1938-04-07 — Page 24

SOUTH CHINA LANDING: CLASH REPORT UNCONFIRMED

-Canton, To-day. ting was preceded by a heavy ma- Following the arrival in South chinegun fire-Hua Nan. China waters of seven additional Japanese warships, it is reliably reported than an attempt was made yesterday by a force of about five hundred marines to land at Tongkawan.

The reports reaching here state that sharp skirmishes oc- curred over a period of several hours and that the landing was effectively resisted, with upwards of a hundred casualties, killed! and wounded, inflicted on the Jap_ anese landing parties.

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STRONG REINFORCEMENT Private messages received in the Colony state that over 2,000 Japanese marines have been landed on Tong Kwan Island during the past two days and that there are no less than 3,000 Japanese scattered on different is. lands now in their possession off the Chung Shan District. coast.

It is also stated that 10 additional Japanese gunboats have arrived in South China waters recently.

OFFICIAL REPORT

Canton, To-day. Offcial quarters here

say that at-

Chinese casualties are reported to have been heavier. They were subjected to heavy shellfire by two destroyers which stood in the bay covering the Japanese landing-Our Own Correspon-they have no reports of any dent.

Įtempted landing, though it is known that five warships shelled Tong- Hua Nan's report on the inci-kawan.-Own Our Correspondent. dent states:

ALL DAY FIGHTING

Several hundred Japanese mari-

nes, under cover of heavy artillery IN LION'S DEN

bombardment by two Japanese warships, disembarked at a point

Tientsin, To-day. in the outer harbour of Tongkawan,

Leaflets of Communistic na- Chungshan District, early yesterday ture are being distributed here morning and were stoutly resisted and in Peiping, and under the by Chinese militia

and regular rose of the Japanese. authorities. troops. Fighting lasted the whole Officials of the Eighth Route day and up to last evening the Ja-Army have been in conference: panese marines had still failed to with leaders in the two cities. establish their position on shore. The Japanese military are in- Another group of Japanese mari-stituting house-to-house searches. nes attempted a landing at Kin-Mo No one has yet been arrested- from three motor-boats. Their land- Our Own Correspondent.

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New York, To-day. President Roosevelt. will shortly seek the authority of Congress to devote $1,500,000,- 000 in an attempt to revive American business, according to the Washington correspon- dent of the "New York Daily News."

The money will be granted to states and cities in the form of loans without interest to finance housing and public works.

The programme is designed to be in full operation before: the end of July.-Reuter.

CHINESE PLANES VISIT SHANGHAI

Shanghai, To-day.

For the first time in months, Chinese planes visited the Shanghai area in daytime yesterday, accord- ing to Chinese reports.

These reports say that a squa- dron flew over the westerni dis- trict of Lunghwa at 7 o'clock yesterday morning reconnoitring. Japanese troops are reported to have fired on the planes with anti-aircraft guns, without suc-

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The Chinese machines retired in south-westerly direction after circling for about half an hour.

The same reports state that several Japanese planes subse- quently took to the air apparent- ly in search of the Chinese ma- chines. Reuter

FAR-FETCHED CLAIM

Shanghai, To-day- Far-fetched claims are made by the Japanese who assert that their troops have reached a point six kilometres north of Hsuchow- fu and that one detachment is! one kilometre south-east of the city.

It is, however, established that fighting at Talerchwang is both sides in continuing with

much the same position as yes- terday. Our Own Correspon- dent.

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London, To-day.. Labour is rejoicing at its success in the West Fulham by-election, the eighth La- bour, gain in forty-five by- elections since the last Gen- eral Election, and it is pointed out that the Labour Party has not lost a seat in a by-election for over two years.

Labourites regard the re- sult as an indictment of the Government's foreign policy, but the "Daily Telegraph," in a leader, attributes the de- feat of the Conservative can- didate to the opposition cam- paign of misrepresentation.

The journal declares there is no reason to suppose that the country. will follow the example of West Fulham.

Dr. Edith Summerskill, the successful Labour candid- ate, is the daughter of a doctor and the wife of Dr. Jeffrey Samuel, but uses her maiden name for political purposes. Reuter.

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