1938-03-11 — Page 24

DRAMATIC KOWLOON HEAVY FIGHTING

SIT-DOWN STRIKE

(Continued from Page 1).

high officials were among the police contingents sent to the factory.

An attempt was made to negotiate, the discussions proceeding over the wall, Mr. K. C. Chow acting as in- terpreter for the strikers and police interpreters for the police.

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NEAR FENLINTI

Hankow To-day.

Heavy fighting in the region of Fenlintu, which began on Wed- nesday, is still continuing, with- out having had any apparent re sult.

In the Peiping Hankow Rail way zone Chinese guerillas. extremely active

These efforts to persuade the strik- Reports received here yester- ers to cease sit-down tactics failed, day state that the Japanese are but it was disclosed that two of their concentrating large forces in the number had been sent to the S.C.A.region south of the Hwai River to secure official intervention on be-

half of the strikers.

FOOD SUPPLIES

and west of Pengpu, and it is be- lieved that a Japanese attack on Hofei is imminent Trans- Ocean.

At about eleven o'clock, wives THE RAID ON

and relatives of the strikers ap- peared and began to pass food for their menfolk over the walls and through the barbed wire,

NANKING

Shanghai, To-day.

The police intervened and prevent-

A fleet of nine Chinese bombers ed further activity of the kind.

Shortly before, two of the three escorted by pursuit planes raided emergency squad detachments had

the Japanese airfield at Nanking yes- been sent away, but the police were terday afternoon. Over 10 bombs maintaining a cordon round the were dropped but the results are factory.

NO RIOT

conflicting, the Japanese claiming that little damage was done and two Chinese planes shot down, while according to vernacular reports ex- Throughout the morning, a contensive damage was done to the Ja- siderable noise could be heard con-panese air-base. tinuously from the compound, but The Chinese planes were report- it is learned that no violence occured to have departed in a westerly red, and that no attempt was made direction after the bombing-Our to damage the works or machinery Own Correspondent.

in any way.

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Considerable discussion appeared the gates. Police policy, however, to be going on between the strikers seemed to be against drastic action as to the steps to be taken in the event as long as the situation within the of an attempt by the police to storm walls did not develop riotously.

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