1938-02-15 — Page 11

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 15, 1938.

GRAVITY

REALISED

Japanese

FOREIGN

VICTIM OF

MACAO

SLAYER

Macao, To-day.

The gruesome dis-

OF THREAT INS HANKOW

Advance Arouses Official Alarm

Measures To Meet New Situation Decided On

Shanghai, To-day.

Alarmed by the gravity of the Japanese threat to the Lunghai Railway, Chinese military lead- ers held an important conference at Hankow yesterday to discuss measures to cope with the situation.

-ITALIAN-

PROTEST

TO CHINA

Rome, To-day

A sharp note of protest has been forwarded to the Chinese Central Government by the Ita lian Embassy in China as a re- sult of the alleged bombing the Italian Mission

on in Pengpu by Chinese planes, saya “Popolo d'Italia.”—Trans-Ocean. -

covery of the body of her The conference is reported to have decided to make HANKOW'S

employer's wife, brutal- ly battered to death dur- ing the absence of other members of the house- hold, was made by the amah-cook of Mr. Artur Pedro Alonco, of No. 2, Rua da Penha, when she returned yesterday.

every effort possible to hold Sinsiang, Cheng- chow and Kaifeng.

Foreign observers believe that the Japanese may be held off from Chengchow and Kaifeng for a

while yet, but predict the early fall of Sinsiang.

longing to General Sung Cheh-yuan,

NIGHT AIR RAID SCARE

The Japanese are making 、ex- The Japanese are reported to

Hankow, To-day. tensive regonnaissance flights have been faced hitherto only by over the Lunghai and Peiping the worst Chinese troops, those be-night air raid sca

Hankow had its first Hankow Railway zones:

scare since No motive

Sinsiang can yet be estab- the air yesterday but only a few the former Manchurian troops.

was attacked from who was ousted from Peiping, and last September last lished for the crime which has bombs were dropped and not

night, when the alarm shocked all Macao residents.

much damage was done.

was sounded at 8.45 p.m. The populace raced through the moonlit streets for dugouts and other places of refuge.

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The victim's husband is an em- ployee of the Public Works Depart ment. He had left his house at 6) a.m. to go to work and was aware of the tragedy until friends notified him of it.

HEAVY FIGHTING Meanwhile, a fierce engagement un-in which both sides are stated to

have

suffered heavy losses, has been fought in the

vicinity of Wenshang, 30 miles north of Sin- siang.

An autopsy held in the after noon revealed several severe head and body injuries, caused by some heavy blunt instrument. The na- ture of the wounds on the arms. indicated that the deceased had tried to fend off the blows of her attacker. Our Own Correspon- dent.

INDIA RAILWAY PROFITS

New Delhi, To-day. Estimates of the National Rail- ways of India will be submitted to both Houses of the Legislature.

The revised estimates for 1937/38 shows a surplus of £2,000,000, while the estimates for 1938/39 will be slightly less than that ‘amount.

The surpluses will be transferred to the general revenues of the coun- try.-Reuter.

The Chinese entered

have claim to Wenshang but this is flatly denied by the Japanese, who say the Chinese were put to flight and bombed as they re- treated.

In the course of raids in various parts of China yesterday, Japanese planes bombed Shaoshing, the famous winemaking centre, near

Hangchow.-Reuter.

OFFENSIVE CONTINUING

Peiping, To-day.

The Japanese offensive below Changteh, in Honan Province, continuing.

is

Casualties on both sides have been heavy. Reuter.

CONCESSIONS

BY HITLER TO AUSTRIA

Vienna, To-day.

The exact nature of the concessions to which Herr Hitler is represented as agreed at the Berchtesgaden meeting with the Austrian Chancellory is now apparent from statements in official quarters and from inspired press comment;

was

There was a complete black- out for ten minutes, but the city silhouetted clearly in the bright moonlight, while the muddy Yangtse River shone like silver and was visible from the rooftops for miles.

NO RAID

No raiders appeared, however, and the all clear was given at 9.50 p.m.

With the advent of the full moon, Hankow is fully prepared for night visits by enemy planes during the next ten days Reuter

sued to the Nazi Party in Germany.

-Reuter.

NEW CLAUSE

While it is probably true that Herr Hitler declined publicly -to disavow the Austrian Nazis, he has

Vienna, To-day evidently given positive guarantees Hitler-Schuschning talks resulted A local newspaper says that the The Japanese appear to be also that Reich Party quarters will re-in a supplementary clause being preparing another offensive in Shan-frain from directing or encourag-signed to si Province.

the Austro-Gërmån ing illegal activities In the course of five days fight-Nazis and that the smuggling of

of Austrian Agreement of July, 1986. ing, the Japanese have advanced 40 propaganda and supplies of money not imply any extension of the The clause, says the paper, does miles from Changteh to points south across the border will cease.

agreement but is merely It is believed that instructions to clear up existing misunder- in this sense have already been is-standings Trans-Ocean."

of Chihsien.

Crack French Liner Held By Japanese Officials At Shimoneseki

Shanghai, To-day.

The Messageries Maritimes liner "President Doumer" on the way to Shanghai from Kobe, was stopped by the Japanese last night at Rokuren after crossing the Shimonieseki Straits, because some members of the crew were alleged to have taken pictures of the fortified zone. The

French Consul-General, M. Depeyre, and the Messageries Maritimes Agent at Kobe, have arrived at Shimoneseki and are nego- tiating with the Japanese authorities for release of the vessel.

Early this morning the Messageries Maritime offices in Shang- hai had not received further information regarding the plight of the President Doumer," although the captain of the liner had assured them he would wire fullest details..

It appears that the vessel was on the point of leaving Rokyren when she was boarded by Japanese port officials who prevented her departure. Reuter.

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