1932-02-24 — Page 9

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1932.

JAPANESE AGAIN FORCED TO RETIRE

EASTERN AFFAIRS THIRD DAY'S OFFENSIVE A FAILURE

"DISCUSSED IN...

COMMONS

BRITAIN'S POLICY

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TOWARDS MANCHURIA

(REUTER, AND BRITISH WIREL688.]

LONDON, Feb. 29.

The Foreign Secretary, Sir John | Simon, in the House of Commons

JAPAN'S GENERAL

ELECTION

FINAL STATE OF

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

Tokyo, Feb. 23.

The

this "afternoon expressed deep ro The Seiyukai's majority is grea gret that, despite all efforts to fer than was contemplated by their Prevens hostilities, serious fighting most optimistic supporters. and broken nat in Shanghai fol, final results brought in last night lowing the Chineso Cousrals re- and early this morning show the jection of the ultimatufh.

state of the of the parties to be as followi

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As reported in the Press, the Japanese troops have somewhat advanced their line in the neigh bourhood of Kiangwan, botwoon Chapel and Woosung, and fighting

Others mu still continues. Up to the present The Seiyukni have, therefore, a there has been little fighting atmajofity over all others of 140. Chapai or olaawhere in the immo diate neighbourhood of the Interna- tional Settlement.

"It is not anticipated that the evacuation of British women and children from Shanghai will be come necessary. Detailed arrange- ments have, however, breu made against this aventuality. The" only danger to the International Softle ment at prosent is from "atray shell fire.

Foreign Protest.."

GERMANY'S "NEXT

* PRESIDENT

THREE RIVALS TO HINDENBURG

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(Reuter' Special: Servico.).

"Bir Miles Lampson, in eoncart

BERLIN, Feb. 22, with his United States, French donburg will have three opponents It is learned that President. Hin- and Italian colleagues, has made in the Presidential election next representations to the Japanese and Chinese authorities

month, namely. pto- testing

against action which

Hitler, the leader of the Nazis. Colonel Duesterberg, the lender

might lead to damage being in-of the Steel Helmot organisation, dicted on foreign life or property and and making every reservation in the mattor./

Thaelmann, the leader of the Communists..

Replying to the Leader of the

It is believed that none of these Opposition, Mr. George Lansbury, have even Bir John Simon agreed that ques against Hindenburg, though Hit- the remoteat chance tion and answer afforded an inadelor's candidature is extremely in- quate means of imparting informa tion on a situation of this gravity and agreed to make a rather fuller statement: só a later stage:

Further Information.

The House of Commons was crowded Inter in the evening to hear Sir John Simon's reply to Mr. Lansbury's request for further information.

He stated that the principles of British policy were, firstly, that the British Government direct its fall influence in conjunction with other Powers to suppong the moral authority of the Longue and se condly, that Britam, as she had

· „from dha “beginning, should show readiness to tender her good offices to end the horrible conflict.

Feace and Trade.

teresting.

ed in 1900 in the Boxer Rising Colonel Duesterberg was wound

campaign zad, also in the Great War

Stories have been in circulation that the ex-Kaiser, or one of the Hohenzollern family might stand, but such reports are dismissed hera as fantastic

ARMED WARFARE ON I.D.B.S.

SERIOUS PROBLEM IN S, AFRICA

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

PORT NOLLOTH, Feb, 22:. Ilegal diamond prospecting has reached such serious proportions that the South African Government has despatched an armoured car, equipped with a powerful search-

Sir John said that the Govern- ment was charged, to, & very special degree, with the protection of British interests in China and there was no pars of the world where it could be more truthfully light and a Lewis gun to deal with said that those interests were em-the situation.

bodied in the words fence aud Nineteen Europeans have already trade.""

beon arrested for engaging in the

game."

Disturbances to peace did trade no good. But we do not sock lo get trade through the "boycolt of other people.

