1938-02-09 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 9, 1988.

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SUCCEED IN

CROSSING HWAI RIVER

Advancing Towards Kweiteh After Taking Hwaiyuan

CHINESE RUSHING

REINFORCEMENTS

TO MUNCHENG AREA

Hankow, To-day.

The Japanese have crossed the Kwai River near Hwaiyuan, and are advancing along the road leading from Hwaiyuan to Kweiteh, on the Lunghai Railway, about 150 kilometres west of Hsuchow.

The road was crowded yesterday morning with Japanese infantry, artillery, cavalry and tank columns.

Not only detachments which had captured Hwaiyuan but also rein- forcements which have also crossed the Kwai River, participated in the operation.

The Chinese

are being pressed

back, fighting stubbornly, by pow- erful Japanese forces.

JUNK FOKIS THROWN OVERBOARD

BID FOR MUNCHENG Next important town the Ja- panese are expected to reach is Muncheng, 50 kilometres north- According to a story by Lau west of Hwaiyuan, from where they plan to push forward either

in a north-west direction to Kwei- teh, or in a north-eastern direction to Hsuchien, on the T. P. R.

FOREIGN- STRENGTH

IN HANKOW

Hankow, To-day.

A careful and conservative `es- timate in authoritative sources shows that between 1,300 and 1,400 foreign, residents are now in the Wuhan cities of Hankow, Hanyang and ̈ Wuchang.

These figures are exclusive of the personnel of foreign gunboats in port.--Reuter.

ADMIRAL (BLUE STOCKING SUETSUGU

MISSING

SOVIET ENVOY MYSTERY

Bucharest, To-day. Police investigation into the mysterious disappearance of the Soviet charge d'affaires, M. Buckenko, so far has yielded no result.

The diplomat's chauffeur, alleged to be the last person to see the vanished Charge alive, and also the porter in the apartment house where the diplomat lived, have been arrest- ed-Trans-Ocean.

Investigations into the diplomat's disappearance were the subject

of an official communication issued yesterday.

The statement of the chauffeur, says the announcement, differs from that of the caretaker and the ser vants.

STORIES DIFFER

Tokyo, To-day.

Kam-chuen, master of a junk re- of mahjong were adversely criti- Modern dances and the game gistered in Hong Kong, the Japcised by the Home Minister, Ad-enko did not enter the building, anese Navy is continuing its miral Suetsugu, in the budget while the caretaker noticed nothing

campaign of terrorism against small craft just outside Colony waters.

committee debate yesterday.

modern dance-

The servant says that M. Buch-

unusual.

The Chinese realise the great

The chauffeur, who returned next The Minister complained that danger inherent in the present Lau said that his junk left Shi the "morals of the Japanese na-morning to take his employer to the situation, and have reinforced Kiu on Saturday with a load of tion are in some danger of being Legation, said he saw bloodstains on Muncheng, where the last stand to bricks for Hong Kong.

About corrupted by

the stairs. The caretaker, who stop the Japanese advance on Hsu- noon on Monday when off Lin Tin bands."

washed the stairs down, said there chow will possibly take place.

Island, he saw two Japanese

were no bloodstains. Simultaneously. yesterday an-warships, which, from his des-

"Cleansing action," he said, The papers are full of the case, other Japanese force advanced cription were probably destroy-"voluntarily undertaken by the one publication suggesting that the from Linhaikuan, on the T. P. R., ers.

nation itself would prove more diplomat may have been a Trotskyist about 50 kilometres west of Hwai-

efficacious than compulsory mea- and may have been kidnapped by yuan, in order to cross the Hwai

sures.'

the G.P.U. -Trans-Ocean. River west of the T. P. R.—Trans-

Ocean.

COAST GUARDS' RESCUE WORK

London, To-day, The Board of Trade. Report on life saving action by the coast

in 1937 guard organisation

saya that it took action in 814 cases and 64-persons were brought to safety by breeches buoy gear. Wireless.

British

BALANCE OF TRADE IN BRITAIN

he Board

of

The President of Trade questioned in the Commons on the £432,000,000 excess of im- ports over exports in 1937 said he did not consider the position need cause anxiety. British Wireless.

VAN ZEELAND REPORT

London, To-day. The Prime Minister stated in the Commons that M van Zeeland's report was now under careful examination by the departments interested. British Wireless.

One of them, No. 16, went along side the junk and a party of about a dozen sailors boarded and asked whether there were any rifles aboard. On being told that there were none, the sailors without further - ado threw three members of the crew over-board.

They then took away a number of cannon, gunpowder and shot, with which the junk was armed, a num- ber of chickens and vegetables and then made off,

had The three men who thrown overboard, managed swim back to safety

been to

As a farewell message, the Ja- panese destroyer, fired a salvo of shots over the junk and steamed away.

CORDELL HULL DENIES U.S. COMMITMENTS

Washington, To-day.

The Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, in a letter to Sena- tor Key Pittman, denies that the United States has any agree ment with Britain, "relating to war or the possibility of war.'

He also denies that the United States is bound by any agree- ment with any power in connec tion with operations of the US. Navy.

Senator Pittman read the let- ter in the Senate yesterday, Reuter

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