THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 6, 1941.
JAPANESE ATTACKING WAICHOW
Thousands More Troops Landed At Bias Bay
Battle Reported In Progress North Of Tamshui
ITALIAN PRISONERS RECAPTURED
Both the Italian pri- soners who escaped from an internment camp near Calcutta on Tuesday have been recaptured-Reuter.
2,000 Britons In Paris
About 2,000 British sub- jects are still living at liberty in Paris.
LAND COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND SHIUKWAN, THE KWANGTUNG WARTIME CAPITAL, HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY Severed with the JAPANESE OCCUPATION OF TAMSHUI AND SHA-YU-CHUNG.
Several Japanese transports arrived in Bias Bay yesterday and thousands of addi- tional troops were landed and sent up into the interior. Heavy artillery were also landed.
to
The Japanese are reported be converging on Walchow which. last night, was still in the hands of the Chinese, who have remforced by troops
the Shiukwan area.
been
sent from
According to Chinese reports, the Japanese advance is at pro- sent halted midway between Walchow and Tamshul and pitched battle was in progress last night
The
invading
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STIMSON
CORRECTS CRITICS
from troops
Tins was revealed by the For. I which they struck
wards in the direction of R. A.
eign Under-Secretary, Mr.
Butler, replying to a Comamon question yesterday.
They are able to obtain from the U.S. Embassy sufficient cash! up to £10 per month to
chow.
Wai-
In giving evidence be- Shunchun passed through Ping fore the Senate Commit- Wu and Lung Long and reached Tamshui yesterday afternoon, after tee on Foreign Relations out north- the U.S. Secretary for War, Mr. Henry L. Stim- son, made some interest- ing remarks about the policy of the British Gov- ernment regarding Man- chukuo.
Waichow Bombed
Wachow was bombed by Ja- enable panese aircraft yesterday but de- them to obtain "modest board and tails are lacking. lodging." Mr. Butler added.
in
Sant
Some 6,000 Japanese troops After mentioning International i
In reply to questions, he Red Cross arrangements whereby have been concentrated at Shek-
sent lung, on the East River, and part his book on the subjset had been 20-word messages may be
and sweepingly by a person in the UK. to rela- of this force is reported to have far to widely
who tives in occupied France. Mr. But-left the town in the direction of interpreted as a condemnation of
along the the British Government, ter said that although the matter; Walchow proceeding
much in East River, supported by aircraft, made a long and to some extent was being kept very
effort resulting tflective Waichow is apparently being at- mind there were grave difficulties
Juridical condemnation of Japan in the way of any arrangemment | Jacked from three directions.
by the League of Nations.
this went into Mr. Stimson for an exchange of German wo amen in British hands for British
point now only because Great times Britain had Women in German
so many heen mistakenly criticised, with his apparent authority, by peo ple who had not read his book.
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hands.
BIGGER & BETTER BOMBS
Bri-
No Border Influx
There has been no inrush of refugees from Chinese territory at the border but all precautions to į deal with such a situation have been taken by the authorities,
Police patrols have been in- creased and the Immigration staff has also been reinforced.
enter re- Refugees willing to fugee camps will be allowed anothers will
do so while
be
treated As ordinary immigrants without immigration papers.
R.A.F. aircraft dropped BIRTHDAY OF AN
"EMPEROR"
WILLKIE PLANS
ASK ME
FOR
ALTERNATIVE ROUTES
The Southern Railway Company have made arrangements to have an emergency despatch rider service to their information Photo shows a rail- kiosks should telephones be out of order. way despatch rider giving a message to the "information Man." (Copyright, Fox).
DIMINUTION
OF ANTI-BRITISH CAMPAIGN
DIMINUTION OF THE anti-British campaign in North China is indicated in latest reports, said Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in a written reply to a question by Major- General Sir Alfred Knox (Cons.) in the Commons yesterday regarding the activities of subordinate Japanese officials.
Mr. Butler said, however, that there was a cer- tain amount of press agitation.
