1939-04-19 — Page 11

THE CHINA MAIL, APRIL 19, 1939

RUSSIANS ALLEGED TO BE AIDING CHINA Believed To Be Operating Artillery In Shansi

Spectacular

Chinese Advance

On This Front

Peiping, To-day.

Japanese official despatches claim that Russians are assisting the Chinese offensive in South Shansi.

-LINDBERGH- CARBIDE

SUMMONED

FOR ACTIVE SERVICE

Washington, To-day.

Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh has been summoned for active service from to-day.

Col. Lindbergh will be assigned to the office of Chlef of the Air Corps for special duties-Reuter.

According to the Japanese spokesman, Russian tactics and methods of firing are being employ- ed by the Chinese artillery on this front. Asked if Russian-trained Chinese might be respon- Kiangsihchen, 'south of Wanchih.

sible, the spokesman replied he believed Rus- sians were operating the artillery.

Heavy fighting continues on many and the outskirts of that town have fronts in the North.

been cleared of all Japanese

in

There have been five battles south Shansi, two near Paotingfu, one south of Kaifeng and another north-east of Peiping-Reuter.

JAPANESE RETREATING

NORTHWARDS

Peiping, To-day..

The fighting is becoming more| intense in Shansi, and the battles are now moving northward towards, the centre of the province.

Fighting in north Honan central Hopei continues, and substantial advantage

appears to have been gained by either side.-- Reuter.

Japanese Shorten Lines Round Canton

and

no

(From Our Own Correspondent)

Macao, To-day.

troops.

northwest of Hsuancheng,

and

The Japanese at Wanchih, which is 23 miles south of Wuhu, have been increased in anticipation of a Chinese drive towards Wuhu, Central News.

KAIFENG LULL Meanwhile the Chinese are fol-

Loyang, To-day. lowing up their success and are re- Fighting in the vicinity of Kai- ported advancing cautiously in the feng has slackened, Japanese forces direction of Canton, proceeding rushing to Chenliu and Tunghsu along the Tsengshing-Canton from Kaifeng

88 reinforcements Highway.

intercepted.--Central

CHINESE APPROACHING

POKLO-HSIEN BOMBED

Yesterday afternoon nine

Ja- bombed Poklo- panese machines

Over Haien, on the East River. 30 bombs dropped in the centre of the city, demolishing some 20 houses and killing and wounding more than 120 civilians.

1.

have News.

been

KUYANG

Wuyuan, To-day. A Chinese force is rapidly ap- roaching Kuyang, northeast of Paotow in Suiyuan.-Central News. KAOAN CLASH

Changsha, To-day.

EXPLOSION

IN MONGKOK

A carbide drum, which was being welded at No. 28, Shantung Street, Mongkok, exploded yesterday afternoon, resulting in five persons, including а 12-year-old boy- student, who was passing by, being injured and later admitted to the Kowloon Hospital for treatment.

Four of the injured have been detained in hospital, the fifth was discharged after treatment.

Immediately after the explosion which rocked most of the buildings in the neighbourhood, police whist-. les were blown. The fire brigade was also summoned to the scene but its services were not necessary as

no fire broke out.

One of the injured is reported to be in a serious condition having sus- tained injuries to the head and

face.

Wulipai, Chilangmiao and Chenshan have

re-occupied.-Central News.

been

HAN RIVER FIGHTING

Ichang, To-day. The Japanese, have called in re- Chinese forces counter-attacking inforcements and started a new as- Late last night, vernacular mes-at Kaoan, are engaging the Japan-sault on Heliutu, crossing the Han sages reported that rescue workers ese to the northwest of the town. River.-Central News. were still searching the debris for bodies. This raid is the worst ex- perienced since the re-occupation of Pokio-Hsien by Chinese gueril- las at the beginning of this year.→→ Our Own Correspondent.

Shan

The Japanese are shortening their defence lines in the North

COAST SHELLED and East River Regions by with-

The east coast of Chung drawing their troops gradually District was heavily shelled yester- from areas likely to be attacked day by several Japanese gunboats. by the Chinese.

No landing was attempted. Our

Taengshing is now fully occu-Own Correspondent. pied by the Chinese following their second successful raid on the city,

CHINA'S CONTROL IN "OCCUPIED" ZONE

LONDON, TO-DAY.

WEST RIVER QUIET Pakhoi, Limchowfu and Yam- chow were bombed yesterday by Japanese aircraft.

There has been little military ac- tivity along the West River for the last few days.-Our Own Corres- pondent.

JAPANESE MASSING AT SHEKTAN

Yungyun, To-day. Japanese reinforcements are pouring into Shektan, for a coun- THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT

ter-offensive against Tsengshing. CLAIM : ΤΟ EXERCISE COM- Three Japanese columns, com- PLETE ADMINISTRATIVE CON-prising about 8,000 men, have been, TROL OVER 61.6 PER CENT, OF driving on Paitam, a tributary of THE NINE PROVINCES IN

the Tseng River, to threaten ̈"the. WHICH THE JAPANESE ARE AT rear of the Chinese at Tsengshing. PRESENT OPERATING.

They have encountered stiff resis- So declared the Under-Secretary tance in the neighbourhood of for Foreign Affairs, Mr. R. A.] Tsengfa Central News. Butler, in the House of Commons yesterday in reply to a question by Mr. H. J. Parker (Labour, Rom- ford), and quoting the latest Chin- ese official figures.

CHINESE THREAT TO WUHU

Ningkuo, To-day. Chinese forces on the Anhwei- Kiangsu border regions, which started a general offensive on April 16, have been making steady" pro-

This figure, continued Mr. Butler, compared with 7.5 per cent. under Japanese control and 81 per cent, gress, partly under Chinese and partly Fighting has been raging under Japanese control-Router. Tuanshan and Kiulishan, to- the

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