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LONDON, Nov. St.

MAIN ARMY INTACT Efforts to ascertain the present whereabouts of Cirnerat„Ma Chungs ↑ Viscount Savdon, robed in sea-

let und erminey and leaning on two

.

There was a large attendance of peers and peeresses, members of the House of Commons and the

shen so far have been unsucovasɗtí. | Although he was defeated by the Japanese offensive and fed from sticks, took bir sent in the House Tsitsihar the main force of his army

of Lords to-day, amid picturesque ceremonial and ecorted by Vis- is believed to be intace, causing

counts D'Abernon and Leigh. apprehension in Japanese military circles thai gittr reorgauja- ing his forces he may attempt a counter-attack on Tsitsilar. It is recalled that prior to major hos-public, while Mr. Razany Mac- tilities between the Japanese troops Walter Rancimin and other non- Donald, Mr. Stanleg, Baldwin, Mr. and General Ma he threatened to engage in guerilla wärfare in the event of his duivat in the initialStremony from the steps of the

Throne, fighting.

There has been no interruption o traffic on the Chinese Eastern Rail- way and, the guards of the railway garrison are continuing to, confing | their activities to the task of patrol ling the line. Much of the confu sion which prevailed · in Tudtadhni during the fighting, between Gener al Ma and the Japanese troops, has sabsided upon assurances of the Japanese that all citizens will be protected if they do nut muu ke.......in activities against the Japanese and on behalf of the ousted Heilung- [kiang Chairman,

For several hours after the Japan

hors" of the Cabinet, watched the

FAR EAST FLIGHT

PROPOSAL TO START

ON DEC. 19...

TENOUGH EUTER'S AGENCY.]

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-LONDON, NOT-20- Mr. T H. Chamberlain, the Weat Hartlepools" airman, who received

ese occupation of Tsitsihar there anonymous gift of £300 the was sporadic "fighting between the other day, hus purehuesd, a second.

invaders and the vanquished de-hand maching from Lady Bailey, fonders of the city. A detachment

and proposes to start his flight to the Far East on December 19.

of General Ma's forces, entrenoard. outside of the walled city of Tsits har, strongly resisted the Japanese Chumberlain will make the trip forces of occupation: late yesterday, via India, and he expects to reach

fter severel-hours of heavy fight- ing, however, the Japanese put the Tokyo in ten days, if possible con- Chinese soldiers to ruut and cup tinuing round the world. He will tured the Langking railway stabe accompanied on the fight by an tion on the Taitaihar-Keshan rail- way, the last position of the de- fedding forces to fall.

GENERAL GIVEN CONTROL

officer of the Royal Air Force.

"Japanese aeroplanes bombed Taitsihar and the piople begged my 12 forces to evacuate the city in order

Nauking, Nov. 20-An Life announcement published by the Chinese, National Government to avoid bloodshed and the slaugh Nuuking to-day declares that altering of innocent civilians armed forces in Manchuria, includ

In compliance with this request

י

ing those troops in Kirin and Jehul, my forces have been withdrawn to have been placed under the com- other positions and are now await» mand of Central Ma" Chang-shen, ing instructions from the Govern. the Heilungkiang Provincial Chairment." man who two days ago was driven

Concluding his officin) report.

out of his capital, Tarsinar, General Ma Chang Shen points cut the advance of Japanese forers, uus dur Major General Hasebe from Tashing.

To-day the Government received from the Association of Students Returned from Japan a petition that China declare war upon Japan

Meanwhile, chi interest in Nanking.centres in the announced decision of General Chiang Kai- shek, the Chairman of the Nanking Government, to proceed. "to the north" to observe the developments in the Sino-Japanese conflict Manchuria.

that the action of the Japanese forces violated all principles of justice and ignored the wishes of the League of Nations. It has, he declared, endangered world pène: and placed international ethics on

very precarious basis,

BOMBING 'PLANES DESPATCHED

Tokyo, Nov. 20.-- A number nlight bombing machines loft Mikuta gahara for Manchuria this morn-

In announcing his decision at ang. These machinese are regarded serrat session of the Fourth Nation as replacements.

al Kuomintang Congress General

Chiang Kai-shek urged the "dele- NOT EXTERMINATED gates to accept, the peace proposals |

of the Canton Government and to Tokyo, Nov. 20-Press reports re- approve Canton's prospective ap-garding the pursuit of the remants pointments to the Central Execu-of General Ma Chang Shen's troops tive Committee.

northward of Tsitsihar,

the

While there are various inter direction of Koushanchen, 130 miles pretations of General Chiang Kai-from the Heilungkiang capital, are shek's decision to proced to the regarded with sceptism in official north in his capacity as the com-quarters, as no official, reports, - mander-in-chief of China's armed dicuting that operations have ex forces high Government officials tended so far afield have been re- last night declared that the Gener ceived, alissimo'a declarations before the Congress mean the ultimate full realisation of peace' and unification hopes, in China.

Also viewed with scepticien is the report of the bumbing and an- ahilating of General Ma'a forcon at Hailin this morning. The latest despatch indicates that his forces there were bombed and dispersed, but in no way exterminated,

GEN. MA'S REPORT.

Nanking, Nov, 20.-The evacua Furthermore, the reports that tion of Taiteihar by the Chinese Japanese planes bombed Tsitsihar troops was confirmed by a telegram are officially denied, from General Ma Cliang-shen re- The Minister of War. General ceived by the National Government Minami, submitted a report on the late last night. The town it a situation at a meeting of the statod, was being bombed by Japan- Cabinot this afternoon He ess aeroplanes and the Chinese quoted as having said that General forces withdrew at the urgent re- Ma appeared to have retreated quest of the populace in order to some 25 miles north-east of Tsitsi- avoid bloodshed and the slaughter har.

ing of innocent civilians.

The telegram from General Me Chang-shor was despatched at 10:50

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Ganeral

in

Minami is also

hove declared that

a., on November 10, and was ad- dressed to General Chang. Kai-ported" to

would be shek, Marshal Chang Hsuch Liang the Japanese troops

A few days the National Government, and the withdrawn within

have.. expressed the Central Kuomintang. It reads and to follows:-

opinion that the Soviet would take "On the day of the opening of no action as the Chinese Eastern the League Council meeting at Railway had been neither damaged Paris, November 10, Japanese nor endangered troops, using tanka, aeroplanes, and According to a War Office des field guns, attacked the Chinese patch, the Chinese authorities ara positions.

maintaining order at Taitsihar, while a press message states that the Japanese Consul and Japanese residents who fed to Harbin November 34 have returned to Tai- teibar.

On the morning of November 18, on account of the absence" of reinforcements and the lack of am munition, a section of the Chinese line was penetrated by the Japan

ese troops.

PEOPLE'S REQUEST

puntar-attack by the Chinese forces recovered the loat territory but on the same afternoon at 2 o'clock the Japanese started another general offensivo,

brya (Continued on next Osiumn.)

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The total number of casualtics.on both sides in the fighting last Wednesday is still unknown, though it is stated that the Japanese lost 44. killed and 55 wounded in the Assault on Benthienfang, the key beaviest @ghting occurred. Most of to Gestral Ma's position: where the

the Japanose casualties belonged; to the Shibata Regiment

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