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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1984

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HAMMER BLOWS GAIN GROUND AT SOOCHOW Japanese Throw Full Weight Into New Attacks

FALL OF KASHING JAPAN ISSUES

NANKING

LOOKING MORE NORMAL

Nanking, To-day.

With the evacuation of Gor rnment offices practically pleted, the Chinese capital ha rained its normal appear

and his

is rapidly becoming less

pens

spapers

notice sus-

of publication, beginning though the official Daily News” will con-

as long

gible exter:

JAPANESE SEIZE GERMAN TUG BOATS

ADMITTED

Shanghai, 1.50 p.m., To-day. Although six days have elapsed since the Jap- anese military command announced that Soochow would be taken within 48 hours, the city and a wide area round it remains în Chinese hands.

WARNING TO CONFERENCE

Tokyo,

According to a

the Foreign Office, Japanese qua ters in Brussels have Tokyo that at the meeting Nine Power Conference There is, however, reason to believe that wither 22, the Power the application of the full weight of new reinforce vote in favour ments, numbering some 60,000 along the Shanghai-material aid

Nanking Railway, the Chinese defence is slowly! The spokesman stated that giving ground, and the Fuji Brigade is reported to be within five miles of Soochow.

Chinese

now admitting Soochow

the Conference

course the situation will

aba assume

have Japan will be com miles close bockad

that under a terrific onslaught by The Japanese claim three Japanese brigades, the reached a point only three Kataoka, Mozoye and Fujiyama from Soochow, and also to Brigades, Kashing was entered completed occupation of Kashing closure of every

along the China coast. Shanghai, To-day by the Japanese yesterday after early this morning.

He stated that fore The acting German Consul-noon and that the Chinese forces

Meanwhile the Japanese withdrew one mile to the south General Shanghai has lodged of the city during the morning.

landed at Hupakou, on the south were in favour bank of the Yangtse, opposite Nan-tion in Spain. verbal and written protests with

tingchow, are attacking Fushan well advised to follo the Japanese Consul General

city, where severe fighting is now policy in the Far

Reater

Own Correspondent. against the illegal and unwarrant-

progressin ed action of the crew of the Japanese gunboat Sito in seizing two German tugboats and in haul- mg down the German flag **

ATTACK N HANGCHOW

Japanese military movements in the Hangchow area go to în- dicate that a drive in the direc tion of Hangchow itself

is projected.

HOW

In the meantime, troops feel- It is learned that what acing their way between Fushan tually occurred to lead to the and Soochow have come into German protest was that at contact with the first Chinese de o'clock on the morning of Nov. fence line and fierce fighting is 17, Japanese sailors. ignoring now raging all along the front the strong protests of the com- from Taihu Lake in front of Soo- mander of the French gumboat chow to Fushan, where warships Dandard de Legre, removed continue to pound the Chinese Our Own Correspon- the German flags from two Ger-defences. man tugboats which

ying dent.

in the French-owned docks above the boom across the Whangpoo.

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