1939-01-28 — Page 24

300 KILLED IN SAVAGE RAID

ON KONGMOON

Macao, To-day.

News of a terrible, holocaust in Kongmoon came through late last

night.

The waterfront and

WOUNDED REACH SHUMCHUN WITH MACHINE-GUN WOUNDS

Refugees bearing machine-gun wounds have arrived at Shumchun

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streets of the town are a shambles and it is estimated that over 300 persons were killed in

two or three days, giving rise to the rumours that the Japanese are course of a surprise air-raid car-again moving down to the border. ried out by Japanese aircraft yes- terday morning.

According to reliable sources, however, the woundings were pro- bably the result of air raids.

Bombs were dropped at random along the waterfront causing Japanese aircraft have repeated- Kowloon- havoc among the rivercraft. Junksly appeared along the

the were flung high into air Canton Line during this week and machine-gunned various town- mingled with mutilated bodies.

Human limbs were strewn along the banks of the river amidst a wreckage of fishing boats other river craft.

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ships.

One report states that over 100 refugees were being given food at the Tin Tong Wei Station, about 20 miles from the Kowloon border, The entire town is in a panic.-on Tuesday morning, when Japan- Our Own Correspondent.

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overhead. planes appeared The refugees scattered for shelter, as the planes swooped low down and began firing their machine- guns.

H.M.S. DEVONSHIRE Five

persons, including four women, were killed and 10 others

AT PORT VENDRES wounded on that occasion.

Perpignan, To-day.

The cruiser H.M.S. Devonshire members of the staff of the. Bri- has arrived at Port Vendres with tish Embassy in Barcelona.-Reu- the British Minister to Spain and' ter.

Wanchiafow, To-day. More than 30 villages between Tehan and Yungsui in north Kiangsi have been razed by fire by the Japanese in retaliation. for Chinese guerilla activities.

About 120 villagers were killed. The survivors are flee- ing into the hills. Central News.

Tungkwan, To-day. Violent fighting continues in Chungtiao Mountain in south Shansi. The Japanese heavily bombarding the Chinese positions. Central News.

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Chungking, To-day. Handbills of a patriotic na- ture were distributed and pos- ters bearing the words "Long Live Generalissimo Chiang” in Chinese were posted in Nan- king Road in the International Settlement last night on the eve of the 7th anniversary of the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese hostilities in Shanghai in 1932.

As a precautionary measure, additional foreign and Chinese police were sent out by the Shanghai Municipal Council to patrol the atreets.-Central

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Shanghai, To-day. Questioned regarding re- ports that a high Chinese of- ficial, believed to be Shao Li- tze, former Chinese publicity director, had been kidnapped in the International Settle- ment and taken to Hongkew, the Japanese Embassy and military authorities deny all knowledge of the incident.- Trans-Ocean.

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