1938-09-09 — Page 17

THE

CHINESE

RECAPTURE

KWANGCHI LAST NIGHT Japanese Suffer Heavy Losses In Counter-Attack

Smashing Victory

On Arrival Of Fresh Troops

Hankow, To-day.

Chinese troops recaptured Kwangtsi, gateway to the Wuhan area, on the north bank of the Yangtse River, shortly after 7 o'clock last night in a smashing counter-attack, according to ur- gent telephone messages received from the front.

-"ASSASSIN"-

RELEASED

Alexandria, To-day.

mixed court of enquiry has. ordered the release of Jean Asfar, the Syrian law student, who was arrested in connection with, the alleged attempt on King Faroukh.~

He stoutly denied that he was In possession of the pistol with which the shot was fired. Reuter.

WUSHIHMEN RAID

CASUALTIES .

Nanchang, To-day.

CHINA DEMAND FOR ACTION UNDER ART. 17

Geneva, To-day.

The appeal from China is the only essential political item on the agenda of the 102nd League of Nations' Council session that begins to-day under the chair- manship of the delegate for New Zealand, Jordan.

The official programme confirms invoked At least 200 civilians were killed the fact that China has

Bombs were showered all over items on the agenda only the

Two thousand Japanese are claimed to have been and wounded at Wushihmen, north Articles 12 and 17 of the League slaughtered during the fierce engagement of Tehan, during an air raid by 20 Cove the other and rather technical prior to the recapture of the town. In addition Japanese bombers yesterday. to a large quantity of rifles and other arms, the town. The raiders also strafed more than forty field pieces, abandoned by the the town with machine-gun fire. Japanese upon their heavy retreat, were cap-west of Nanchang, was bombed by tured by the Chinese.

The Chinese victory is said to be losses around Kwangtsi yesterday, the greatest in the Kwangtsi- when the Chinese counter-attacked. Hwangmei sector.

It is revealed that the

following are of general interest:

(1) appointment of a new. trustee Kian, about 195 kilometres south for the Austrian. League of Nations'

six Japanese raiders. Central who has resigned. News.

loans to succeed the Italian trustee

(2) reports of the permanent mandates commission of the League of Nations and of the international committee for

REARGUARD STRIKES BACK Nanchang, To-day. The Chinese rearguard is strik-tion.

oring back at Mahweiling to cover (3) appo "tual coopera-

The attack came so suddenly that Chinese the Japanese had no time to

Hague,

a new judge

withdrew from the walled city of ganise defence, resulting in a gener-the retreat of the main body of the for the international court at the Kwangtsi on Wednesday night asal retreat, within the ruins it was difficult to defend. The city Kwangtsi. was practically levelled to the ground by repeated Japanese aer- ial bombings.

SHARP FIGHTING.

Furious counter-attacks

of Chinese troops to Tehan.

In well-informed circles, it is The Japanese movements from Mahweiling are apparently design-doubted whether the Chinese appeal ed to attack from flank and rear will lead to any concrete results. It the Chinese troops in the Singtze is assumed that the League of sector, which have been tenacious-Nations Council will consider itself ly holding the Japanese landing at unable to go beyond its previous Singtze. Central News,

resolutions regarding “individual help of League members to China.

are

of

INTENTION CONFIRMED

The Japaneŝe, as soon as they now being launched at Singtze and entered, began to strengthen Mahweiling and bitter clashes are the defences feverishly and rush-reported from those areas where ed up reinforcements.

both Chinese and Japanese positions

At the same time, it is emphasis- Iremain obscure, according to semi-

ed that China's action in Geneva The Chinese troops which with-

Geneva, To-day.

could not but improve the legal drew, took up positions around the official messages from the front.

The Japanese are reported to be It is confirmed in Geneva that the political situation of Chiang Kai city, and with the arrival of rein-

Chinese delegation has received Shek's Government.-Trans-Ocean. forcements yesterday afternoon, reinforcing their forces north

that instructions from the Government launched a fierce counter-attack Tehan and it is expected

League of Nations major battle will shortly break out to request the Heavy fighting took place in the

the sanction clauses." immediate outskirts.

between the two armed force for the to apply the Article 17 of After two

League Covenant to "the Sino-Ja- The Chinese Government fails to hours' fighting, the Japanese re-occupation of Tehan.

see why, as a League member, it treated leaving 1,000 dead on the

The ridiculous report stating panese conflict.

Article 17 provides for a settle-should renounce its right to ob- field.

that the Japanese had entered Man- chang, has been officially denied. It ment by League arbitration of con-tain the assistance of the League The Chinese completely recap-is pointed out, that the Japanese flicts between members and non-especially in view of the fact that done tured the city shortly after 7 o'clock gunboats on the Po Yang Lake have members of the League of Nations, up to now the League has in the evening-Central News. yet not attempted to attack the Chi-It gives the League Council the nothing in the way of helping to DISASTROUS LOSSES nese positions along the south-possibility of approaching Japau bring about a settlement of the

western shore of the Lake. Our and offering its services as media-Far Eastern conflict.

Hankow, To-day.

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