1937-12-06 — Page 6

CHINA MAIL, DECEM

CHINESE FALLING

BACK

ON NANKING IN

IN GOOD

GOOD ORDER Chinkiang Expected To Offer Serious Obstacle

SLAV PREMIER

VISITS ROME AND BERLIN

Belgrade, To-day.

The Yugo-Slav Premier, M. Stoja dinovic, accompanied by his wife and the Italian Minister to Bel grade, left here for Rome yester- day evening...

newspaper here A semi-official writes that although the Premier's visit to Rome is primarily a visit of courtesy, it also shows the un-

NOTHING

DEFINITE

IN TRAUTMANN TALKS

Hankow, To-day-

The German Ambassador, Dr. Oscar Trautmann, arrived here from Nanking yesterday accom panied by the Chinese Vice-Minis- ter for Foreign Affairs.

It is authoritatively stated that "nothing" definite” emerged from Dr. Trautmann's conversations with General Chiang Kai-shek in Nanking-Reuter.

derstanding between Yugo-Slavia stay in Rome.

and Italy, which is in the nature of In Berlin, it is expected that fol a safety valve in the international lowing the Yugo Slav Premier's situation.

visit to Rome, and the visit of the French Foreign Minister to Bel- Political circles say that no new grade, M. Stojadinovic will travel

BERLIN AS WELL

CHINESE ADMIT FALL OF TANYANG

Hankow, To-day.

spite of the Japanese successes on the Nanking front, the Chinese troops now falling back on the defences of Nanking, are retiring in good order and intend to make the enemy pay dearly when the eventual attack is launched on the ca- pital itself.

China will defend Nanking with the same deter

mination she showed at Shanghai, declared a Chinese spokesman here this morning, indi- cating that the Japanese have yet to overcome the most difficult obstacles since the last ma- jor battles were fought.

pacts will result from the visit, but to Berlin at the beginning of Janu-NEW GEOMETRY FOR

that the question of economic rela-ary in order to return visits paid tions between the two countries will to Belgrade by General Goering and be discussed during the Premier's von Neurath-Trans-Ocean.

CHINA FLEET CLUB

Wednesday.

nd December

at

9.15

Thursday

23rd December

Hullo Hong Kong!

A Revue PROCEEDS TO

TOČ H (FOR THE SAIYINGPUN CHINESE BOYS' CLUB)

and

THE NAVAL CHAPLAIN'S FUND FOR SEAMEN'S WELFARE

»

Tickets $3, 21 and 50 cts. FROM

Messrs MOUTRIE or EMS. WESTCOTT, Ship's Office.

With a Cast of Young Naval Gentlemen & Ladies.

GERMANY

→

The circle will in future have 400 degrees in Germany, instead of 360, as at present, and the right angle 100, instead of 90. This is ordered in a new decree of the German Minister of the Interior.

Degrees will continue to be divided into minutes and seconds, but these will also be arranged on the decimal principle.

Several years will be allowed to elapse before the new geometry is made obligatory, especially for use at sea, but it will be taught in the schools next year.

The Chinese now officially admit capture by the Japanese of Tanyang and Tsiwangsze, about 40 miles from Nanking

Chinese troops

(two) towns have

defending these fallen back on Chinkiang, 22 miles to the north, on the Yangtse.

CHINKTANG EMPTY

"

Following their mass air raid op Chinkiang on Saturday, the Ja panese are expected to follow up with a large-scale land attack on the town.

Normally with a native popula- tion of 30,000, the town has already been largely evacuated.

The Chinese spokesman, admit- ting fall of Kiangyin Forts, where two Chinese divisions had held up described the Japanese advance, the heroic end of the Chinese de- fenders

After

FINAL SORTIE

ter most of them had been killed and wounded, a body of sur- vivors, under a divisional comman- der, who were completely surround- ed by the enemy, launched a last desperate sortie.

The general and nearly all his men were killed, but their sacri- fice was not in vain, for the diver sion created enabled remnants in the Forts to withdraw unkarried.

The crack Chinese cruiser, Ning- haí, built in Japan and delivered to China at the height of the Sino-Ja- panese hostilities at Shanghai in 1932, was captured by Japanese sailors yesterday as she lay ground- ed on a mudbank in the Yangtse.-

The lions at

hipsnade Zoo

meris

As

o the quickes

shows

time argument:

ere are a few arguments at (Fox Copyright).

Photo

The Police Branch of the Minis-

tering League are holding a g

Bridge and Mah Jongg drive at

St. John's Cathedral Hall on Tues- day, December 14, commencing at 3 p.m., admission $1- This is Special Xmas Drive and there are good prizes appropriate to the fes- tive season

Four cases of dysentery, one of smallpox, ne of typhoid fever and one of cerebro-spinal fever, we to the Health Authoriti in the 48 hours ended midnight last