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-DECLARATION

OF WAR ISSUE LOOMS AGAIN

Tokyo, To-day.

It is reported in political quar- ters, that following the recent Hong Kong notification to British shipmasters denying the Japanese right to search ships, the question of an early declaration of war has been sharply revived in Cabinet circles.

The Anglo-French demarche on Hainan is also the topic of lively discussion and unofficial quarters seem to regard the step as provo- cative. Our Own Correspondent.

INOCULATION BY PROXY: MAN'S DEATH

Shanghai, To-day.

Two Hundred Civilians Killed Along K.C.R.

(From Our Staff Representative)

Canton, To-day. The air raid alarm, which shieks its warning notes three or four times a day, is now treated in Canton as somewhat of a joke.

Not since Wednesday last have Japanese. planes been seen over the city, and even in the danger areas there is none of the hurried evacuation which had always followed the sounding of the first alarm.

As in the raids on Canton, civilians have been killed while the planes objective has

gone practically unscathed.

CONFIRMATION OF JAPANESE FAILURE PE

Shanghai, To-day.

The Japanese Air Force continued to subject the Chinese positions on both sides of the Yangtse River

above Anking to violent bombard- ment yesterday while Chinese planes

retaliated by dropping numerous

bombs on the Japanese naval units concentrated near Anking.

Since Japanese reports regarding

Anking developments have not been received here for some days, it is regarded as probable that the Ja- panese advance has been brought to

a standstill as the Chinese assert.

It is pointed out that the charac-

offering serious

natural obstacles to

mountains on both sides of the river form a narrow canyon.

The riverbanks, moreover, have. been transformed into veritable swamps by the floods.

Many people are returning to, the worst sufferers. Here, their homes in the Central Park raiders have unloaded about 150ter of the terrain in this region is and Wongsha Station regions. bombs in two days. inflicting the Japanese advance since high Some have gone back to semi- some 100 casualties. ruined houses, and have erected matting roofs and walls.

General feeling in official cir- The population of Shanghai has increased by at least 40,000 cles is that Canton will be spared persons during the last ten days the horrors of bombing in the

Both railways were temporari- owing to the mass influx of fugi-near future, and that as long as tives from flooded areas. · The the attack on Hankow is pressed, ly disrupted, the Hankow line on task of authorities in charge enemy planes will confine their Friday and the Kowloon line of sanitary matters therefore, attacks to the two railways in yesterday but in neither has been rendered even more dif- an effort to interrupt the con- was the damage serious. ficult than it was witherto.

Of 1,200,000 workers in the French Concession, roughly 700,000 already been vaccinated against cholera and every day about 15,000 people are vaccinated.

In the International Settlement which now numbers 1,500,000 in-

tinual supply of munitions. .

Official figures reveal that over] 200 have been killed in towns ad- joining the Canton-Kowloon and Canton-Hankow Railway in the past ten days.

SHEKLUNG SUFFERS Sheklung and Chungmoutao,

habitants, thus far approximately on the Kowloon line, have been 400,000 persons have submitted to vaccination.

Directors administrated by the

Japanese are subject to rigid sani- SEVEN CHOLERA

tary control by the Japanese au-

thorities and every person who

wishes to take up residence in CASES

these districts must be in posses- sion of a certificate proving that he has been vaccinated.

AN OVERDOSE

YESTERDAY

Seven new cholera cases, four from Victoria, one from Kow- loon, one from New Territories and one from the harbour, were That some are reluctant to un-reported to the Medical Depart dergo vaccination is shown by a ment in the 24 hours ended at report which recently appeared in midnight.

cholera

a Chinese paper, which declared Last week, eleven that a Chinese coolie died after 20 cases were reported, including anti-cholera vaccinations which he two imported cases, with 9 underwent so that he might sell deaths. There were also, in the vaccination certificates. It is de- same week, twelve diphtheria clared that since the month of May cases, 6 deaths, 25 typhoid vic 84 persons, including two forei- tims, 11 deaths, five meningitis, gners, have died from cholera in 3 deaths, and 31 dysentery, with Greater Shanghai-Trans-Ocean. leight deaths.

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The condition of the terrain therefore favouring the defensive and proving a serious handicap to the Japanese troops.

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