1938-08-30 — Page 9

THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST

CHINESE INCREASING PRESSURE ON HWANGMEI Japanese Claim Slow Progress Towards Wusueh

Heavy Fighting In

Liuan Sector

Hankow, To-day.

- The occupation of Susung has enabled the Chinese

KUOMINTANG FIVE DAYS OF COMMUNIST SPLIT DENIED

Hankow, To-day. Rumours of a split between the

~Party are vigorously denied by-a-

Chinese spokesman.

to increase their pressure on Huangmei, which Kuomintang and the Communist is the last position on the railway line of Tsien- shan-Taihu-Suhung-Hwangmei still in hands of the Japanese.

Chinese reports indicate that most of the Japanese forces in this district had been withdrawn prior to the opening of the Chinese offensive and were transferred to the region of Hofei from where the Japanese launched their west- ern offensive against Hankow.

SOLICITOR DISLIKES WORD "RACKET" IN TRAFFICKING-CASE

of

On Saturday evening the Japan- Hankow ese troops advancing on from Hofei had reached the first Chinese positions between Liuan and Wochang on the eastern slopes

On Tafu and the Hwo mountains.

the the southern bank

Japanese troops advancing from Jiuchang made relatively, slow progress Chinese offering stiff resistance.

the

He mentioned a telegram pu- blished in yesterday morning's Chinese Communist · organ,: the "Hsin Hua Jih

Chinese Communist Army Com- manders in Hopei, Chahar, Jehol and Shansi pledging their support and loyalty to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and, the Nation- al: Government.-Reuter.

BATTLE BRINGS PERIOD OF LULL

Hankow, To-day.

After five days of hard fighting for possession of the hills south-

Pao", from west and north-west of Juichang, there is a temporary lull in hos- tilities along the Juichang front at the present, with both Japanese and Chinese bringing up reinforce- ments, according to Chinese re- ports received here to-day.

ARTILLERY

DUEL ACROSS

YELLOW RIVER

Tungkwan, To-day.

On the south bank of the Yangtse the opposing forces are facing each other northwest of Chihu (Red Lake) and north- west Juichang.

A lull is also said to prevail along the Poyang Lake front, with the Chinese holding out in the hills southwest and north- west of Singtze.

WARSHIP PROBLEM

A terrific artillery duel across The Chinese spokesman said the They succeeded, however, in push-the Yellow River took place all Japanese had attempted to land ing forward towards Wusueh.. The day on Sunday, resulting in the troops south of Singtze in order to Chinese forces had been reinforced complete destruction of the Jap-outflank Chinese positions south- west of Singtze. These attempts Three women

and a man who by two fresh divisions which, how-anese gun emplacements.

The Japanese guns were silenc-were repulsed. first appeared at the Central Mag-fever, were unable to stem the Ja-

panese advance on Wusueh, where ed in the evening. istracy on Saturday charged with the first boom across the Yangtse Chinese artillery units near It is opined thất, owing to the Tungkwan again shelled the fall in level of Poyang Lake, opera- trafficking in young girls, harbour-River is prepared.

Commenting on the

Japanese Japanese positions on the north tions of the larger-sized Japanese ing them as prostitutes, and exer-

operations on the Lake of Poyang bank yesterday, but no reply gunboats on the lake are becoming cising control and influence over the military organ "Sao Tang Pao" came from the Japanese side. impossible.. them, again made their appearance expresses the fear that the Japan- Following their evacuation of

The spokesman confirmed Chin-. Chinese are ΠΟΥ ese press reports of the re-capture before Mr. H. R. Butters this morn-ese may land troops on the eastern Singtien, the

shore of the lake and launch an entrenched north of Fenglingtu, of Taihu and Susung, but asserted ing.

attack on Nanchang from there. important Yellow River crossing that although Chinese troops en-

opposite Tungkwan.

tered Chienshan on August 27, The Japanese who launched an they were later forced to withdraw The Japanese claim to be continuoffensive on Fenglingtu were put owing to the strong Japanese: Defendants were remanded for a ing operations "in accordance with to rout. At present, the forces machinegun nests inside, that city. week and the first hearing was fix-plan." They assert that units of

are pitted at Tungsichangtsun, the "Northern Army" entered the Tungsipotai, Tsiaolutsun and Si- ed for September 26.

When Mr. Remedios applied for town of Liuan through

yangtsun, north of Fenglingtu. bail, Mr.

W. J. Lockhart Smith, gate on Sunday afternoon, the en-Central News. who appeared on behalf of the try followed by violent encounters Japanese and Chinese Secretary for Chinese Affairs, said between

Mr. F. X. d'Almada Remedios ap- peared on behalf of Chau Lo-sam, widow, and pleaded not guilty.

LIUAN CLAIM

the south

that the amount fixed should be sharpshooters in the streets. Other very substantial as there was a Japanese units reached the town of great deal of money behind this Hwoshan 35 kilometres south trade.

BAIL OPPOSED`

*

of

Liuan,

The Japanese estimate that the He asked His Worship not to Chinese have concentrated 12 divi-" overlook the possibility of defen-sions with a total strength of about. dants jumping bail.

70,000 men on the north wing of

CHINESE ADMIT LOSS

After consulting Miss P. Harrop, their front. These forces are be OF TSIYUAN

Lady Assistant to the S.C.A., Mr. lieved to be commanded by General Lockhart Smith said that he was Sung Cheh-yuan who formerly com- instructed to oppose bail as the manded the Chinese army at Pei- amount involved in the "racket”}ping,

was great.

AIR ATTACKS

Loyang, To-day. Chinese forces have evacuated

Mr. Remedios said he did not. The Japanese emphatically deni-Taiyuan, on the north bank of the like the word "racket," as his client ed that Taihu had been captured by had pleaded not guilty.

Bail was, fixed at $5,000 each.

FOUR ACCUSED, accused are;

Ng Sul-ying, married woman, aged 31 years, of No. 9, Fuk Luk Lane; 5

the Chinese troops.

Yellow River and are now taking up positions to the west, where sanguinary fighting reported to be in progress.

West and northwest of Juichang there is considerable activity of Ja panese planes. The airmen are subjecting the Chinese positions to "big push"

The Japanese launched their on Taiyuan on the

Chinese troops, he added, have surrounded the town.

It is reported that floodwaters in the Yangtse. are handicapping fighting in the Huangmei area. Reuter.

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Central News.

Chuf Po-chui, married woman, aged 80 years of No. 11, Fuk Luk persons were: -lane; and

* Wong Ol-po, aged 16 years; Chin Fel-fel, aged 19 years; Chin Oi-fan, aged 16 years Chau Ma-161, aged 18 years Chau Lei-lei, aged 19 years.

⠀⠀ Chau... Lo-sam, widow, aged 48 years, of No. 1, Chung Shing Street

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