1939-11-23 — Page 7

THE CHINA MAIL, NOVEMBER 23, 1939

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CHINESE EVACUATING NANNING: JAPANESE

NOW ADVANCING RAPIDLY

Kwong Chow Wan, To-day. DRIVERS

STRONGLY SUPPORTED by many aircraft and

heavy artillery, the reinforced Japanese troops at FINED AFTER Taitse (Big Temple) took the offensive early

yesterday morning and managed to cross the bor- COLLISION

der and enter Kwangsi the second time.

High explosive bombs dropped by Japanese aircraft

shattered the Chinese defence lines.

Japanese cavalry and infantry made

a rapid advance north-westwards, oc- casionally engaging in skirmishes with Chinese who failed to withdraw with the main forces.

Last night they were reported

to

be some 15 miles from Nanning, form- er capital of Kwangsi and their im- mediate objective.

EVACUATION OF NANNING

men, most of the women and children having left some days ago.

The Chinese

WHARFAGE

FACILITIES

IN TSINGTAO

London, To-day.

Nanning

eva- is being hurriedly

Wharfage facilities made cuated by all civilians and business-available to third Power ship- ping at Tsingtao continue to of Pakhoi scored a success yesterday Butler, Under-Secretary for defenders north-west be inadequate, said Mr. R. A. afternoon when they defeated a small Japanese force. Our Own Correspon- Foreign Affairs, in the House

of Commons yesterday.

dent.

to

At Chefoo, pressure had been brought to bear on Chinese mer chants to ship by other than British situation, according to rellable unofficial reports, was now stated to be somewhat easier.

READY TO STRIKE BACK

Somewhere At The Front, To-day.

The Chinese have long made pre- parations against the Japanese inva-vessels, but the sion of Kwangsi and are ready strike back heavily, declared General Pai Chung-hsi, Director of the Gen- eralissimo's Provisional Headquarters for the Southwest, in an with the Central News yesterday. Central News.

BITTER FIGHTING

interview

Shiukwan, To-day. Bitter fighting continues on the Kwangtung-Kwangsi border.

were in- Considerable casualties flicted upon the Japanese at Taichihu, northwest of Yamchow. The Japanese have pushed further north to Siutung, -Central News.

GERMAN STEAMER BREAKS UP

London, To-day.

At Tientsin, British shipping had been subjected to certain delays owing to the examination imposed by the Japanese mill- tary authorities as part of the blockade of the Concessions. In South China, certain ports, such as Foochow and Wenchow, had been blocked by mines, whilst at others, including Canton and Swatow, which were in Japanese occupation, tem- porary arrangements had been made for periodical visits by British war-

Reuter. ships.

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U.S. NOT TO NEGOTIATE WITH JAPAN

WASHINGTON, TO-DAY. "THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE, EITHER IN TOKYO OR WASHING- TON NEGOTIATIONS IN REGARD

AT

AS A RESULT OF A COLLISION

IN NATHAN ROAD AT 1 P.M. ON

NOVEMBER 1, AU KAU, 25, LORRY DRIVER, AND YUEN MUN PAK, 20, 'BUS DRIVER, APPEARED BEFORE MR. A. MACFAYDEN IN THE KOW- LOON MAGISTRÁCY THIS MORN- ING.

MASS AIR RAIDS CONTINUE

Kwalin, To-day. Japanese airöraft continue to etage mass air raids over Nan- and ning, Wuming, Yunghaun Henghalen in south Kwangsi.

More than 20 machines took .part in yesterday's attacks, rain- Ing high, explosives. They ma- chine-gunned the streets in Honghalen.-Central News.

THREE

BURGLARIES

Mrs. Thurston, of No. 109, Nathun The former was charged with driv-Road, has reported that about 6 am. ing without due care and caution, the later with failing to stop close to the side of the road.

Lieut. G. S. Parr, of the Kumaon Rifles, said that he was sitting next to Au in the lorry, which was owned by the United Delivery Co., 15 Indian soldiers were in the back.

Opposite Whitfield Barracks, the lorry was only about a length behind the 'bus, which stopped suddenly.

No one was injured. The lorry collided with it, sustaining a great deal of damage to its front.

LACK OF ATTENTION

contents a handbag and yesterday, valued at $35 were stolen from the living room.

