THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 28, 1988
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Japanese Continuing Offensive Under Difficulties
Situation Serious JAPAN'S PLANS
CORDON OF
TROOPS THROWN ROUND GRAZ
Craz, To-day.
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A Viennese infantry regiment, equipped with armoured cars and machine-guns, guarded the trances to Graz all day yesterday to prevent a giant Nazi mass meet- ing planned in defiance of, the official ban.
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The Styrian Nazis are making Graz the "Munich of Austria, and the wilder elements even spoke of a march on Vienna.
Motor-cycle detachments are patrolling the roads and fighting planes are flying low overhead. --Reuter.
Vienna, To-day.
In Area West Of
Tsining
Shanghai, To-day.
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Tokyo, To-day.
It is learned that the Cabinet's
The Chinese, showing more active guerilla tactics,
are attacking the long drawout line of the Jap- "Planning Board" have complet- anese along the railways, and their activities ed the preparation of Parliamen- are appearing to bear fruit.
tary Bills providing for the crea- tion of semi-official development Central
Chinese sources report that both the Peiping-concerns in North and
Hankow, Tientsin-Pukow and Shanghai-China. Hangchow railways were cut during the week- Following approval of the Bills end near Paoting, Pengpu and Kasing, res-mitted to the Diet early next week. by the Cabinet, they will be sub- pectively,
Firms, under the Board's pro-
ese Affairs Board, which will have
Japanese sources admit there is fighting in these posals, will be governed by a Chin- areas but declare the Chinese are in full re- full supervisory powers over North treat everywhere.
At the same time fierce fight- Late on Saturday night, troopsing is reported west of Wuhu, surrounded Graz, capital of Styria. where the Japanese have launch
Detachment of Federal troops ed a new attack. were drawn up in a great circle This has given rise to the ru around the town, the second larg- est city in Austria with a popula- tion of 150,000.
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Machine-guns were placed in position at important corners, while hand-grenades were distri- buted to the troops.
All civilians entering or leaving the city were searched for arms.
mour that the Japanese have altered their tactics in view of the stalemate on the Yellow River front, and are attempting to advance to Hankow along the Yangtse from Wuhu.-Reuter.
SHANTUNG SITUATION
Hankow, To-day Chinese Government and mili-
These precautions are believed to have been taken owing to fear tary circles are making no at- of Nazi disorders, but so far all tempt to conceal the gravity of has been quiet.-Trans-Ocean.
the situation on the Shantung front.
EXTRA GUARDS TO PROTECT U.S. AIR FORCE SECRETS
Washington, To-day.
number of extra guards have been placed at the large air base at Mitchell
Field, Long Island, to pre- vent further theft of Air. Corps-secrets.
The step follows the arrest of Jahanna Hoffman, of Dresden, Gunther Rumrich, former U.S. army sergeant and Erich Glaser, a soldier stationed. at Mitchell „Field.
The Chinese are said here to have lost heavily in a series of counter-attacks, in which crack troops were thrown against the Japanese time after time.
TSINING ADVANCE
It is feared ia official circles that the fate of the Lunghai Railway is sealed unless the Chin- ese succeed in the last minute în stopping the Japanese advance west of Tsining, and for this reason the Chinese.commanders in the Lunghai sector have re- ceived the command to hold the south-western part of Shantung at all costs.
The Japanese are reported to have landed another 2,000 men in the vicinity of Wuhu. Trans-Ocean
ADVANCE TO
Hangars housing the latest mo- KINSIANG CLAIMED
dels of fighting planes are being especially guarded. Reuter.
REGISTRY WEDDING
Shanghai, To-day.
A further advance by the Japan- ese in the north sector of the Tien-. tain Pukow Railway is reported, and it is claimed that the Japanese are now in the vicinity of Kinsiang, 50 kilometres south-west of Tsining.
Mr. Cheng Siu-ting, private It is assumed that the Japanese secretary
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the District Officer of will attempt to move further south Po On District, Kwangtung, and or south-west to the Lunghai Rail- Miss Chan Wal-han were married way in order to cut off Hsuchow, this morning at the Registry be most important junction on the fore Mr. W. A. Jones, Deputy Re- Tientsin and Lunghai Railways, gistrar of Marriages.
Trans-Ocean,
LEGITIMISTS CONFER
Budapest, To-day. Austrian and Hungarian Legi- timists held a meeting in Vienna on Saturday, says a local news- paper.
The meeting discussed the si- tuation brought about by the Austro-German developments.— Trans-Ocean,
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