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BIG TOKYO MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT GUTTED Training Headquarters Burned Out This Morning

ALLEGATIONS SABOTAGE

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Tokyo, To-day.

UNCONDITIONAL Sabotage is suspected to lie behind a great fire

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Tokyo, To-day.

Much speculation continues re- garding the decisions taken at the Imperial Conference on

future policy to China.

Japan's

Well-informed quarters declare that Japan has not abandoned hopes of peace on a basis of "vir- tual and unconditional surrender."

Although the decisions of the Conference are still a secret, it is known that the meeting decided on the policy to be pursued if General Chiang Kai-shek accepts the Ja- panese terms - or if China them down.

CHIANG'S POSITION

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China's political conditions, in the opinion of the Japanese press, prohibit the Generalissimo accept- ing the Japanese terms.

A public statement on the decisions of the Conference is now being drafted.

which devastated the Military Training Head- quarters in Tokyo in the early hours of this morning.

The fire, origin of which is comepltely shrouded in mystery, broke out at 1.30 this morning and, in spite of heroic work by all the capital's fire brigades, the huge military establishment was completely gutted.

-U.S. EMBASSY AT CHUNGKING

Shanghai, To-day:

The United States Embassy is being moved to Chungking, and six members of the Embassy staff have already left for the Yangtse port to prepare the Embassy of- fices. Our Own Correspondent.

JAPANESE RAID ON KIUNGCHOW DISTRICT

Canton, To-day.

The decisions will include, it is forecast. withdrawal of the Japan-first raid on Kiungchow yesterday, Japanese planes carried out their ese Ambassador from China and seven Japanese planes appearing recognition of the "provisional over Hoihow and Hucheng dropping government of the Republic of over twenty bombs causing – wide- China” at Peiping as the legitimate Chinese Government Reuter.

spread devastation in civilian quar- ters.

ITALY SENDING DELEGATION TO JAPAN

Rome, To-day.

In the city of Hoihow, about forty houses were destroyed or partly damaged, involving over twenty causalties.

was

Tungkuen was also subjected to a heavy air attack at noon yes- terday, causing over sixty civilian casualties, most of which were in- flicted on a procession of about hun- dred funeral attendants, which then proceeding toward a village A delegation of forty, consisting from the town. A wharf, at which of members of the party adminis- a party of coolies were unloading tration, the militia, Fascist youth goods, was another target of Japan- organisations, the Italian Olympic ese air attack. Sevan bombs were Committee, Ministry of Education dropped, four of them fell in the representatives and various Fascist river, the remaining three hit three confederations will leave shortly junks, which were sunk, inyolving for Japan.-Trans-Ocean.

several deaths. Hua Nan.

KAI-SHEK IN HONG KONG

The "China Mail” learns from reliable source that Madame Chiang Kai-shek is in Hong

Kong, having arrived by plane from Hankow to-day.

Madame Chiang is staying at the Peninsula Hotel, but is re ceiving no visitor

The entire area is now cordon- ed off by a strong force of gen- The purpose of the visit of darmes and troops, and officials Madame Chiang, who is the clos- are searching among the ruins est confidant of the Generalis- for possible clues which will pro- simo in political affairs, is not vide some hint as to the origin known. of the conflagration.

Her

Police headquarters were re- Kung, and close friend, Madame sister, Madame H. H. ticent when questioned this Sun Fo, are also in the Colony. morning, but it is unofficially stated that the on strong grounds to have been Madame Chiang has been re- It is believed, however, that the work of extremist anti-war commended to rest for a while, elements. Our Own Correspon- following the strain of the past dent

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