Jewellery to the value of $80 was stolen from No. 14, Conduit Road, be- tween 1 and 3 a.m. yesterday. It was the property of Dr. H, Tao.

A burglar gained entrance through an open window into the bedroom.

Mrs. Finnie, of No. 106, Waterloo

Road, has reported that between mid- night and 8 a.m. yesterday, a gentle- man's evening suit and a ladies' jac- ket were stolen from her residence.

The lorry driver, said Lieutenant Parr, had not been paying much at-WOUNDED RED CROSS tention to the 'bus and ran into it without applying his brakes.

The 'bus driver said that a tree pre- vented his stopping close to the curb. According to the police, however, the bus was 7 feet from the nearest tree. The lorry driver was fined $5 and the 'bus driver $15,

WORKER

A 38-year-old Red Cross worker was yesterday treated at the Kwong gun Hospital, suffering from Wah

while he was shot wounds, received working in Chinese territory.

LONDON SCEPTICAL OF SOVIET CHANGE OF FRONT IN CHINA

I

London, To-day.

REPORTS FROM TOKYO that Russia is making in- creasing demands on China, in return for fur- ther support, coupled with Japanese press fore- casts of a comprehensive Russo-Japanese agree- ment, were dismissed by Mr. Quo Tai-chi, the Chinese Ambassador, as a mere "rumour offen- sive," in an interview with Reuter yesterday.

The Admiralty announces the stopping of a 4,100-ton TO COMMERCIAL TREATY RE-The Ambassador was equally sceptical regarding German steamer, the Berta LATIONS," DECLARED MR. SUM- Fisser, off the coast of Ice- NER WELLES, ASSISTANT SECRE-

TARY OF STATE, SPEAKING

CONFERENCE land. She was masquerad- HIS DAILY PRESS

of YESTERDAY REGARDING RELA ing under the names

TIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED She "Emden I” and “Ada.”

STATES AND JAPAN. has gone aground and broken into two.

warship The British

fired four warning shots at the Berta Fisser.

When she refused to stop, the war- ship shelled her.

The crew tried to sink her and took to the boats, being picked up by the warship.

The Berta Fisser caught fire, drifted onto the rocks during the night and went to pieces. Reuter. -TWO CHEQUES LOST

LAST NIGHT

Mr. Chan Kam-po, manager of the Bank of Canton, has reported the loss of two cheques, to the total value of $3,000, outside the St. Francis Hotel at midnight last night. The cheques are payable to a refugee relief asso- ciation; one is a Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank cheque. for $2,000, the other for $1,000 is on the Bank of

Chinà,

Japanese reports that Mr. Nelson Johnson (U.S. Ambassador to China) was about to offer Ameri- can mediation between China and Japan. Such reports were merely designed | Mr. Welles added he made the de- to confuse world opinion, said Mr. Quo

Tai-chi. claration in order to clear up any confusion regarding the status of re- lations between the two countries,

The U.S. Ambassador in Tokyo, he concluded, was constantly in

touch with the Japanese Foreign Office concerning this relationship.-Reuter.

U.S. AND THE NAVICERTS

Washington, To-day.

The Under-Secretary of State snid yesterday that the United States do not regard British "navicerts" as in- terference with American trade the time being.

for

The British Government, however, have been warned that the United States reserves all its rights under in- ternational law. Reuter,

From the beginning of the war Rus- sia has advanced at different times credits to China totalling Gold $150,- 000.

another

So far from being anxious to help the Japanese army out of its difficulties in China, the United States Govern- ment' are taking a strong line in de- fence of the treaty rights of their citi- zens, threatened by Japanese military action.

•Regarding the Russo-Japanese These were increased by

be Gold $100,000 as the result of Dr. Sunnegotiations, each may well

tempted to "ay off" the quarrel their Fo's recent visit to Moscow, but this

with the other in view of arrangement; it is emphasised, "is

respective.... difficultles, Russia in purely commercial transaction, not in-

the Balkans and Finland, and Ja- cluding any political stipulations.

· pan- In-China.

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SCEPTICISM. IN LONDON

However, such a truce, says "The The diplomatic correspondent of The Times" says that in other well-Times," does not yet imply a general informed quarters- the Japanese re- Russo-Japanese agreement at the ex- ports are regarded with much scepti-pense of China and Russian political

interests there -Reuter, cism.

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