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HONG KONG DAILY PRES WE

WOOSUNG FORTS BOMBARDED

MAGAZINE BELIEVED

BLOWN UP

HEROIC DEFENCE AT LAST PENETRATED

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SHELLS FALL IN SETTLEMENT AND FRENCH CONCESSION

CHAPEI BATTLE. CONTINUES

CHINESE CAVALRY CHARGE JAPANESE

POSITIONS

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Shanghai, Feb. 9; 5.54 p.m. A message from Woosung states that a large number of Japanese" warships this afternoon carried out a most intensive bombardment on the Woosung Forts and the surrounding countryside, resulting in a huge explosion at 4 p.m. with a pall of smoke extending for miles. "

It is belleved that the Fort magazine has been blown up. CAVALRY CHARGE JAPANESE LINES (From Our Own Correspondent,)

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SHANGHAI, Feb. 9, 9.21 p.m. CHINESE CAVALRY,

FIERCE WITH

SWORDSMEN MOUNTED ON SHAGGY NORTHERN PONIES, WENT INTO ACTION IN THE NORTH SECTION OF THE CHAPEI BATTLE THEY HACKED FRONT IN THE KIANGWAN DISTRICT. THEIR WAY THROUGH THE JAPANESE DEFENDING LINES AND ONLY HALTED, WHEN THE 6th BATTALION OF JAPANESE MARINES THE FIELD ARTILLERY. AND' NAVAL FIGHTING' 'PLANES, WHICH WERE HASTILY SUMMONED, BARRED THEIR WAY,

JAPANESE OFFICERS: AMAZED:

FIGHTING WAS SEVERE AND THE CHINESE THRUST CAME MORE OR LESS AS A SURPRISE, WHILE THE EM. PLOYMENT OF CAVALRY IN AN ATTACK ON MACHINE GUN EMPLACEMENTS AMAZED THE JAPANESE OFFICERS. OTHER SECTIONS OF THE CHAPEI FRONT. ARE QUIET, THE LONG AWAITED. ATTACK HAD NOT MATERIALIZED LATE THIS EVENING, THOUGH THE JAPANESE · ARE « STILL PREPARING FOR AN OFFENSIVE AND ARE CON- CENTRATING MARINES AT VARIOUS POINTS,

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ARTILLERY STATIONED AT THE HONGKEW RIFLE » RANGË POSITIONS - BOMBARDED ́THE CHINESE LINES THROUGHOUT ALMOST THE ENTIRE DAY, BUT BEYOND MACHINE GUN ENGAGEMENTS AND SNIPING, BOTH SIDES MADE NO ATTEMPT AT FIGHTING.

GENERAL TO ASSUME COMMAND OF JAP, FORCES

IT 15 REPORTED THAT A JAPANESE GENERAL IS. COMING TO ASSUME CHARGE OF THE ACTIVITIES AND 'THE ARRIVAL OF REGULAR TROOPS WILL SIGNALIZE A

GENERAL OFFENSIVE ON ALL FRONTS.

BRITISH WOMEN AND CHILDREN ADVISED

TO EVACUATE NANKING

NANKING, Feb. 9, 10,32 p.m. THE BRITISH CONSULATE, THIS EVENING, ADVISED ALL BRITISH WOMEN AND CHILDREN HERE TO EVACU ATE,

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IT IS BELIEVED THERE ARE AT PRESENT ABOUT TWENTY REMAINING,

LONDON WOMAN" INJURED

(THROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY.]

SHANGHAI, Feb. 9, 2.34 p.in,

Eleven shells, mostly "duds,"

REFUGEES RUSH TO SETTLEMENT

CHINESE ARTILLERY. ACTIVE

SHANGHAI, Feb. 9, 1.4 m Aiming at the destruction of the Japanese headquarters of the field gun emplacements near the Japan- headquarters; the Chinese artillery opened a heavy hombard- ment last night. -

About Afty thells of heavy onli- i bro Inaded in the vicinity of Hong- |kow, most of which exploded,

Both the Japanese headquarters sund the guns exeaped, but several houses close-by were demolished. and the Dixwell Road police station was damaged):

The sergeant-in-charge of the station, interviewed by telephone aftet the bombardment, declared. that he did not know the amount of the damage.

All the windows which have not been emished are fastened and I am not going out to investigate till the morning."

After this he rang of and pre- sumably returned to the cellar."

