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AUSTRALIA'S CHOICEST-

BUTTER

IN

TACTICS

Seeking To Bite Off Hsuchow Without Attack

CHINESE POLICE North And South

IN TSINGTAO

DESERT

Tsingtao, To-day.

Drive Against Kweiteh

Shanghai, To-day.

All the Chinese policemen in Foreign military experts here interpret develop-

Tsingtao, who had up to yester- day co-operated with the Japan- ese authorities, suddenly threw their hand in last night and de- serted, fleeing into the country- side from Tsingtao.

ments in the Hwai River campaign as indicat-

SHEKPI BOMBED

Canton, To-day. Official reports state that nine Japanese planes participated in this morning's raid, dropping a number of bombs on Shekpi.

They were apparently aiming at the Canton-Kowloon Railway. The damage cannot yet be ascertained. ---Reuter:

ing that the Japanese have come to the conclu-JAPAN'S NEW

sion that frontal attacks are the wrong

in their effort to capture Hsuchow.

It is understood that the new The Japanese have now abandoned these tactics "AMBASSADOR"

Mayor is arranging for further

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Chinese police, from Tsinan and Peiping to take over policing duties in Tsingtao, which are be- ing performed to-day by Japan- ese marines. pondent.

Our Own Corres-

PEIPING PUPPET NEGOTIATIONS

Peiping, To-day.

and are attempting simultaneously to advance

in

Shantung, to the south of Hopei, and to the IN CHINA south of the Lunghai Railway y around Pengpu

in order in this way to reach the Lunghai Rail- way west and east of Hsuchow. Detachments have been sent] war.

Tokyo, -To-day.

It is officially learned that Mr. Tani has been appointed to suc- ceed Mr. Kawagoe as Japan's from Tsingtao south-west with Several parts of the Lunghai Ambassador in China. the object of cutting the Lunghai Railway would fall into Japanese He is expected to leave for Railway between the sea and hands, so that the railway would Shanghai in a few days. east of Hsuchow.

no longer serve China as the first He is not, of course, being ac Another detachment is driving line of defence in the north.

credited to the Chiang Kai-shek from Tsining, south Shantung, The situation of the Chinese Government, but will present his east of the T.P.R., to the south-forces at Hsuchow would become credentials to theProvisional west towards Kweiteh, on the untenable, and their retreat to-Government" when that organis- Lunghai Railway, in order to cut wards the west would be exceeding-ation has consolidated its posi- off this position east of Hsuchow. ly perilous.-Trans-Ocean.

Our Own Correspondent. ON DEFENSIVE

Mr. Wang Ki-ming, head of the puppet "Provisional Govern- ment,' was in conference this morning for two hours with Mr. Hirao on the question of the economic development of North Meanwhile it is reported that China.

the Japanese forces at Pengpu Mr. Hirao is the economic ex- and Hwaiyuan are being kept on pert sent by the Japanese Gov-the defensive.

ment to North China to work out Very strong detachments with the plan of development. Our tanks, earmarked to reinforce Own Correspondent.

these forces, are already on the way.

The

simultaneous Japanese

SIX WARSHIPS AT movements from north to south

TONGKAWAN

Shekki, To-day.

are apparently pursuing two| aims:

the very strong

forces around Hsuehow to

To Chinese withdraw out of fear that further The three Japanese warships at resistance will ultimately result in Tongkawan were reinforced by their being cut off and surrounded, three more yesterday afternoon, al- and though they did not fire on shore.

A pinnace containing thirty

the

By means of this simultaneous advance on Kwelteh to prepare the blue-capture of Chengchow. jacketa made a landing in the out- This town is the junction of the er bay-International.

SMALLPOX

Twenty-eight further

cases of

Lunghat Railway and a branch line. of the Peiping-Hankow Railway.

Kweiteh is about 250 kilometres east of Chengchow,

HIGH IMPORTANCE Japanes forces in south Hopei, smallpox were reported to the Me-inactive for a long time past, also dical Department, in the 24 hours resumed the advance on Cheng- ended at midnight.· Of these, 28 chow yesterday.. occurred in the Victoria district, If the Japanese plans succeed three in Kowloon and two in Shau- they will result in one of the most kiwan..

important victories in the present

tion.

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