1938-09-28 — Page 9

THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 28, 1938.

LULL

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BEFORE STORM

ON YANGTSE FRONT Chinese Counter-Offensive At Tienchiachen

Japanese Warships CHINESE AIR

Driven Off By Batteries

Hankow, To-day.

"The lull before the storm” is the description of the military situation on the south bank of the Yangtse given by the Chinese military com- mand.

FORCE GIVES JAPS. SEVERE STRAFING

Hankow, To-day.

KING CAROL IN CONFERENCE WITH CABINET

Bucharest, To-day.

Returning here from Sinaia, where he conferred with his Minis- ters, King Carol again held impor- After months of inactivity, the tant conferences at Controceni Chinese air force went into action Ministers of Finance, War and Places last evening at which the The Japanese troops there are preparing for a new again yesterday morning, heavily Marine, as well as the Air General general offensive with Yanghsin as objective. bombing and machine-gunning and the Director of Armaments Several Japanese warships steamed up river yes- Japanese troop concentrations participated. The Chief of General Staff, General Jonescu, was also terday morning, reaching Fuchikou. They are north-west, west and east of Loshan, reported to have been repulsed by Chinese according to an announcement by shore batteries.

Chinese Aviation Headquarters...

The Chinese garrison defending| Tienchiacheng, aided by reinforce- ments from Kwangsi, has launched a counter offensive against the Ja- panese who are assaulting the fort.

The Japanese are said to have] vigorously attacked the Chinese positions at Haichiashan and Pán- fengshan, north-east of Tienchia- cheng, where fighting is reported.

AUSTRALIAN LABOUR PARTY'S ATTITUDE

Canberra, To-day.

At a sitting of the Commonwealth Parliament yesterday the Leader of JAP. FLANK ENCIRCLED the Labour Party, Mr. Curtin, On the north bank, in the Sen- made a declaration on the party's yang sector, the Chinese are re-behalf stating that the experience of ported to be engaging the Japanese the past quarter century had shown at Tachuantin, south of Shangchen-the necessity for Australia to keep One Chinese column is said to have clear of European conflicts and to encircled the Japanese flank and reserve her forces for her own de occupied Yuchiatsi, 10 miles south fence. Hence the Labour Party de- of Shangchen, and are threatening manded that in the event of war no the Japanese rear at Tachuantien. Australian troops should be

Further west, in the Kwangshan overseas, irrespective of all sector, the

Chinese and Japanese services which the Commonwealth are said to be opposing one another would be prepared to render to the across the Popi River. Reuter.

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MAK WAI-MING CASE

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DANUBE SHIPPING SUSPENDED

Budapest, To-day.

Shipping on the stretch of the Mak Wai-ming, the well-known Danube which formed the 1

Chinese swimmer, who is charged with the larceny of a camera from Cheng Pao-king, a university student on May 23, appeared on re- mand before Mr. H. R. Butters at the Central Magistracy this morn- ing. Lam Shiu-king, a student, also appeared, charged with unlawful -possession.

border

between Slovakia has been discontinued, it Hungary and Czecho-

is announced here.

the river has thus stopped between The entire passenger service on

Vienna and· Budapest. Ocean.

Trans-

The court was packed with HANKOW RAID

members of both sexes. The case

ALARM

Hankow, To-day.

was adjourned until Saturday at 10 a. m. on the request of Sergeant. Oakley, who stated that a number: The air raid alarm was sounded of "additional charges might be yesterday; afternoon at 13.15, and preferred as the result of enquiries. Japanese bombers, raided

the

the

Canton-Hankow Railway” in vicinity of Puchi, south of Hankow,

FR. JACQUINOT, COMING HERE

Shanghai, To-day.

Lau. Chung was bound ovell by Mr. R. Edwards at the Centrál | Magistracy⠀⠀ this morning, whện charged with keeping an unregister-

present.

Armaments for the Rumanian army and preparations for an even-. tual emergency were discussed. Early yesterday morning, it is The Foreign Minister, M. Pet- stated, a squadron of Chinese bom-rescu, had a busy day receiving bers, in co-operation with Chinese the Ministers from Czechoslovakia, land forces operating east of the England, France, Germany, Poland Peiping-Hankow Railway, heavily

and Yugoslovia. bombed Japanese artillery positions north-west of Loshan, as well as | Japanese troop concentrations west

of Loshan.

Father Jacquinot, the Frenched muï-taâi,' at No. 69 Hollywood || priest noted for his war - -relier Road, Bute fr work, left Shanghai for Hong Kong on board the P. and O. "Carthage yesterday.

Inspector Fraser said defendant went to the S. C. A. last Friday to register a girl as a mui-tsai. The Father girl was presented to his brother- In Catitoni several years ago,

It is understood that Jacquinot intends to proceed

Hankow in connexion with urgent and had been transferred to his refugee work there.

The Chinese planes are said to have dropped over 200 bombs.

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a large body of Japanese troops in the vicinity of Chukangpu, east of Loshan, and immediately power- HEAVY LOSSES INFLICTED dived, sweeping the Japanese troops. When reconnoitring east of with heavy machinegun fire and Loshan, the Chinese planes sighted inflicting heavy casualties. Reuter.

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