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THE CHINA MAII

TIENTSIN

MYSTERY

All Chinese "Puppet" Officials Now Affected

Ordered To Leave Concessions

PREPARING FOR ACTION IN EVENT OF WAR IN EUROPE?

Tientsin, To-day. Chinese officials of the "Provincial Government” residing in the Foreign Concessions were or- dered yesterday afternoon to be ready to move out at a few hours' notice. Foreign residents remain calm but are puzzled by the action. A leading local Chinese daily newspaper, regarded as the mouthpiece of the Japanese, in a recent article suggested that in the event of a war in Europe, Japan would participate in accordance with her agreements with Italy and Germany and might then try to occupy the foreign- controlled areas in China. Individual Japanese and also smaller firms are gradually leaving the British and French Concessions whilst some larger firms have moved their administra- tive offices elsewhere although they have experienced difficulty in finding accommodation:

Meanwhile, the Japanese Resi- dents' Association is ultimately expected to make a decision with regard to the official order that all Japanese retire from neutral areas. --Reuter. -

GUERILLAS RAID SINSIANG GARRISON

Chengchow, To-day.

A daring attack on the Japanese garrison in Sinsiang, important junction of the Peiping-Hankow and Taokow-Chinghua Railways in north Honan, on Saturday is re- vealed in a report received here.

The Chinese, it is stated, filtered into the walled city under cover off darkness.

JAPANESE MEET RESISTANCE

IN LIUAN ZONE

Hsishui, To-day, Japanese flying columns driving further westward from Liuan are meeting with strong

Chinese re- sistance in the vicinity of Yehkiatşi.

The destruction of highway com- munications west of Liuan by Chinese troops is causing great difficulties to Japanese troop move- ments. The main force of the Japanese column, for lack of means of transportation, is still checked in the vicinity of Hwoshan

and Tushanchen.

The invasion of Yehkiatsi is con- firmed by a despatch from Shang- cheng, Honan.

column of Japanese, Another under cover of artillery fire, at- tacked Kaishunchieh, but was re- pulsed-Central News.

FENGLINGTU RETAKEN

During the confusion, over 401 Japanese were killed and 70 wound- ed by the Chinese who also cap-| tured six Japanese officers and 20 privates. A number of rifles and machine-guns and quantities of ammunition were seized. Japanese petrol and

food sup- plies stored up inside the city were

Loyang, To-day. all set

important Yellow Fenglingtu, on fire by the Chinese. Central News.

River crossing opposite Tungkwan, is reported to have been recaptured by Chinese forces yesterday..

The recapture followed a severe counter-attack.

ANGLO-POLISH TALKS

Meinanchen,

The Japanese at Warsaw, Yesterday, east of Fenglingtu, have also been The Polish Foreign Minister, Cobeaten by the Chinese who are now lonel Beck, on Friday received the engaged in "mopping --up". opera- British Ambassador, Mr. Kennedy, tions.

and conferred with him for some ..time.

The most popular form of training for boys of H.M.S. Calcutta,

at Chatham, is sailing in the Medway. tirely by themselves with an instructor..

MONUMENT FOR KWEILIN VICTIMS

Chungking, To-day.

The Executive Yuan has been authorised to instruct the local authorities concerned to erect a "monument "on the spot where the C.N.A.C. plane "Kweilin" was shot down on August 24 to per- petuate the memory of the vic- tims, according to a Government Mandate in which the late Messrs. Hsu Sing-loh, Hu Pi-kiang and Wang Yu-mei are specially-com- mended for meritorious services to the nation.-Reuter.

They handle the boats en-

JOILFIELDS

AT THE SOUTH POLE?

mineral That there are oil and deposits in the region of the South Lincoln Pole is the belief of Mr. Ellsworth, the American explorer.

He told the "News Chronicle" that deposits are indicated by the pre- sence of many fossils on the Pacific side of Enderby Land, which he is going to explore on his next trip to the Antarctic later in the year.

Mr. Ellsworth's expedition will leave Capetown on November 1. His

planes.

JAPANESE TROOP equipment will include two

TRAIN MINED

Loyang, To-day.

Seventh Polar Trip

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This will be his seventh trip to the Polar regions.

He has been three times to the South Pole re-

A Japanese troop train, running gions and three to the Arctic. southward along the Tatung-Pu- "I am looking forward to getting chow Railway with ammunition, back to the Antarctic again," Mr. struck a land mine in the vicinity Ellsworth declared. "Life in cities of Yangku on Saturday. The loco kills me, and the only time I spend motive was completely destroyed.in them is when I am planning to

leave them behind." Chinese forces, waiting in am- bush, attacked the disabled train and killed more than 20 Japanese troops. All the ammunition and sup- plies on the train were destroyed.- Central News."

COL. LINDBERGH IN PRAGUE

Prague, Yesterday.

It is admitted that Taiyuan, Although no official information which was retaken by the Chinese as to the matters discussed has on August 31, has again been lost been issued, it is believed that to the Japanese.

į The Chinese who vacated Talyuan rived here" by aeroplane at 12.35 the British Ambassador's object was to ascertain the Polish atti-are now taking up positions in the o'clock yesterday and were wel- outskirts of the town.---Central comed at the airport by repre- tude to the Czechoslovakian milnor

News.

sentatives of the State and by ity problem.

Occan

He leaves by Empire flying-boat for Nairobi for a mountaineering holiday.

For some time Mr. Ellsworth has wanted to meet Dr. Harlow Shapley, the American scientist: Not until he was in the tender on his way to Southampton did he learn that Dr. Shapley had been a fellow passen- ger in the Europa.

the American Military Attache, Major Lowell, who accompanied

Colonel Lindbergh and wife ar-Lindbergh to the American Lega- tion in Prague wre Lindbergh and his-wife will be the guests of the American Minister, Mr. Carr.-Trans-Ocean,