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Battle For Nanking Ebbs And Flows Outside

GENERAL NAKAJIMA JAPAN THE

HANKOW

SCOFFS AT

PEACE TALK

Hankow, To.day.

WOUNDED

"ALTRUISTIC"

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CHUNWA

New York, To-day. America is now "far more dan

Hankow, 2 p.m., To-day. gerously threatened by the new

The eastern suburbs of Nanking at noon to-madness of nations in nightshirts," day were being subjected to a terrific bombardment declared Mr. Harold Ickes, Secre- Circles close to the National by artillery and a score of heavy bombers, accord-tary for the Interior in a speech at Government scoff at the suggestioning to a telephone message from the capital at one the dinner of the American Civil Liberties Union, comparing the pre- that China is ready to sue for peace o'clock this afternoon.

sent age to the Klu Klux Klan era or willing to discuss what would - inevitably be Japanese terms at the

of the United States. present moment in the national

crisis.

The view held in Hankow is that the peace talk emanates from

Tokyo with an object behind it, and that the object is connected

with the struggle behind the scenes between moderate and extremist circles in Japan.

In the event of a victory for the moderates, China might be prepar- ed to negotiate.:

All tendencies, however, seem to be towards the success of the "die-hards" in which event it would be preposterous for China to consider any approaches that might be made, no matter whence the source. Our Own Correspon- dent.

KIANGYIN BOOM BROKEN

Shanghai, To-day. Five months after its construc- tion, the Kiangyin boom across the Yangtse was broken this

· morning.

A Japanese flotilla of destroy-1 ers steamed through the obstruc- tion and are now continuing up the Yangtse after passing British ships, which with several others, are no longer bottled up in the river.

Reuter.

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Complete confusion reigns in the "safety zone" following further clear intimations by the Japan- ese authorities that no guarantee for the safety of the zone can be given.

The Kleagles

and Klokards (officers of the Klan) now ride hom-

marines over a field of operations

Efforts are now being made to arrange for the bers, tanks, battleships and sub- evacuation of as many of the refugees as can be that is international managed, with troops assisting the police in main- taining control.

In an apparently clear reference to the Sino-Japanese conflict, Mr. Lockes remarked: “It is a strange

the

The Japanese onslaught has, Brigades have fought their way to phenomenon that a country which made little progress in the past within two kilometres of the city is weak and helpless and at

hours. Fighting walls, and that the Jiba and another same time rich in resources, is a forward hotbed of Communism and must twenty-four appears to be proceeding at all brigade are making slow

therefore be saved as a brand from points of the compass, with progress at the south-east corner.

General Nakajima is reported to the burning by some altruistic heavy guns roaring savagely!

fanatic. (Continued on Page 24) almost incessantly and the splut- ter of machine gun fire continu- ous.

Outstanding feature of the de- fence of the capital is the calm of the military. Within the city, there is an iron control and general demeanour of troops in- dicative of high morale.

Even if the Japanese reach and breach the walls, their task will be far from complete, as the whole of the city is virtually a honeycombed defence system. Our Own Correspondent.

GEN. NAKAJIMA WOUNDED

Shanghai, 1.45 p.m. To-day General K. Nakajima has been wounded in action during the battle for Nanking, according to an official announcement by the Japanese mili- tary here this morning.

-It is admitted that the fighting on the outskirts of the capital is very "severe" and that in two days of clash in the vicinity of Chungshan- ling, the Japanese forces have been unable to make any progress.

It is claimed however

-Reuter

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