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THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 8, 1988.

LITVINOFF ACCUSES

JAPAN

OF FAR AIMS

Border Conflict Now Spreading To New Area

AMERICAN

CRASHES

FROM BANK OF EAST ASIA BUILDING

Falling or jumping from the ninth floor of the Bank of East Asia, an American, Mr. Gcorge Channing Smith, well-known in local business circles and one of the original founders of the former American-Oriental Finance Cor-

MASS RAIDS- BY SOVIET AIRMEN

Tokyo, To-day. More than 100 Soviet airplanes yesterday engaged in raids on Japanese positions, according to a communique issued by the War Ministry at 8.40 p.m. yesterday.

The communique adds that the points attacked included the North Korea Railway, Japanese artil- lery emplacements and bridges.

The raiders kept at a height of from 2,000 to 3,000 feet altitude, not daring to fly low.-Reuter.

IMPORTANT

poration, was instantaneously kill- CHINESE

,ed at 5.30 a.m. to-day.

It is thought that he leapt from: the balcony of his office on the west side of the building. He landed on the roof of Powell's

tiled roof.

VICTORY

MAHUILING, TO-DAY.

Warning Given To The Japanese Ambassador

Moscow, To-day.

M. Litvinoff, in his interview with Mr. Shigemitsu, accused the Japanese Government of deliber- ately seeking to involve Japan in a war with the Soviet and pointed out that the scale of the present operations far exceed the usual fron- tier “incident" as they are involving artillery. He also pointed out that the conflict has now spread to another district, that of Grodskovo, where a Japanese company with three machine-guns attacked a Soviet border post guarding a hill on Soviet territory and occupied this hill..

The Soviet re-inforcements fired on the Japanese company which re-

were

Building, passing through the MILITARY REPORTS RE-treated to Manchurian territory.

CEIVED HERE CLAIM AN Several Red Army men The tragedy was discovered IMPORTANT CHINESE SUC- when, at about 5.30 a.m., fokis CESS ON THE NORTH BANK wounded in this encounter and evid- also Japanese on the top floor of Powell's OF THE YANGTZE NEAR SU ently there were Building were disturbed by a loud SUNG.

casualties.

MORE FIGHTING

Moscow, To-day.

M. Litvinoff is. of opinion that there will be more fight- ing, because each side will try to gain an advantage before reaching an agreement.

M. Litvinoff made a counter- proposal to the Ambassador that hostilities should cease when both sides had agreed, not to cross and not to shoot. across the boundary line mark- ed by the 1886 Treaty with China

sound which came from the ceil- The Japanese invaders, con- M. Litvinoff stated also that the ing of the bathroom. Subse-stituting parts of the second, the

"protest" in- quent inquiries revealed that a sixth, the ninth and the thir-Soviet considers a man's body had fallen into the teenth divisions, were routed and adequate and has given warning roof.

driven back to Susung, hastily that it does not intend in future to The police were informed and taking with them truckloads of allow the periodic killing and wound- with the help of firemen, the dead and wounded and leaving ing of the frontier guards, or even body was extracted and sent to the battle-field littered with many a temporary invasion of Soviet ter- the Victoria Public Mortuary. more of their slain comrades: ritory by Japanese troops.

The debacle is said to be heaviest The Soviet is determined to use Deceased was not fully dressed the Japanese have ever suffered and it appeared that he was sleep- since they landed at Anking artillery and airplanes as well as defined by the Soviet te

Over 4,000 casualties were suffer other means to prevent such...... -in-

cidents.-Reuter.: ed.

SLEPT IN OFFICE?

ing in his office last night.

He occupied a space in the office Mesars. D. A. Purves

of

forces Japanese

operating

and Company, in room No. 904A on along the Yangtze are facing a Bank of dilemma, as both their westward

the ninth floor of

the

East Asia Building and was engag-

drive from Huangmei on Hankow

ed in the investment and security in the north, and southward drive

business.

No reason is known why Mr. Smith should want to end his life. but the Police .are now through deceased's papers in office.

going the

-It understood that he leaves.

from Kiukiang on Nanchang in the south are balked by floods or stiff Chinese defence.

1

The Fukuda 106th division, which was responsible for the capture of Matang, Pengtseh and a Hukou, is encountering great dif- ficulties in operations around Kiukiang.

wife and two children in Shanghai. AT CINEMA LAST NIGHT

REGIMENT WIPED OUT According to a friend of deceas- ed, he had dinner at the Canadian number of close-range struggles,

During artillery duels and Cafe last evening after seeing the it is estimated that the Japanese 7.15 p.m. cinema performance in suffered no less than 2,000 dead. town. His conversation was gener-The 145th Regiment, spearhead al and deceased particularly refer of the Japanese attack, was al- red to the fate of the Hawaiian most completely wiped out. Clipper. He was in his usual hap- Two "Manchukuo" regiments, py mood and talkative spirit and

lemployed to test the Chinese gave no indication of being in any strength, have been transferred way depressed.

to the rear for reorganisation.

The Chinese original position oxtending westward from - Kiu- kiang to south of. Shaho on the railway remains intact. —

Cen tral News.

OVERTURE

REJECTED

Moscow, To-day.

The Japanese Ambassador,

The French cruiser Primaguet Mr. Shigemitsu yesterday saw Sovlet Foreign, Commissar M. arrived in Hong Kong this morn

short visit and fired' a Litvinoff and, proposed that both ing on a eldes cease hostilities and retain sulute to the country of 21 guna to the positions occupied at the mo-which the military, through Black- mont until an agréement has head Fort, replied. The French cruiser then saluted the Commo-. been reached.ha

M. Litvinoff refused the propo-dore's pennant to which the Tamar sal

Reuter.

replied with 11 guns♫

He insisted that the Soviet would not tolerate any. Japan- ese on the

territory

-No agreement was reached. -Reuter

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