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SUCCESSES

Japanese Completely Routed In Lingyi Sector

BRITAIN TO ABANDON PERIM

Cairo, To-day.

Britain will abandon her coal- ing station on Perim Island, on the southern outlet of the Red Sea because British military circles no longer consider the base as safe in view of the Italian position at Assab, says a press article.

It is planned to replace Perim by Makalla, capital of Hadramaut.

Trans-Ocean.

AMUSING SIDELIGHTS ON PUPPET PERFORMANCE

Itagaki And Isogai JAPANESE

Divisions Retreat

In Disorder

Hankow, To-day.

Complete rout of the Japanese forces in the Lingyi

The

CONFLICT ON PROGRAMME

Shanghai,

sector is announced by military H.Q. following Considerable divergences the recent of further telephonic information opinion are said to have from the Lunghai Railway zone, prevailing Japanese military and that the Chinese troops are still riding on the quarter regarding the crest of the wave of success.

smashing - successes of the Chinese armies on the tent. Pakow Bailway front, which are splashed under banner headlines in the Chinese news- рарет.

only point where the Japanese are holding their ground is in the vicinity of Taierchwang, where some of the bitterest fighting of the past week has been proceeding. In this vital sector, where the Japanese are chinging grimly des pite the collapse on all surround ing fronts, they have twice been driven from their positions out side the town, only to recover An amusing sidelight on the

them in swift counter-attacks. so-called demonstrations

The Chinese claim that in one Shanghai yesterday in favour of of these onslaughts, a detach the new Nanking regime, is ment of over 1,500 Japanese was thrown in police quarters, where practically annihilated by ma it is stated that Chinese coolies chine-gun fire and hand grenades. were hired to march in proces- sion through the city.

Shanghai, To-day

YIHSIEN INVESTED The capture of Yihsien by the The police yesterday arrested Chinese is imminent, as the town several persons who were trying is already virtually surrounded. to bribe passers-by to participate Farther north, the Chinese in the demonstration in return continue to advance and it is re- for payment of a dollar each. ported that they have now reach- Another report, not without ed a point about five miles be- irony, says that the "President yond Tsining. Military plans are of the new Nanking "Govern believed to envisage a linking of ment," Liang Hung-chi, was the Taining column with that threatened by a Japanese sentry driving against Taian, with the in Nanking on Sunday for not object of a combined offensive raising his hat quickly enough to 2gainst Tsinanfu Our Own greet the sentry. Trans-Ocean Correspondent and Trans-Ocean,

JAPANESE REPORT

HUNDREDS DIE IN BOMBING

OF TRAIN

Canton, To day.

About 209. passengers, bans, were killed aboard

Railway from Lok Chang

hen six Japanese

number One

Shanghai, Today.

In their first communique on the Shantung operations for a week, the Japanese military headquarters claim the success of an attack on Taierchwang, which (they say is expected to fall into their hands

ture of

significant that the

KO

Our Own

UBIE ALION

All day long yesterday- Chinese newsboys did ing trade, selling taining stories of Chimese ad-

COT

RETREAT IN DISORDER

According to the latest mes sage from General LF Tsung- (Continued on Page 24)

puppe

in Peping and Nanking.

While one strong group cates that the Peiping

ment should be the only

only

administ

bods

another group

tion of, favours the Nanking ment as the central authority.

Yet a third ga

bodies to continu

wishes both

Pamphlets dropped by ese planes over Shanghai day stated that the new Nanking body is only a provisional istration, and will be amalgan ed eventually with the Peiping “government.”—Trans-Ocean.

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