1938-10-13 — Page 11

THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 13, 1938.

TOKYO REQUEST TO BRITAIN

JAPANESE FORCES MEETING WITH RESISTANCE IN

JAPANESE

NORTH-WESTERLY ADVANCE APPEAL FOR WHILE THE JAPANESE FORCES WHICH LANDED AT BIAS BAY CO-OPERATION

YESTERDAY MORNING ARE MOVING SLOWLY IN A NORTH- WESTERLY DIRECTION PREPARATORY TO THE “BIG PUSH” ON TAMSHUI, WAICHOW AND CANTON, JAPAN HAS SENT A FURTHER NOTE TO THE POWERS.

The following statement, made by the spokesman of the Foreign

In this note the Premier, Prince Konoye, says a Reuter despatch from Office in Tokyo yesterday, was Tokyo, requests the respective governments to take measures to pre-issued by the Consulate-General in vent Chinese troops constructing military works close to foreign pro-

Hong Kong this morning: perty in South China.

Operations just undertaken in In addition, the Japanese Government desires foreign powers to refrain South China by Imperial Japanese from moving their troops, warships and aircraft in South China in forces are purely military opera- the area from Swatow to Pakhoi during continuance of Japanese mi-tions for the purpose of intercept- ing the principal route of arms and litary action.

munitione supply to the Chinese

The note also asks that ten days' notice be given in advance of move- forces and destroying important

ments of foreign troops, warships and aircraft in this area.

Meanwhile (says our Canton cor- respondent), military quarters statė that a further thirty Japanese war- ships and transports are steaming south from Shanghai, and it is feared that another major landing South is about to take place in China.

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points of hostile machinations against Japan.

Over a hundred buildings were ship or plane movements planned The policy hitherto pursued by razed to the ground at Hachung are notified to the Japanese authe Japanese Government of res- by Japanese incendiary bombs thorities ten days in advance. and shells, and about 150 Chin-

pecting the rights and interests of DANGER ZONE ese civilians killed. The build- (3) The Japanese Government Although best efforts will therefore third powers remains unchanged. ings were still blazing last night.trusts that eventual Chinese enbe exerted for the prevention of

CONSOLIDATING

deavours to use territorial waters The Chinese troops have retreat- and area zones of foreign powers operations, it is earnestly hoped any damage to them in the present A report from Swatow states ed to the hills to take cover from will be frustrated by the foreign that third powers will understand that additional Japanese vessels the Japanese shelling, and hun-powers.

The note then refers to the an-will extend co-operation to the ex- the real intentions of Japan and arrived off the port yesterday, and dreds of Chinese from the coast shelled the

and cities nouncement of June 20 regarding forts of the Japanese forces and Chinese coastal de-are pouring to towns

inland.

the danger zone in the area fences at Sheklim, Hoishan and

of The same reports add that the military operations in China and thereby preclude the occurrence of Chaoyang.

Fears are still entertained

in Japanese continued all day yester- expresses the wish that foreign any untoward incidents. Canton that a landing will be at-day landing forces and supplies ships avoid this zone and that for- this region is tempted near Bocca Tigris and also under the cover of their warships, eign property in between Swatow and Hoifung. The and will, it is believed, not under-clearly designated and notified to Po On coast at Chekwan was shell-take their drive to Canton or to the the Japanese authorities in China meeting with a certain measure of Canton-Kowloon Line in Chinese and that Chinese troops are not territory immediately, but will wait allowed to approach this property. are not making towards the British Present indications are that they until they have obtained a firm The Japanese Government more border but are concentrating in a hold on the mainland,

over points out, it is desirable that direct line for the Kowloon-Canton foreigners have occupied the ter ritories in question. Trans-Ocean,

ed from the sea.

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BIAS BAY FIGHTING

Canton, To-day. First hand reports of the land- ing of the Japanese forces at Bias Bay were received here last night from Weiyang, where a number of Chinese refugees have arrived from the coast.

It is stated that about 50 Japan- ese cruisers steamed very near the commenced coast at Hachung and shelling the interior at

about 3

Weiyang authorities expected a general influx of refugees during

to-day and have made preparations to house and feed them and trans- port them to other parts of Kwang- tung. Our Own Correspondent.

FULL NOTE

Tokyo, To-day.

yesterday ad- to the diplomatic of the foreign

Prince Konoye

a.m. yesterday. Covered by these dressed a note gunboats numerous launches crowd- representatives

MEETING WITH

RESISTANCE

resistance.

Railway, avoiding hilly country.

Light machine-guns and light ar- tillery are still being landed, and [Japanese troops have more or less complete control of the Blas Bay area.

Reconnaissance planes were up in the early hours of this morning scouting for Chinese advanced de- tachments.

(From Our Own Correspondent)

Canton, To-day. The Japanese forces at Blas Bay Heavy explosions have been heard ed with Japanese troops and blue-powers, which requests the foreign are moving in a north-westerly di- at Shumchun, presumably from air in view of the military rection from Hachung, and are bombing.Our Own Correspondent. jackets reached the shores and suc-powers,

operations begun by the Japanese

cessfully landed without firing a in South China, to avoid civil or

single shot.

military measures which might lead to undesirable incidents with the Japanese forces operating in South China.

The note declares:

When the launches were about to return to bring more troops, the Chinese coastal batteries suddenly opened fire concentrating their field pieces on the Japanese boats

(1) "The Chinese troops must and their machine-guns on the Ja- be prevented from using foreign panese on shore. A furious battle property in South China as a base then occurred and lasted about three for their operations and foreign hours after which the Chinese were powers should therefore refrain forced to retire inland by the con- from all actions which might be tinuous bombardment from the Ja-regarded by the Japanese troops as panese warship.

intervention by the foreign powers in favour of the Chinese,

VILLAGES BOMBED The Japanese, it is stated, lost (2) The Japanese Government more than a 1,000 men, and the wishes that the powers concerned Chinese left behind nearly 700 refrain as far as possible from killed.

moving troops and warships and Later in the morning, Japanese planes to South Chinese regions aircraft took off from the aircraft between Swatow and Pakhoi while carrier in the Bay and bombed the the Japanese operations are in pro- Chinese in the hills and also agress in order to avoid incidents. number of villages along the coast, The Japanese Government more- including Hachung.

over wishes that any troop or war-

Here's Luck!

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