Very complete arrangements had been made to scoure the safety of life and property in the Settlement,

but the British Government's duly was to get the fighting stopped and the bloodshed ended.

A Denial,

Concluding the debate, he said that Mr. Lansbury's reference to

the Chinese belief that some Powers,

in alliance with Japan, have en

as he knew, perfectly untrue.

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THE OTTAWA CONFERENCE

"LET US CREATE A GOOD ATMOSPHERE” -

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(Reuter's Special Service.)

Lonnor, Feb. 23.. Don't let us to go Ottawa in a couraged her action, was, as. for haggling spirit, but let us go and see what we can throw into the Sir John Simon said that the common pool for the benefit of all,' British Ambassador in Tokyo had appealed Mr. Thomas in the House been officially informed that if, of Commons towards the close of a As was probably true, an indepen speech in which he waxed indignant dent State of Manchuria bad been at the expense of Major Nathan proclaimed, the Japanees Govern- secretary of the Cobden Club, who ment was no more likely to recognise moved an amendment in the com it than any other government.

mittee stage of the Import Duties Bill. That' preference will only be given to the Dominions, India and S. Rhodesia is that by March 3 they had onacted that United King dom goods should be admitted free. Mr. Thomas characterised the proposal to treat" Dominions tho SERIOUS INCIDENT IN INDIA Same as foreigner as an insult.

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POLICE STATION.

ATTACKED

{KRITIKS WIRELESS SERVICE]

·RUARY, Feb. 22.

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CHINESE OVERWHELM INVADERS IN HAND TO HAND BATTLE

HEROIC STAND BY CHINA'S YOUNG SOLDIERS.

NOT AFRAID OF DEATH: „WILL FIGHT FOR FREEDOM

FEARLESS ATTACK BY JAPANESE INFANTRY

(THROUGH" - REUTER'S AGENCY.]

SHANGHAI, Feb. 23, 7.30 p.m.

THE JAPANESE COMMAND BROUGHT IN ALL ITS ARMAMENTS THIS MORN- ING WHEN MAKING THE THIRD DAY'S DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE KIANG. WAN VILLAGE, ARTILLERY, ARMOUR CARS, AEROPLĀNÉS, TANKS AND SMOKE. SCREENS, AND FINALLY INFANTRY WERE ALL USED BUT FAILED TO DISLODGE THE *CHINESE TROOPS,

ONE JAPANESE BATTERY STANDS IN THE KIANGWAN GOLF COURSE NEAR- BY A BULLET-RIDDLED NOTICE BOARD WHICH BELONGS IN MORE PEACEFUL-

TIMES TO A NOTICE WHICH WARNS-OFF SPORTSMEN AND IRONICALLY ANNOUNCES "NO "SHOOTING ALLOWED."

* AFTER HEAVY SHELLING BY SIX-INCH GUNS, JAPANESE. 'PLANES ROADED " ACROSS THE ARTILLERY EMPLACEMENTS OVER KIANGWAN AND SICKENING EX... PLOSIONS FILLED THE AIR "WITH MASSES OF EARTH AND DEBRIS.

"NO MAN'S LAND" COVERED WITH CASUALTIES

ONCE AGAIN THE CHINËSE ANTLAIRCRAFT GUNS BARKED VÄINLY, UNABLE TO GET THE RANGE OF THE JAPANESE. 'PLANES, THE JAPANESE THEN

DROPPED

· SMOKE SHELLS AND UNDER A HEAVY SMOKE SCREEN THEIR TANKS AND ARM.......

THE JAPANESE OURED CARS, MOVED OUT WITH INFANTRY IN THEIR WAKE.

