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KWEITEH AIR BATTLE: HECTIC CLASH

Conflicting Reports On Outcome Of Dog-Fight

·PLEBISCITE UNIVERSITIES AT MISSING

FIGURES

Berlin, To-day.

The uncficial final result of the

plebiscite in Germany and Aus-

tria. shows:

Totes cast:

Yes:

No:

Invalid:

Percentage:

49.326.791

48,799,269

452,180 75,342

99.08 -Reuter.

C.C. WANG'S THANKS TO LORD MAYOR

London, To-day.

Profound gratitude to the Lord Mayor of London for his "untiring efforts" in raising funds for relief in China, is expressed by Mr. C. C. Wang, President of the London Chinese Association, in a letter to "The Times."

CHANGSHA

BOMBED

Shanghai, To-day.

OFFICER MYSTERY CLUE

Tokyo, To-day.

The Japanese army spokesman this morning claim- The British military attache. ed that the Japanese army and air force had Major-General F. S. G. Piggott, told scored a major victory at Kweiteh yesterday,Renter to-day that officials of the saying that 15 Japanese planes attacked Kwei-Japanese Home Muistry had two of Lt. Peacock...... teh aerodrome and engaged 30 Chinese ma-theories in the chines, of which 24 were shot down. Only Japanese loss, he alleged, was when a planer

rammed a Chinese machine.

The naval spokesman nounced that Japanese aircraft raided Chinese military establish- ments on the Siang Erver oppo- site Changsha, yesterday, being greeted by anti-aircraft guns. The planes, he claimed, hit their objectives and all the raiders, who were not engaged by Chin.

ese machines, returned to their base safely.

HEAVY FIGHTING AT PENGPU

of the T.P.R.

Shanghai, To-day.

the Butch

First, they think that Lt Peacocke's Japanese panion, may have been

"wrong-un, attachang himself the British officer for the par- pose of doing him in.” local police strongly lean to this belief.

The

Secondly, Lt. Peacocke may have met with an accident. It is It is admitted in Japanese, thought that Asamura may have military quarters here that gone off for assistance, lost his severe fighting is occurring round way in the blizzard, fired a revol In South China, Japanese Pengpu, on the southern sector ver to attract attention and even- tually collapsed and was frozen to planes blew up fifteen freight

The Chinese attackers consist | death. - on the Canton-Hankowf

Major General Piggott stress- help being deeply touched by the Railway, destroying the tracks at entirely of guerillas, who have Lord Mayor's great humanity several places.

been harrassing the Pengpa gared that the mystery could not be and warm sympathy towards our The Paiyuan suburbs of Cantonrison for several days Our Own solved unless Lt. Peacocke was people during these days of our were raided and Amoy forts Correspondent. national crisis.”

The letter says: "We cannot trucks

Mr. Wang alse expresses grati- tude to the "thousands of good people in Great Britain who have responded so generously to the Lord Mayor's appeal, and the voluntary workers who have help-

bombed.

The spokesman claimed that Japanese planes bombed Chinese

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ed in such an untiring and Chris CHINESE

tianlike spirit.”

GRATEFUL APPRECIATION

ADVANCE

IN SHANSI

Tientsin, To-day.

He concludes by saying: "The warm sympathy and material help given us during these days of struggle against subjugation and enslavement, as manifested With the Chinese troops steadi- by the Lord Mayor's efforts andy pushing northwards from the generous response of the Tungkwan, south-west corner of British people, will go a long way i-shan's troops from Shensi Shansi Province, General Yen to hearten our spirit.

"This sympathy and encourage-

Province have crossed into Shan-

ment we

shall remember with si and are threatening the Jap increasing grateful appreciation anese at Taiyuanín. -Reuter.

These troops are reported have arrived at Lizhsien, about 170 miles west

THE TYPHOON said to be of considerable

The Royal Observatory.

that the anticyclone has moved into 20

being

the Pacific to the east of Japan, Own Correspondent.

leaving a feeble anticyclonic area

over the lower Yangtse valley.

Depressions are situated over situated about 700 miles Manchuria and to the south-e

of Tokyo.

The typhoon has

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