THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 14, 1938.
CHANGSHA FATE
OF
SHARES CANTON
U.S. SENATOR Entire City Ablaze
AS Chinese Retreat As
URGES END OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
New York, To-day.
Mr. Cordell Hull yesterday met
Shanghai, To-day.
As a result of the amazing sudden advance by the FOREIGN
Japanese, Changsha is now expected to fall
within a week, according to foreign reports PROPERTY
from Changsha.
the German Ambassador in Wash-The city is now being systematically destroyed, the BURNED OUT AT
ington, and it is believed that he
may have sought the meeting for the purpose of discussing Germany's anti-Jewish measures.-
Protests against the Nazi acti- vities are growing in strength in the United States and feeling is running exceedingly high against Germany,
fire raging throughout Changsha being even
more serious in extent than those which swept CHANGSHA
through Canton and the Wuhan cities.
Complete panic has reigned in the Chinese city for
Hankow, To-day.
the last 48 hours, with the civilian population A report from Changsha, where evacuating by all available means, by junks and sampans and on foot.
SHIPPING CONCENTRATION
panic reigns in view of the threatened collapse of the Chinese Senator King, of Utah, calling
defence, states that Jardine's. the Meanwhile, Chinese troops Herr Hitler one of the outstanding their wounded are retreating to the well.
and foreign community are all safe and
JAP,C. and Detag offices in the tyrants the world has ever prowest and south and their general duced, has suggested that the Unit- morale is reported to be failing.
There is no consul at Changsha at city, have all been destroyed by the present time, but Lieutenant-the fire sweeping the entire area. ed States should gever diplomatic Sporadic firing was heard when Commander Eames, of H.M.S. Sand- relations with Germany-Reuter. soldiers tried to commander small piper has the situation well under of the Yee Tsopng Tobacco Com-. At present, however, the offices craft and other forms of convey-control. ance. One bullet accidentally hit
pany and of Messrs. Butterfield and Swire, are still intact. H.M.S. Sandpiper.
There is no further news avail- The local government departed With the exception of a handful able regarding the foreign com- last night or early this morning of missionaries, who adopt their munity which was evacuated down and telephonic and telegraphic traditional attitude and refuse to river this morning, but it is pre- communications are now dead. move, all other foreigners are besumed that all are safe.
CITY IN FLAMES
ing evacuated from Changsha this The actual position of the Japan- Practically the entire city on the morning to the APC and the So-ese troops is obscure, but locally mainland was in flames this morn-cony.. installations and to the Yale it is reported that they will arrive ing, but the British property on the University, situated between two at Changsha within a week, foreshore and Yale University, two and five miles down the river. miles down the river, appear to be Foreign shipping including the intact.
Jardine and Butterfield and Swire headquarters in Hankow have been hulks and tugs will be concentrated notified of the move, while a few off the installations.
days ago high Japanese officers were The Japanese authorities in shown maps marking British pro- Shanghai and also General Hata's perty in Changsha,Router.
COLDSTREAMS THROW CORDON ROUND JERICHO
Jerusalem, To-day, The re-occupation of Palestine by British troops was carried a stage further yesterday morning when the Coldstream Guards cor-
Up to the present, Changsha's
doned off and re-entered Jericho. SUDDEN DEATH
.
OF MR.
WANG I-TING
SHANGHAI, TO-DAY.
Simultaneously British forces of six R.A.F. planes-appeared at dawn. from over the Mount of Christ's Temptation and as they formed a low air cordon round the grove- girdled Jericho, the roar of the machines provided a contrast in circumstances with its biblical con- quest, when the Israelites marched round the walls blowing trumpets. THE LEADING CHINESE PHI
MR. WANG I-TING,,ONE OF
Two Arabs attempted to break LANTHROPIC WORKERS, DIED through the cordon and were OF APOPLEXY HERE AT 4.15 machine-gunned, being wounded A.M., LESS THAN 12 HOURS FOL- LOWING HIS ARRIVAL FROM HONG KONG IN THE PRESI- DENT DOUMER.
only.
The Coldstream Guards imme- diately began combing the houses and banana groves, while a howit- zer detachment took a position commanding the approaches to the town.-Reuter.
Mr. Wang, who went to Hong Kong from Shanghai in November of last year, was connected with the Nippon Yusen Kaisha and Nissen Kissen Kaisha, both Japan. ese shipping firms..
Deceased was in charge of com- munications, agriculture, labour. and commerce under the Sun Yat- sen regime in the first days of the
HYDE PARK DEMONSTRATION Republic.
London, To-day.
He was engaged in many philan thropic works such as the Chinese At a meeting of Communists Famine Relief, Lester Hospital and Red Cross, China International in Hyde Park, numbering about
the Anti-Kidnapping Society and
a thousand, a resolution was pass-founded the Shanghal Benevolent ed yesterday denouncing the "campaign of terror now being Cemetary which takes care of over waged against the Jews in Ger 40,000 corpses a year. many!!!
Afterwards,
meeting marched in procession to Lower Regent Street, where the lead ers handed in a copy of the reso. lution to the German Embassy. Reuter,
Mr. Wang lenyes a widow and a large family.
The funeral will take place, on Tuesday. It is believed that the casket will temporarily be kept in Shanghal pending burial at his na- tive place at Wushing, Cheklang.- Reuter.
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