INFANTRY FEARLESSLY RUSHED THE CHINESE TRENCHES. THE CHINESE TROOPS, LET FLY MERCILESS MACHINE GUN AND RIFLE FIRE AND BY THE TIME THE JAPANESE ARRIVED AT THE CHINESE TRENCHES THEIR LINES WERE BADLY THIN- NED. THE CHINESE WERE READY WITH BAYONETS AND THE SLAUGHTER WAS TERRIFIC. THE CHINESE DID NOT GAVE WAY AN INCH AND A JAPANESE RE TREAT WAS ORDERED, LEAVING "NO MAN'S LAND" SMOTHERED WITH CASUALTIES.

* TOWARDS NOON THE FIGHTING LESSENED, AND THE JAPANESse red cross WENT OUT TO BRING IN THE TOLL OF THE JAPANESE UNSUCCESSFUL ATTACK. AS THEY ARRIVED AT THE DRESSING STATIONS IT WAS SEEN THAT AT LEAST HALF WERE DEAD. IT WAS TOO DANGEROUS TO BRING IN THOSE LYING ALONG THE CHINESE TRENCHES AND THIS AFTERNOON SCORES OF BODIES STILL REMAIN.

TERRIBLE HAND TO HAND BATTLE

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Branghai, Feb. 23, 7,14 p.m.

A hospital which has only been open for thirty-six bours is already a terrible scene with wounded Chinese youths, some not more than 15 or 16 years old. After the terrlac battles last night in Chapel and Kiangwan the two hundred beds are flled with wounded, chiefly by shelff, their faces bolag borribly mutilated and streaked with shrapnel gashes.

However, their general spirit when Reuter interviewed the slightly wounded who could talk was".. found to be unanimous: "We will die not afraid for freedom.""

Ons youth told a thrilling tale of how last night he and his comrades, a hundred strong, were stationed in trenches a mile long. They held the place against heavy Japanese shell fire and five bombing 'planes, then 400 Japanese infantry advanced and hours of terrible band to band battle unsued, with the result that when eventually forced to give up the position only six Chinese survivors answered the roll call.

JAPANESE ADVISED TO EVACUATE

THROUGH NEUTER'S AGENCY.]

SHANGHAI, Feb. 23, 8.19 pm.

The Chairman of the Shanghai Japanese Residents' Assoica: tlon, to-day, after consultation with the Japanese Consul: Gederal, issued a statement advising all Japanese residents in Shanghai, men, women and chlidren, to evacuate to Japan Fecause Chinese shells were now frequently falling in Honghew and constitute i great, danger to life.

BOMB EXPLODES NEAR G.P.O.

Suanamai, Feb. 23, 6.33 p.m.

At.3.30 p.m. a bomb, probably an Infernal machine with a time fuse, exploded near the General Post Office. The Post Office" was not damaged, bat half a shop front opposite was blown in and a. Japanese constable of the Shanghai Municipal Police Was injured.

BIG OFFENSIVE EXPECTED (Wah Tai Tat, Pao.)

SHANGHAI, Feb. 2.

AMERICA'S POLICY---? TREUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE)

"WAR EXPECTED TO LAST

A YEAR ·

SHANGHAI, Feb. 23

It is authoritatively stated thad the National Government is pro paring for a year's warfaro against. Japan,

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.

Government agents are buying Political correspondents assortange quantities of munitions and that Mr. Stimson is contemplating are importing trenoh - digging "clearing decks" by a restatement machines from Germany.

of America's policy in the Far In planning to spend large suma East, the keynote of which will be of Juney on these war, proper Jonn Moy's progesinne el 1010tions, the Government huss beem relating to a open door.."

LONG AND COSTLY .

HOSTILITIES

THROUGH REUTEE'S AGENOX.]

LONDON, Feb, 23:

A realistic" view of the Far Eastern situation as seen by

stiumlated by the manner in which the Chinese nation is spontaneously and eagerly coming forward to sups port ita efforts to see the we through to the bitter and,

} Both the Government and the nation now believes that the future of Chinese civilisation dependa

byos upon the remilt.

AIR BATTLE" AT SOOCHOW

(THROUGH NEUTEN'S »AGENCY,]

SHANGHAI, Fab, 23.

