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TSINGTAO CAVALCADE

OF SORROW AND TRAGEDY Flight Follows Looting And Explosions

KONOYE BRITON LEADS FOREIGN JAPANESE

RESIGNATION

DENIED

Tokyo, To-day.

Shanghai reports of the immîn...” ent resignation of the Premier, Prince Koneye. were officially den- red by the Foreign Office this morning

It is added that Prince Konoye is steadily recovering from ~his recent illness Our Own Cortes- pondent.

BATTLE FOR TSINGTAO RESUMED

Tsinanfn

The Japanese

the

To-day.

VOLUNTEER CORPS ANTI-WAR M.P.'S

Tsingtao, To-day.

Events have commenced to move rapidly in Tsingtao, and the Mayor and garrison commander,

ARRESTED

Tokyo, Today.

Repeated rumours of growing

as well as all troops and marines, have left the city opposition in Japan to the

The Chinese police are deserting and looting

war

seem to be bome out by brought against two-japan-

has begun of the Japanese shopping district. Therese Members of Parliament this atmosphere has grown exceedingly tense.

The flow of refugees pouring out of Tsingtao

to the interior in an

to-day when thousands upo

Chinese city were determined

stream, thickened

ands in the evacuate safely

before the arrival of the Japanese.

the

presenting all nationals except m Americans.

They travelled on foot, on wheel Commander of the corps is a operations barrows and by every other form of Briton, Mr. A. P. Hogy, who has they

under him a force of 340 Tu against Chinese troops holding tra spart available, carrying their railway between Tsinanfu meagre belongings, and there was and Tsingtao were resumed this

2 cavalcade of sorrow and tragedy morning, when a large fleet of representing another of those tre- naval bombers co-operated with mendous shifts of population which artillery and infantry in an at- have marked the Sino-Japanese war tack on the Chinese defence lines.

At Taian, two brigades of infan- try were thrown into action at 7:30 this morning, and the battle is still

going on.

MORE DESTRUCTION

Meanwhile, more valuable pro perty, both Chinese and Japanese, has been blown up, and three ex- plosions following each other in quick succession this morning told The Japanese claim to have cap of destruction of the Kung Dah Cot- tured Pokshan, on the Tsinanfu-ton Mill at Tiangkow, 13 miles from Tsingtao Railway, though their Tsingtan advance on Tsingtao has made

appreciable progress.

NEW SHANTUNG

*

Testerday's attempt to blow up the electric plant recently built to supply Japanese mills with power, was not very successful. Only one generator was destroyed and all windows shattered, but it is believ The railway line connecting Taied that the Chinese will explode fur- nanfu and Tient is being repair ther charges and complete the job. ed, and in two days the Japanese

It is rumoured that the Chinese expect to be able to make use of this intend to destroy the Mayor's office and residence and the railway sta- tion as well as the Japanese "con- te and the Japanese Town Hall

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