THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 7, 1988.
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FINAL EVACUATION OF MAHWEILING ADMITTED Collapse Of Left Wing "Too Big A Handicap"
Lines Reforming
In Front Of Tehan
Shanghai, To-day.
The final evacuation of Mahweiling by Chinese forces was announced yesterday by the Chin-
ALFONSO'S- ELDEST SON
DIES IN MIAMI
Miami, To-day.
Count. Cavadonga, eldest son of King Alfonso of Spain, has died from injuries he received in a car 'accident which became complicat- ed by loss of blood caused by had been a life-long sufferer.— Reuter.
ese military authorities who stated that despite haemophilia, from which the Count a desperate effort on the part of the Chinese command to save the town, it was found to be impossible to do so.
to
Failure of the Chinese to hold Mahweiling, it is Yat-sen and she is taking gifts
stated, was due to the collapse of the Chinese them from Mrs. Attlee, Lady Clay- left-wing in the early stages of the battle ton and other well-known women "which proved too big an obstacle."
of
While the Chinese were "launch-, by the Singtze-Tehan highway is ' resistance ing a vigorous counter-offensive in encountering tenacious
the from the Chinese in the range the vicinity of Mingshan to north-west of Mahweiling" the hills west of Singtze.. Despite ár- Chinese command yesterday after-tillery and aerial bombardment and Chinese alleged use of poison gas the Ja- noon finally ordered the forces remaining in Mahweiling to panese have failed to dislodge the
Chinese from their positions. withdraw to the south.
The Chinese recapture of Ming- These troops it is stated, have
southeast of been ordered to form a junction shan, strategic hill
a great with the main body of the Chinese Juichang, is presenting troops which withdrew from Mah-obstacle to the Japanese pushing from Juichang to Mahweiling. In weiling on Saturday night.
Ja- NEW LINE
an effort to recover the hill, the panese launched a determined coun- The forces which evacuated town, according to a Chinese mili-ter-attack on the east side of the tary communique, are now forming hill yesterday.
a new line to the south of Mah- weiling.
Cavalry who were first used, were dispersed by Chinese artillery. In- A counter-attack is being launch-fantrymen were repulsed with great ed along the Juichang Wuning loss-Central News.
Highway, Chinese reports claim.
KUSHIH CRITICAL
Another point where the Chinese admit their troops are in a critical
RETREAT ON ́HWANGMEI
Hankow, To-day. Defeated by Chinese troops; - The position is Kushih, an important Japanese who were driving towards city in East Honan. The Japanese Kwangtsi, are reported to be fall- forces now advancing to the west ing back to Hwangmei.
now Weichialiangting, Tahopu and from north-west Anhwei are
points assaulting the city from the north, Shuangchengyi, strategic
between Hwangmei and Kwangtsi east and south.
On the north bank of the Yang-were successively recovered by the tse, the Chinese claim to be coun- Chinese in lightning counter attacks. ter-attacking the Japanese and The Chinese vanguards are said to reached the vicinity of pushing them back towards Kwang-have
Hwangmei city. chi.----Reuter.
MINGSHAN CLASH ·
The hilly. districts northwest Hankow, To-day. of Hwangmei city have at all times
The Japanese column which tried been in
to push from Singtze
to
the hands of Chinese Tehan troops.--Central News.
Prof. Haldane's Wife Arriving In Colony Next Week
London, To-day.
The China Campaign Committee held a farewell reception at the China Institute in honour of Mrs. Charlotte Haldane, wife of Professor Haldane, who is leaving by Imperial Airways plane for Hong Kong on Friday, on a tour of China.
TO FIGHT WAR
Reuter, Thirdly, by flying to China, she In an interview with Mrs. Haldane, said that her three would show the people of China main objects were to bring home that they were not so far away, to the English people "China's superb, effort against the Japanese invasion and the need of our help. ing her actively.
Secondly, to study the develop-To Fight War." ment of the position of women in China.
She is going partly on behalf of the "World's Women's Committee
She will interview: Madame Chiang Kai-shek and Madame Sun
Liberals.-Reuter.
MORE ACCUSATIONS
OF GRAFT AGAINST HINES
New York, To-day. "Big Harry" Schoenhaus, pay- master of the Schultz gang, testi- fied at the trial of Hines, that Weinberg, Schultz's business-man- ager,
told him in 1982: "Hines has gone on the pay-roll at $500 a week."
He paid Hines sums of: $500 and upwards on several occasions.
Schoenhaus alleged that Wein- berg drew $30,000 from the gang's
going
to
bank account in September, 1988, which he said he was
paign for Dodge. Reuter. give to Hines for the election cam-
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