Boochow witnessed a thrilling air

in the city of Londen is incisively portrayed in the Financial" News- when Basing the caso upon the correctness of Japan'a assertions of China's disunity and "freedom from inconvenient restraints" of legal rights. Apart from Man-battle yesterday afternoon, accord- churia, whero British trade is con- ing to Japanons Press report

which claim, that a Chinese plane siderable and where Japanese de-

was shot down. mands are likely to be pressed much farther if the country is severed: from China, the writer foousas his attention on Shanghai and deduces

intended to bomb the barracks. therefrom that as hostilities are

Chinese machines sailed into the likely to be long and costly, beavy air and engaged them and a thrik deinande may be made on China by Japan for compensation which will,

ling: encounter took place, Japanese seriously damage the interests of after one of their number had machines, making of China's other creditors, therefore, Britain should act in the closest 'co-operation with the United States

on account of the identity of their trading interests.

It is to be hoped that the Assemb

ly will enforce the economie, sane- tions, otherwise Britain and Ameri.

Are

A large number of Chinesa: troops stationed at Soochow and presumably the Japanem, aeroplanes

downed"

a rival

NO INTERVENTION “BY POWERS

the

(THROGON REUTER'S AGENOT. }

PARIS, Fob. 221;", While popular anxiety regarding

ca should combine to exert economic the events in Shanghai, is distinct, pressure. to prevent an exten- ly less neute in France than in sion of operations or the following Britain and the United States, the of them up by the imposition. of French. Government departments enerque conditions on China, concerned are watching the situa

tion closely, JAPANESE TROOPS RETIRE

· [THEĠUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

SHANGHAI, Feb. 23, 11.40 am. During last night, the Chinese troops to the worth of Kinagwan

French policy remains identical with that of Britain and the United States, namely, the main-

International Settlement and the tenance of the noutrality of the

French Concession, the protection Village carried out a swift endir- of their respective nationals, and eling movement against the Japanno intervention. cse right wing. Heavy fighting occurred and the Japanese were forced to retren

Details are lacking, but the Japanese admit that they lost forty men killed and sixty wounded, and that they were fired to withdraw slightly leaving the village of Min ongchen in the hands of the Chi- nese.

Chaped spent a restless night. severe artillery Lumbardments by both sides keeping up an incessant din. The front was quieter this morning."

The strength of the Chinese Ye sistance to the Japanese onslaught has orasted a deep impression.

Is is considered that Japan has embarked upon a greater adventure than she anticipated, and that pra tige obliges her to tighten the screw and not to lay down arms after her partial failure.

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It is hoped the League of No tions, for its own sake will keep as free as possible from the 72- broglio.

AMERICA AND THE LEAGUE

GENEVA, Feb, 22 FACING DEADLY MENACE There is no question of the Unit A report from Chizzes sirdles

ed States being invited to attend alleges that in order to maintain

SHaxtuai, Feb; 23. the special meeting of the League her prestige Japan is intending to locked with the Chinese troops on

While their military comrades are Assembly called for March 3, organise another big offonsive"--the various Battlefronts, the Japan-League desired American colla The report suggesting that the on a much bigger scale than the ese manince and bluejackets in boration was apparently due to the present one-against the Chinese. International Settlement, are again Soviet Russia and Turkey may be Hongkew, both in and out of the possibility that the United States, It goes on to staze that her futuro facing their deadliest menace-the invited to sit, on the Commission plan of operations involve the much-dread sniper.

which the Assembly is almost cer- destruction of every obstruction in

Although Hongxew has been. tain eventually to establish. the way of her advance: One hus Japanese forces since the original Assembly, after a brief general die It is generally expected that the thoroughlycombed through by dred thousand troops will be draft outbreak on January 28, iset even cussion, in which China and Japan will play the leading roles, will ra- fer the issue to the Political com- mission, on which overy Power has one delegate, for report.

out

ed for the campaign and will carrying marked the re-emergence of the saipers in strength greater a big encircling movement than every before. around Shanghai with Chenju as their principal objective,

BRITISH SAILORS PRAISED

(From Our Own Correspondant.)