Major-General Knox asked how much in arrears are payments of interest to British bond-holders secured on the Chinese Customs, the position in relation to the and whe- Chinese Government, ther the Inspector-General
of
(SPECIAL TO "CHINA MAIL") Customs can altecate from Cus- toms revenue without interfer- MR. WENDELL WILLKIE AR-
areus,
RIVED IN LISBON LAST NIGHTnce by the Japanese in occupied BY AIR FROM ENGLAND ONLY A FEW MINUTES AHEAD
OF
A BIG GERMAN JUNKERS TRANSPORT, EN ROUTE BACK TO THE UNITED STATES.
some of the heaviest type high explosive bombs, to-
"I got the information I went gether with a large num-
TOWNS IN MANCHUKUO after," he said on arrival, "but I ber of incendiaries, when
WILL BE BEFLAGGED TO-DAY do not wish to announce my con- Dusseldorf was raided on ON THE OCCASION OF THE clusions until I get home."
leave in Mr. Willkie was to EMPEROR'S
at Tuesday night.
Clipper BIRTHDAY, WHILE GOVERN-[the Pan-American
International News Part of widespread activities MENT OFFICES WILL CELE- midnight.
BRATE ALL DAY. covering a large area, both on the The holiday will be observed by coast and inland, this industrial several appropriate ceremonies, town was attacked for four hours In the morning, the Emperor will and a half.
personally worship at the. State
THIRTY-SIXTH
The sky was overclouded dur- Foundation Shrine in the Imper- ing the earlier part of the raid ial Palace, Reuter, and some aircraft were forced to
seek alternative targets.
ed
One of these bombers attack- SIR RODERICK JONES
a nearby aerodrome from
1,000 feet, dropping... bombs
amongst buildings and spraying the whole area with: machine gun fire.
RETIRES
Service.
CINEMA VAN FOR A.A. GUNNERS
#
Mr. Butler, in а written
that reply, sald
apart froin amounts allocated for the up- keep of the Customs establish- mént, Customs revenue collect-
ed in occupied areas is pail into Japanese-controlled banks, and none of it is remitted to the inspector-General for other purposes. Consequently the Chinese Gov- from January ernment decided, 15, 1939, to suspend the service of loans secured on the Customs. British bond-holders had not re- ceived interèst since. Reuter.
CARGO SHIP BILL PASSES
the
BRITISH
HOLDINGS
CANARD
THE UNITED STATES TREA- HAS NOTIFIED THE SURY SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS THAT THREE COMMITTEE LARGE BRITISH OWNED INS DUSTRIAL CONCERNS--LEVER BROTHERS, THE AMERICAN VISCOSE CORPORATION AND THE DUNLOP TYRE COMPANY.
AS WELL AS SMALLER COM... PRIVATE HOLDING. PANIES WERE INCLUDED IN THE LIST OF ASSETS WHICH THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT GAVE THE ADMINISTRATION TO SHOW THAT IT WOULD SOON RUN OUT OF ITS DOL- LAR EXCHANGE FOR BUYING OF WAR SUPPLIES.
This
made information was
letter to Senator public in a
The Generosity of the people The House of Representatives of Fort Jameson, Northern Rhode-in Washington yesterday accepted Byrne which refuted the state- ment made on Tuesday by Gen- After being the head of Reuter's slu, has provided a most welcome the Senate's amendments to
van for the Bill for construction of a fleet of cral Robert Wood, Chairman of for the last quarter of a century gift of a cinema and having completed 40 years of use of A.A. gunners in the U.K. 200 cargo ships and the Bill was the Board of Sears Roebuck und General Wood had said that he As this aircraft was leaving the service with the company, Sir Ro- The van, which will take amuse- forwarded to the White House for Company, pilot saw a military torry ap-derick Jones, who succeeded Baron ment into many lonely gun. em-signature..
President Roosevelt recently did not. believe that British la- proaching along the road, and de Reuter in 1915, has resigned his placements, was handed over by swooping down to about 100 feet, position as Chairman and Man- the Colonial Under-Secretary, to asked Congress for an approprinterests in such large companies com- tion of $18,000,000 to cover the as those mentioned, and in cot- ton plantations and other hold- the British, crew. attacked it with aging Director, it was announced Sir Frederick Pile, who
ings, were lifted
Router the forward machine-guns-Bri- in London yesterday, says a Reumands: the AïA, Command, -Bri- cost of building these
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