MR. YEN DEMANDS

MR. INOUYE SHOT DEAD

ASSAILANT IMMEDIATELY

ARRESTED

(THROUGH REUTER'S - AQINOY.].

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TOKYO," Feb, 0. The former Finance Minister,

· Mr... Inouye, was assassinated at 10 pm, when in assailant mot him dead,

LATER.

Mr. Inouye was en route to at-

tend a political meeting this oven- ing when an desaitant red three shots, one of which passed through. his chest and other two lodged in his body,

The assailant was instantly a

rested.

SUBMARINE M.2

SALVAGE WORK CONTINUES

SEAPLANE RECOVERED

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[BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE]

RUGBY, Feb. 9.

ARY 10

POLITICS

BRITAIN

LABOUR VOTE

CENSURE FAILS

CABINET'S" TARIFF DIFFERENCES

(THROUGH BRUTER'S AGENCY.]

LONDON, Feb. 8. The House of Commons to-night rejscted by 438 voter to -39, # Labour vous of censure on the Gov.

Brnment for dropping the principle of Cabinet responsibility (a refer anoo to the tariff disagreement a v Cabinet), for falling to doal with the poverty of the people and for initiating a reign of torros

India"

THE LATEST NEWS FROM SHANGHAI PAPERS

SOME INTERESTING ITEMS.

THE FOLLOWING INTERESTING AND AMUSING ITEMS REGARDING THE SITUATION IN SHANGHAI ARE TAKEN FROM THE NORTH CHINA DAILY NEWS" WHICH ARRIVED IN HONG KONG YESTERDAY.

THE PREDATORY

CATHAY HOTEL IS HELD TO RANSOM

SHANGHAI SCOTTISH

RACE.

there is somewhat. humdrum, wit practically nothing to do excep keep awake-all except the "N ingale every day and all of lug sandbags about, explore barbed RESCUE RUS..

wire for the soft pieces, haten res spectfully to to "Super-Bergeant?) Shanghai, Fab. -As if there explain how it is absolutely IDE were not troubles enough already in possible to firs a rifle if the safety Shanghai, it was announced in the catch is worked with the thum Mr. Stanley Baldwin, who is goal Preas yesterday and there is (which is easy) instead of the fore leading the Government in the so- an excusatory whisper that it was | Anger · (which, in impossible), and one of Mr. Ramsay MacDonald, official, or semi-oficial, or at least: heng anathema on the bands, of justified the departure from Cabinet inspired-that the Shanghai Cods those who keep talking of changes responsibility on the grounds that fish had been withdrawn from and those who send through orders is would have been a grave matter Windy Sector." That they are pancelling all leave with the dell for the world at large if within very much there or were late yer berate intention of keeping the a few months of the inauguration terday at the time of this writing Scottish without bath Of course there are bombings and snipinge daily and hourly, but this is wast

or whatever you call it.. The wivon, and taipans who you torday sent in urgently and angsi-

of a National Government, any ofis proved by the story of the hold its members had seceded.

ing to ransom of the Cathay Hotel's motor "bus.

GOVERNMENT'S FISCAL POLICY

TO BE TESTED AT BYE.ELECTIONS

(THROUGH MEUTER'S

AGENCY. Į

LONDON, Feb. 8. How far the Government retains

· LEAGUE ACTION:

CONSULAR REPORT ON,

... SHANGHAI

The seaplane which was wedged (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENOY.).

in its hangar on the sunken sub-the allegiance of the constituencies, marine, M., was raised last night GENEVA, Feb. 8.

and towed to Portland Harbour, The first Report of the Con- The work was difficult because of sular Commission investigating the strong, currenta, Shanghai fighting has been sub-Tedworth, the fleet diving ah, Fifty-one divers are in H.M.S. mitted to the League Secretariat, which is now anchored near the

It amoribes the origin of the submarine. trouble to the Japanese military activities in Manchuria, resulting

SINGAPORE NAVAL BASE

following the discloure of its fiscal policy, should be revealed by the bye-elections which are taking place to-day at South Croydon and Now Forest

Both contests will be straigh fights between Conservatives and Labour.