SHANGHAI, Feb., 13.

"

"MACHINE-GUN REPLY

Scores of them are picking out their marks among the Japanese. A MANCHURIAN EXPEDITION?

forces, and an eminous rat-arat echoes through the district, as the TO FIGHT TO THE LAST!"

Japanese marines are machine- (Was T's Fat Pao.)

The British Coroner in giving gunning their hiding places. (Wah Tu Yat Pao

hie verdict that Able Seamen Prior the region of the Hongkew Market Firing is particularly severe in NANKING, Feb. 93. and Francis died from wounds which is normally the busiest mar Mr. Wang Ching Wey President from a bursting shell while pro-ket in the whole of Asia... Shanghai War" and urged by of the Executive Yuan, has issued tecting British property in Shang AIR ATTACK ON HUNGJAO the unanimous support of the & message to the people declaring hai,, sympathized with the relatives people, the Nanking Government that the Contral Government is and shipmates of the deceased. ia contemplating the despatch of a determined to fight to the last for

SHANGHAI, Feb. 23. Inspired by the brilliant successCK

NO ARMS FROM HOLLAND (THROUGH RETTEZ'z AGENOT.3.

THE HAGUE, Feb. Replying to a question by a Bo cialist member of the Lower House, the Prime Minister said that there!! should consider measured to prevens was no reason why the Government

the issue in Holland or the Duina: East Indies of war loans for Japan or for China.

Everyone looked forward to the Ottawa Conference ne perhaps the tourning point our Imperial policy. We should do our utrnást to crente In good atmosphere." Mr.. Thomas Reports received from India, also contended that the Govern which were surveyed in the House ment had made great sacrifices, of Commons by the Secretary for though some Dominions had not India, Sir Samuel Hoare, confirm done so well, but that had not last week's appreciation and are justified the amendment.

"Wo particularly satisfactory as regards have already shown our hands and the North-West Frontier Provinos, I believe the Dominions will re- the United Provinces, Punjab and spond." Madras

The amendment was delested The danger, of sporadic cases of without division. violence as a result of Congress / i demonstrations is illustrated by of casual occurrence District of Bihar and Orissa, Wire Jammu continues to improve, but gained national traitors who and Shanghai affairs. He appeal ther had dealt with the matter, and from the western extremity of the stricter, and there was no reason na incident in the Mong lyr. The situation in Kashmir and Punitive expedition into Manchuria the settlement of the Manchurian and Tills on the efficient manner Hungiao

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of the Chinese annies at the

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A very determined attack made on accounts of recent events have in-are attempting to form an indepen to the Chinese people to place full Police Station, was beaten back tensifiest communal feeling outside, dent government in Manchura confidence in and to give unreser with difficulty after resent to firing. particularly in Punjab. The atta under Thetancos of this kind, are, however, ion in Burma is generally satis:.

the protection

the ed support to the Central Govern Japanese. (Continued at foot of next solumn.) factory.

ment.

He congratulated Sommen Clarko

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SHANGHAI, Feb. 23, 11.40 am

The Government control of the export of arms and ammunition from Halland and the Dutch Ea At 0.30 this morning, eight Indies was adequate for all ressal Гаралеев Aeroplanes flew over able purposes. Th

Aerodrome, six miles There was no need to make it

did everything possible to save International Bettioment, and drops their comrades" lives. that two promising sailors should It is believed that all the ped twentyfive bombs, completely The Coroner extremely regretted destroying the servirome, Have lost their lives on an occndachines in the liangere were also sion like this.

destroyed.

for the Government to take special

part of arms or ammunition measures. The Prime Minister m phasised that there had been no ex- either of the combatants during the present crisia,...: