QUINSAN FALLS WITHOUT BATTLE

Shanghai, To-day. Recalling General Charles Gordon's cam- paign against the Taiping rebels eighty years ago, the Japanese forces have en- tered the Great Lakes south-east of Soo- chow with 200 motorised junks, with the intention of making a flank attack from Taihu Lake, the second largest in the Orient. Even if the Chinese find the Soochow line untenable, they should be able to make a stand, a strong and possibly long one, between Wusih, the great industrial cen- tre on Taihu Lake, and Kiangyin, where a boom across the river is an effective. bar to navigation.

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AMBASSADOR PROMISES

REAL REMEDIES ARRIVING TO-MORROW

New York, To-day. "The unemployed situation calls It is officially learned that for a permanent cure," declared HE. the British Ambassador to President Roosevelt in a broadcast China, Sir Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-Hugessen, is arriving appeal to the public to co-operate in the Colony to-morrow from his whole-heartedly in the week's Java health tour

It is understood that His Ex- postal census of unemployed. cellency will stay at Government Distribution of over 85,000,000 House for a few days, and in

unemployment census forms begins Hong

than a

on Tuesday. month.

Kong for more

FIRST AIR RAID

ON SIANFU

Nanking, 1 pm. To-day.

For the first time since the out- break of hostilities, Sianfu was raided by Japanese planes and heavily bombed yesterday after-

The forms contain fourteen. totally questions, which every or partially - unemployed will be asked to fill in and return Washington before November 20.

President Roosevelt said he would furnish statistics which a long-range programme of re-employment of workless could be based.

"Some countries have solved the The attack was concentrated on problem by a huge rearmament the aerodrome, which was slightly programme, but we do not want to

Our Own Correspon- solve it that way," he declared. dent.

Reuter.

Quinsan, the walled city with its

TATTSANG BATTLE picturesque pagoda on a hill, and The contrary suggestion has which for one year was General support the fact that a stubborn damaged. Gordon's headquarters, was occu-stand is being made by two divisions pied by the Japanese this morning-near Taitsang, fall of which is off-

The Chinese forces from Quincially admitted. san are now falling back on Soo- chow-Reuter.

This, however, probably nothing more than a delaying action, both flanks are exposed.

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FALLS IN SKIRMISH

NEW PROGRAMME Shanghai, 1.45 pm. To-day

China's plan of campaign at the Pushing relentlessly along the Shanghai-Nanking Railway, Quin-moment, seems to envisage the san was captured by Japanese use of Taihu Lake as protection for troops, consisting of the Okamoto, the right flank and the Yangtze Takesita and Hasegawa Brigades, on the left, success of which depends at 6.30 am this morning accord-upon efficiency of shore protection on the Yangtsze between Fushan and ing to an official communique,

Nothing more than a skirmish Kiangyin preceded the fall of the town the Pingwanchen. Chinese troops having

upon Soochow

the

withdrawn Hangchow line has fallen to the Ja- panese, who are still landing addi- tional troops in the Hangchow Bay area, according to reliable reports.

-Our Own Correspondent.

Japanese official statements suggest that they expect to take Soochow before Thurs- day. Three lines of attack are being developed. One is com- River ing from the Yangtsz where new landing was effected

another yesterday. aime the Tarhu Lake from the Hanschow Bay zone and the third along

FAIR WEATHER

The Royal Observatory this morning that the anti-cyclone sure has moved eastward, and is now highest over South Man- the Chinese churia.

Local

winds, mo attempt nese before Soochow (derate; fair.

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