Liberal Attitude. The Liberal attitude on the fiscal

This luxurious, costly, and almost irroplaccalilo vehicle was stranded on Boundary Road, in the very centre of Windy Sector's front, at the beginning of hostilities, or what- Lever thú presunt argument is known |

Her handsome nose protruding from an alleyway aroused in the Scots the predatory instincts of their forefathers especially so as transport is not easily obtainable, and the Boottish have to obtain daily "replenishments of a certain part of their sustenance, and they have several stations to which such must be sent. Yesterday, the temp tation became too great, so the Skip per, No. 2, and the Junior stole through one of the gats, crept with all the manning of a Grigor stalking Campbell along the wreckage strewn area, and safely boarded the

"bus

Sniper Assista, 'As both the 'buses and the trama

question was crystallised at a meet are equally crowded in normal time. ing of the Samuel Group, number- ing about twenty, and including about buses as he does about trama No. 9 naturally knows sa much the Lloyd George family, which de cided to comperate in firm opposi-and proved it by insisting on dry- ing the loot away and promptly.

in a boycott of "Japanese goods in Shanghai and other parts of China, the boycott, in turn, infaming Japanese opinion and leading to a |WORK STILL PROGRESSING tion to the tariff proposals. spirit of bitter enmity.

The Report recapitulates, the events leading to the hostilities,

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENUT.}

LONDON, Feb. 8.

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demands for explanations, as to why their home and office possess sions, had not reported at hearth and desk are assured that the Scot tish were still at Windy Bector, and that they have worked out Five Year Plan, at the end of which period they hope to provide the Shanghai Hounds with Winniunt innumerable. Any Shanghai Soci who has not get a blanket #ac Windy Corner Sector has mined the opportunity of seeing the re sulta of the work of the best QUAT- camaster Sergeant in Shanghai, and hey, has not had a band in a job of real work thoroughly_we) done, never mind if the Light Horse do polish their buttons more often.

FOUR BOY SCOUTS

MISSING.

LEAGUE OF RED CROSS SOCIETIES TO MAKE INQUIRIES.

On the other hand, Sir Johnbacking into a wall, whereupon the

In reply to bus stopped No. 2 pulled every

an appeal mada Simon and his supporters continue lever, pressed every button and by the Chinese Rod: to uphold the Government

twirled every wheel, but the 'bas. Hospital here, the League of Red Temained stiffly at 'shun. Then Cross Societies in Geneva is to take friendly, aniper, came to the aeris-immediate steps to investigate the tance of the trio and sent a bullet whereabouts of four Chinese boy whistling past their ears No. 2 sonuts. reported missing sinca, Suz

ad only siren left, so he sounded day, January a7, in North Szechuan that, the 'bus bounded forward and was driven past the Company' blockhouse to the accompanimant af resounding chears.

ELECTION FEVER IN IRELAND

including the Japanese Admiral's In the House of Commons Mr. demands, "and the Chinese refusal Baldwin announced that work on to comply with the terms regard-the Singapore base was being cont ing the withdrawal of troops be-tinued in accordance with the re-

| commendations of the Imperial | NOMINATIONS TO BE MADE. cause it was impossible to with Conference of 1830, and that

TO-DAY draw in the short time available.

estimates for 1937 are being framed | The concluding part of the Re-accordingly. port gives a detailed description of the landing of the Japanese

marince and of the subsequent U.S.A. AGREES WITH

fighting.

On publication of this Report, Mr. W. W. Yon has requested an immediate meeting of the League Council to discuss itin view of the very terrible happenings in Shanghai in the past ten daya."

Japanese bombing and gundre, have killed and wounded thousands of innocent men, women and child-

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"Japanese incendiarism -hás "de- stroyed thousand of housen.

The Japanese firmy nad nary are enacting all the horrors and cruelties of war and every minute of delay and inaction by the League means an increased loss of life and property,

The League's responsibility "is

very great,"

JAPAN'S SCHEME FOR"

CHINA

BRITAIN

AMERICAN IDEAS REVEALED

{THROUGH EZUTERÉS AGENCY,}

He also suggested the prolonging REJECTED BY AMERICA of the existing Washington and London Naval Agreements from [REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE] which he advocates proportional reductions in naval tonnage from WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.

the figures laid down by the agree.... The feelers put out by the Tokyo ments, Foreign Office regarding a scheme

Germany's Demand. for demilitarisation of the Chinese

Dr. Bruening followed. He de coast and river ports, an “a solu-clared that Germany, deprived of

(Renter's Special Service.)

Road....

