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Desperate Onslaughts Fail To Break Through

"SUSPENSION OF SERVICE" NOTICES BY COAST OFFICERS

The "China Mail" is officially informed that a final ultimatum““ is to be submitted to coastal steamship companies to-day.

The replies to the demands of the officers of the river steamer · companies are satisfactory, and settlement is expected..

Those from the coastal com- panies are regarded by the China Coast Officers' Guild and Marine Engineers' Guild of China as unsatisfactory. It is possible that notices of "sus- pension of services" will be handed to the companies con- cerned to-day at 4 p.m. taking effect within 24 hours unless a more satisfactory reply is giv-

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It is learned that Wo Sing, Peter's and Williamson's, in their reply to the latest com- munication from the officers, in- creased their offer of an addi- tional 15 per cent. bonis to 22 per cent, but rejected the demands for definité revision of the 1919 Scale, for leave provi- sions, for a provident fund or other scheme in lieu and for in- creased messing allowance.

Main insistence of the officers is upon revising the 1919 scale..

SEVERE LOSSES INSURGENT

NORTH OF TAIERCHWANG

Hankow, To-day.

Failure is again the predominant note of the latest Japanese offensive in the Taierchwang zone, according to reports received by telephone this morning.

OFFENSIVE

DEFINITELY

CHECKED

The Spanish

London, To-day.

Government claims that the insurgent offen- sive has been "completely check-

and that the Republicans are now attacking at mber of points, from Bar-

Foreign observers state that the Japanese are fight-ed and definitely abandoned,”

ing desperately, exposing themselves to great risks and losing men heavily, with the know ledge that the whole campaign may depend upon the struggle on which they have now entered.

Heaviest fighting took place last night and early this morning in the sector about ten miles to the north-east of Taierchwang but the Japanese attacks were repulsed after hours of critical fighting, in which casualties on both sides were shockingly heavy.

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The drive towards Castellon and Valencia, it is claimed, has been stopped with serious losses for the insurgents.

The Republican lines are now declared to be solid along the na- aural mountain defence of the yrenees to the coast, and can be defended without difficulty.

Foreign military observers point to the gravity of the Jap anese positions should the pre- sent operations develop into a collapse of the offensive, for 'osses have been severe other fronts have been drained of all available men for the Shantung battle, and an unsuccessful en It is believed that the Japanese gagement in this region would Saragossa

Insurgent

themselves lost more than 3,000 expose all other fronts to the were sun, e

men in a 10-hour battle into danger of debacle. which they were launched in a Correspondent. desperate endeavour to smash

the Chinese defences at this vitall. eoint.

LULL AGAIN DESCENDS The Chinese command, how- ever, threw in reserves rushed up from Taierchwang and this morning, when the battlefront quietened down, all the Japan- ese hardwon gains had been wiped out.

MUSSOLINI AND VISIT OF HERR HITLER

Rome, To-day.

A statement by Signor Mussolini appears in the

“The axis is abo all the pression of a profound feeling, due? to the fact that both nations realise that they passed through tical historical development

Italian press in connec- last century and the exis

War period, and that the two an tion with the fortheom-irmly determined to defend ing visit to Rome of Herr civilisation against the Hitler.

titude of the w threat that may come

Il Duce says: "The Rome-Berlin east axis is far more than a diplomatic

Similar messages are

agreement of the usual sort, which by Herr Joachim von depends more or less on the chang-the German Foreign ing values of political

Count-Ciano the Minister-Trans-Ocean

headquarters at

s that two ships. in Valencia harbour

raid.

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