THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 1, 1938.
CHIANG KAI-SHEK SATISFIED Highly Optimistic Following Survey Of Fronts
Japanese Drive In Mingkuan Sector Halted
Shanghai, To-day.
General Chiang Kai-shek is highly optimistic re- garding the military situation on the various fronts after his inspection tour, according to Chinese reports.
AMBASSADOR LEAVES FOR CHINA
Baghdad, To-day.
Sir Archibald Clark-Kerr, new British Ambassador to China, left for India last night on the K.L.M. air liner.
He will sail from Bombay for China on Thursday.-Reuter.
JOINT AIRCRAFT PLAN
The Generalissimo is stated to be particularly satis- fied with the able direction of General Li Tsung-jen in construction of strong defence
London, To-day.. The French air mission which is works in the Hsuchow-Wengpu sector of the to study British production methods Tientsin-Pukow Railway and along the Lung-with a view to joint Anglo-French
hai Railway.
After returning to Hankow after his tour, General Chiang Kai-shek summoned important military lea- ders
to a conference.
Meanwhile, Chinese sources state that owing to strong Chinese re- sistance hitherto encountered, the Japanese troops may abandon their plan for a direct attack on Hsuchow from the south.-Reuter.
CHINESE CLAIM
Shanghai, To-day. Chinese despatches claim that Ja- panese troops from Mingkuan have been halted. It is asserted that the Japanese suffered over 1,000 casual- ties while the Chinese also lost heavily.
Three Japanese warships have sailed up the Yangtse to Tikiang.
The Chinese believe they will cover a possible landing of troops with a view to sandwiching the Chinese forces attacking Wuhu.-Reuter.
MINGKUAN DEFENCE
PIERCED
Shanghai, To-day. Japanese troops have pierced the Chinese defences west of Mingkuan and are now advancing along the Tientsin-Pukow Railway towards Pengpu, according to a Japanese army spokesman.
This means that the Japanese have avoided a frontal clash along the
skirted railway, and instead
the strong Chinese defences by pene- trating the lightly held flank posi- tions, and then struck out for the railway again.-Reuter.
POLICE POST RAIDED BY SYRIANS
Jerusalem, To-day.
The body of an Arab po- lice corporal was found dead în
a police outpost which was raided by an armed gang of Syrian rebels yesterday. The seven men - in the police post were taken by surprise and were forced by the gang to march over the border, where they were robbed of their arms and uni- forms and then allowed to return to their villages.
Aeroplanes and armoured cars are assisting in the search over
wide area for the raiders. Reuter
production, arrived at Croydon yes- terday by air from Paris.-Reuter.
GOEBBELS' ANNIVERSARY
TALK TO BOYS AND GIRLS
Berlin, Yesterday.
BOMB OUTRAGE IN S'HAI FLAT OF DIPLOMAT
Shanghai, To-day.
A bomb exploded in the flat in Washington Apartments, in the French. Concession, occupied by M. A. Constantinoff, one of the secre- taries of the Soviet Embassy. There were no casualties..
The missile is believed to have been a time bomb. Hitherto no arrests have been made, but the police suspect that the culprit is possibly a White Russian.
M. Constantinoff was not at home at the time of the explosion, which badly damaged the flat. The explosion was heard over a wide area and created much excitement.
S.V.C. STAND BY
The Settlement and French Concession police expected ·ter- rorists to be particularly active on account of Chinese New Year, and precautions included orders for a section of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps to stand by ready for im- mediate mobilisation,
sion, the only crime yesterday was However, apart from the explo- the strangling of an unidentified
Chinese-Reuter.
Shanghai, To-day.
found the Japanese attempt to
The eve of Chinese New Year
On the occasion of celebration of the fifth anniver- sary of the National Socialists' assumption of power, the Propaganda Minister, Dr. Joseph Goebbels, in a radio talk to boys and girls of the Hitler Youth Movement all over Germany, reviewed the events of the past five years. Goebbels said that the dream of all Germans to make the country strong, restore Germany's honour and lead her into the circle of nations, but nothing in the nature of a Clashes have been occurring had become a reality.
major battle has begun.
Dr.
He appealed to students to "work," learn, fight and be strong.”
Herr Hitler, after reviewing the Black Guards in the morning, re ceived winners of national prizes for art and science, including Dr. Filchner, the explorer, and handed to each the Order of the Diamond Star, with the head of Fallas At- thene in gold in the centre, and a
sash.-Reuter:
AGREEMENT ON TEXT OF LEAGUE RESOLUTION
Geneva, To-day. After yesterday afternoon s Council meeting, the British French, Russian and Chinese dele- gates discussed the position in re- gard to the Chinese appeal.
ap
They finally reached agreement on the text of the re- colution to be submitted to the Council today at the private session at 12.30, after which, if no objections have been raised,- the resolution will be submitted to the public session at 6 p.m.
The resolution" "draws the most serious, attention of members of the Council" to the Assembly re- solution on the subject on October 26, 1937-Reuter,
close the 150-mile gap between their forces along the Tientsin- Pukow Railway at a virtual standstill.
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