1938-10-28 — Page 11

THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 28, 1938.

JAPS.

AMBUSHED

ON NORTH RIVER Kwangtung Preparing CHIANG'S NEW

To Make A Stand PLAN SECURES

SHANGHAI URGES FULL CONFIDENCE IN

FULL APPROVAL

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT) Canton, To-day. With the Japanese forces slowly pressing north

Shanghai, To-day. from Tsungfa, following the line of the Canton Chinese sources, Marshal Chiang

According to reports from- Hankow Railway and the North River, the Kai-shek's plan for carrying on Chinese are carrying out wholesale wrecking the war to a bitter end has been unanimously approved by the of highways and bridges to impede the Japan-Chinese Cabinet. ese advance.

GENERALISSIMO Many bridges on the North River, between Canton Cibility

SHANGHAI, TO-DAY.

THE COMBINED CHINESE CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS IN SHANGHAI HAVE SENT A

It is also reported that the Cabinet discussed the .pos

of Marshal Chiang and Ying Tak have been blown up, and yester-Kai-shek's resignation but decided day the Chinese destroyed a steel bridge about that resignation could only be ac 40 miles south of Ying Tak.

[cepted if it were unanimously de- manded by the whole Chinese na- tion..

TELEGRAM TO THE PEO- According to reliable reports, the PLE'S POLITICAL COUNCIL Japanese main army is still located WHICH IS SCHEDULED ΤΟ east of the Canton-Hankow Line, MEET AT CHUNGKING TO- while after suffering a sharp re- DAY, DEMANDING THE FOL-verse and destructive losses in an ambush, the vanguard has retreat- LOWING:

ed to Tsing Yun, half way between Canton and Ying Tak.

(1) That support be granted to the supreme leader, Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, so that he may continue the struggle against the Japanese without mediation,

(2) The united front should be

consolidated,

(3) China's diplomatic activities

should be increased for the

Yung Yuen, Ying Tak, Yuen Tam, and many other towns on the Canton-Hankow Line in northern Kwangbung are being bombed daily by Japanese planes operating from bases outside Canton.

MAKING A STAND

Meanwhile, Chinese forces are

sent

purpose of obtaining sanc-preparing to make a stand in the tions against the Japanese, vicinity of Ying Tak and have (4) That the structure of the been reinforced by troops

popular movement should be south by the Central authorities. revised,

They are positioned in hilly (5) That activities by Chinese country and a major battle in irregulars in the Japanese- | Kwangtung is expected to be occupied areas should be fought in this neighbourhood. continued to an increased degree.--Trans-Ocean

JAPAN TO MAKE DECLARATION NEXT WEEK

Tokyo, To-day.

A declaration of the Japanese

Samshui is now in the hands of the Japanese who entered the city yesterday. Kongmoon is said to have deserted by civilians, but some Chinese soldiers are still re- ported in the town. Our Own Correspondent.

CHINESE FALL BACK ON

Government in respect of the con- PREPARED LINES

flict with China is expected in political circles to be made on

Shanghai, To-day.

The main force of the Chinese. November 3, the birthday of the troops withdrawn from Hankow have taken up already prepared

Emperor Meiji, who was the pre-positions to the west of the Pel- sent Emperor's grandfather.

ping-Hankow and Hankow-Can-

It is expected that declaration ton railway lines, it is reported will accentuate Japan's intention here to-day.

on

to continue the war "until the re- According to a further an- signation of Marshal Chiang Kai-nouncement, railway traffic shek," and will further indicate the Canton-Hankow line is being Japan's desire to enter into close carried on as far as Stenning, co-operation with another Chinese about 70 kilometres south of Han- Government which would be pre-kow. The Japanese claim pared to work in harmony with to have taken Housheng- Japan and Manchukuo. Trans- chiao, north of Sienning and

Ocean.

about 60 kilometres from Han- kow, but the Chinese assert that

Trans-Ocean,

DARTFORD TEST they have been repulsed again. FOR GOVERNMENT

London, To-day.

of the Conservative member, Mr. F. C. Clarke, whose majority at the last election was 2,646 on a poll of nearly 74,000..

Conservative and Labour candi- dates were nominated yesterday in the: Dartford Parliamentary by Polling at Dartford will be election, necessitated by the death Monday week-British Wireless.

· NEXT BIG CLASH IN W. HUNAN

Changsha, To-day... · Chinese

reports state that. Chinese troops in the Hunan area are now withdrawing north-west- ward and south-westward.

The move is preparatory to the next major battle, which is ex-- pected to be fought in West Hu- nan, in the vicinity of Hengyang and Paoching.

The Japanese forces at Han- kow and Canton are expected to push into West Hunan from the northern and southern sections of the Canton-Hankow· Railway,— Reuter.

Reports further point out that the withdrawal of troops from Canton and Hankow was carried out in accordance with General Chiang Kai-shek's orders as the latter decided to remove the whole military strength towards the south-western provinces,

..

where the Chinese Government (could obtain arms and munitions firstly from England, via Burma, secondly from France, via Indo- China, and thirdly from the So- viet Union, via: Sinkiang. Trans-Ocean.

FIRST CALL

London, To-day. The newly appointed Japanese. Ambassador to London, Mr. Shige-: mitsu, paid his first formal call on Lord Halifax at the Foreign Office: | yesterday. British. Wireless.

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