The youths were among a group of boy scouts of the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce, who offered. their services to the Chinese ed Cross Hospital as assistants at the outbreak of the Chapei fighting

The Police henri of the capture; and wanting a good bus, came long to Elgin Road so. they said, LONDON, Feb. 8. that the Scottish could be saved the Roquested by a Chinese refugee Tho election fever which is now trouble of restoring the vehicle to to remove his relatives in North sweeping the Irish Free State is its owners." They had not a hope! Szechuan Road, the Hospital desi unprecedented since the signing of Headquarters refused to have any patched the four boy scoute to the the Treaty.

part in any argument save such as place. The party, Ban Ching Woo The nomination of candidates would enable them to shift unite Mao Ching Hsiang, Ying, Wen Dah which takes place to-morrow were from billet to billet more often than and Loo Yung Hsiang, advanced in handed in to-day throughout already has been done, and so left the direction of the North Brechan the Scottish to their own devices. Boad in a motor car, bearing the twenty-six counties.

BRITISH BUDGET

FORECAST

SIXPENCE OFF INCOME TAX

[THOUGH REUTERʼS ÁGENOY.]

A telegram was received from Geneva, informing the Red Cross Hospital that the Societies will take immediate steps to locate the where

REFUGEES RAID RICE SHOPS.

STARVING PEOPLE LOOT!

VESTORES.

At the last election, five years Negotiations were openal with the Settlement licence, No.17809 ago there were 984 candidates for Cathay Hotel, who replied that they Nothing has been heard about them GENEVA, Feb. 9. 153 seats. To-day it is expected wanted their bus very urgently since then.

The Scottish said they could have it Its searches having proved futile, Closely akin to Britain's pro-that there will be 270 candidates. pozzle, Mr. Hugh Gibeon ennumer The Government Party at the if they sent so many cases of the Hospital requested Mr. E. S "sp-and-so." There the matter end-Cunningham, U. Consul-General ated to the Disarmament Confer. Dissolution numbered sixty-five and for the time being, but negotia and Mr. Murai, Japanese Consul once the United States schemes De Valera's Republican Party 50.

General, for help besides sending. under nine points, of which the most

It is expected that there will be tions are to be resumed.

Blockhouse Winnie." an urgent appeal to the League of important advocate the total aboli. only one woman candidate, Mra.

There is also the tale of Block- Red Cross Societies in Geneva tion of submarines, lethal gases O'Driscoll, who is a sister of the

She is mostly house Winnie" and bacteriological warfare; pro late Mr. Michael Collins.

white, but there are tan embellisa tection of civilians against aerial

ments about her, a tail which dom bombing; special restrictions for

not balance her body, and she be tanks and heavy mobile guns and the limitation of expenditure on

haves as if her papa and masrama | abouts of the missing youths. did not love her. She gate mostly war material,

cheese, marmalade, and Pte. Oxley Cumming's, blankets, and she sleeps in the arms of Pte. "Freddie” his. bunke being the farthest removed from the Company Nightingale,

Winnie came to the Scottish with. out introduction and has approved thero

Sha LONDON, Feb, 2

without reservation.

Fear that looting would break Folitical, correspondents claim in- goes through all inspections and out among the refugees as: a result, spiration for Budget forecasts, guard mountings, and saves th of the continuance of the general landed in the Settlement and the in to the Settlement from native the China probiom generally have disarmament and had an ungues. Tax and ten taxation,

The indux of destitute refugees tion of the Shanghai problem and her dramante, derinden veneral specially in regard to the Income sentry on the main gate the trouble strike by local merchants became

of challenging members of the Light reality when a large number of French Concession this morning, areas has created a most serious not met with a favourable reception tionable moral and legal claim in Chancellor of the Exchequer is de quent passings on leave. Altoge rice shops and removed to

According to these prophets, the Horse when they make their fre the poorer class, broke into several when Chineas anti-aircraft guna in

problem. Latest official estimates 'hore.

this respect. Only universal, equal Chapei fired on a Japanese 'plane revealing that there are over 900,000. United States Government haye in- remove the present world tension.sixpence in the Income Tax, and) and probably has found good adop

It is, indeed, understood that the and unreserved disarmament could finitely aiming at a reduction of ther, Winnis is a beanie wee lass, tents

The rice shops were closed in ac dicated that they will unhesitating-

cordance with a decision of the ly reject any plan for the denili

Headquarters have not been often General Chamber of Commerce, and to Windy Sector, perhaps because the Shanghai Rice Guid to mus tarisation of the principal porta of

it is a very long way out: perhaps pend business se a protest against China

because the Special Police and "A"

the Japanese activities in Shangha Company usually get there early and little or no rice had been sold and so make the dispensation of Even in ordinary times, when the hospitality to later comers more difficult than the will to dispense from hand to mouth, this would poorer people are forced to live (From Our Own Correspondent.)

STATEMENT IN HOUSE

it is great. Perhaps, even, they probably have caused & panio, have heard of the danger if No, in the present circumstances, it was CANTON, Feb. 9.

OF COMMONSI

2 Platoon's daily witamins Bre not surprising that there was; BORD The Canton Air Forós haa do-

still further reduced. But they looting as these people have littla cided to despatch à aquadron of

(Reuter's Special Service.) have been coming more frequently money and are nearly starving bombing 'planes to Shanghai to

since two tin hats one day wander The fires instance was reported reinforce the Chinese focons there.

LONDON, Feb. 9.

ed into the mess-room and, a hall from the northern and of Ferry The squadron, consisting of about

At question time in the House of hour later, woro found still gazing Road, when a crowd of refugest a dożca bombera;- will leave Can-

CAIRO, Feb. 8. Commons, Sir Herbert Bannel de- in rapt admiration at the sobool's visited a rice shop and asked the ton, as soon as the weather permita. Phenomenal snow is holding up clared that the prisoner who took blackboards or what was on them, shopkeeper to sell them soms grain, Owing to insurmountable dimenl- the land search for the three part in the disorders at Dartmoor Ptes. Graham and *Freddie "* The reply came that this was imi SHANGHAI, Feb. 9, 2.34 p.m. Mr. Stimson talked with Sir John is in transportation, no troops R.A.F. planes which were forced and whose offences were too seel (the same one who has been placed possible, whereupon second de It is reliably reported that from Simon, at Geneva, over the Trans will be sent to Shanghai from down when over the Syrian Desert ous to be dealt with a breaches of in charge of the kennels) are armand was made with the same 600 to 700 Japanese troops hava | Atlantio telephone, yesterday, after Canton, at least not for the time last Saturday.

prison discipline will be tried by tists of amazing versatility, won sult. This caused a wave of anger arrived in the Shanghai area and which it, was reliably reported that being. The Canton troops, socord- A wireless mcasage from one of open court, while others will be derful technique, and enormous sprand and there was a general

now participating in Battle of Chapai, while, less than they had agreed to defer any fur to Mr foring Hat Chang, a buck the planes reports its position as dealt with by the Prison Board vergy. Between them they could rush Tas dcor, was waashed

offe 1 of the Canton. Government, being 30 miles enal of Amman, but He added that the enquiry showed run an exhibition without any out - shutters” were removed daugh twenty miles away, 400 Japanose ther Sino-Japanese ponce proposals in an interview, with local Freas a search has not revealed the that the prison officers, as a body, side help, except bold back the crowd, having got inside, proceeded marines and 2,000 Japanese troops until now developments made it mon, are needed here for the pre- whereabouts of the missing planes, behaved well and it was & matter crowds,

to loos the place, after which thes Para attacking the Woosung Forts,

more likely that Japan would a Kwantung.

servation of peace and order in eleven of which, were en route of satisfaction that none hand beening Incidentally A War. G over which the Chinese flag till

from Baghdad to Cairo to partici-killed and that no escapes had Such are the main excitemente Bimilar cases were reported -flies,

cept their formula.

(Continued on Page 18.) pate in an R.A.F, display.

of Windy Sector Otherwise, life, ether parts of the Bestlement.

when, fying over the Settlement.

A Londen: woman, the wife of "Inspector E. Robertson of the Settlement Police, was slightly in- jured in the check and temple by splinters from one of the shells which exploded. "

Several shells landed not far from the Public School for Girls, the-largest-girls-school in "thủ Far East, which is situated out- side the Settlement but on a muni- cipal road..

aro

JAPANESE REINFORCE

MENTS

the

unemployed.

JAPANESE TROOPSHIP

AGROUND:

A Japanese troopship, ; carrying [ reinforcements to Shanghai, has gone ground in the Yangtze Estuary.

ANGLO-AMERICAN' AGREEMENT

[REUTER'S ANELICAN SERVICE]

WASHINGTON, Feb. D.

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CANTON PLANES FOR : SHANGHAI

.

The Conference has adjourned the imposition of a new tax onlivé parenta

10 a.m. to-morrow,

foreign tea

MISSING R.A.F. 'PLANES

THREE-FORCED DOWN IN SYRIAN, DESERT

(Reuter's Special Service.)

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DARTMOOR PRISON OUTRAGE

oncurred