1932-02-25 — Page 9

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1932.

JAPANESE ATTACK AGAIN A FAILURE

FORTUNE FALLS CHINESE TROOPS REFUSE TO RETIRE DEFENCE OF SOUTH

INTO SEA

9 BARRELS OF COLD SINK

IN CHERBOURG HARBOUR LEAGUE OF NATIONS ACTIVITY RESUMED ON CHAPEI

(Reuter's Special Service.)

Cuzanouro, Feb. 24. 1000,000 worth of gold fell into the een hore to-day. While a con- signment from the Berengarin was boing unloaded, the chain broko and six barrals filled with gold sank in the harbour and must be re- covered by a diver

MR. RAMSAY

EXPENSES

BRITAIN'S SHARE £1,080,000

(Reuter's Special: Servics.)

LONDON, Feb. i. Replying to a question" in the House of Commons Mr. Eden said

MACDONALD that the expenses of the League

LEAVING LONDON FOR

3 WEEKS' REST (Reuters Special Service.)

LONDON, Feb. 94.

Mr. Ramsay MacDonald is .ra. covering after his operation, but is leaving London on Wednesday, for three weeks' must, for an unnamed south-west of England resort.

DISARMAMENT

CONFERENCE

HOPE IT WILL ACHIEVE CONCRETE RESULTS

BRITISH WIRELESS KERVICE.]

Ruony, Feb. 23.

down to the end of 1001 wero £11,000,000, of which Britain's contribution

approximately £1,080,000.

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ANTI-COMMUNIST CAMPAIGN

EXPEDITION LEAVES FOR KIANGSI

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(From Our Own Correspondent.)

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CANTON, Feb. 24.

military communiqué from Shiukwan, received here to-day, stated that a detachment of General The General Committee of the Yu Han Mow troops left there for Disarmament Conference will meet Kiangai yesterday, forming the van) to-morrow at Geneva under the chairmanship of Mr. Arthur Hen-ard of the anti-Communist cam- derson. The New French Prime paign, They are expected to arrive Minister, M. Tardieu, has inform in the Tai Yu Mountains, on the ed the British Foreign Secretary, Kwangtung-Hunan border, from Sir John Simon, of his intention which point they will proceed to of being present. It is understood Kiangsi. General Yu Hon Mow that Signor Grandi and the heads and his staff expect to leave here of several other delegations will for Kiangsi sometime next wook to Also attend.

direct operations. He will, it is. learned, established his beadquarters in Kanchow, which is still being besigned by the Communists,

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THUNDER OF GUNS REVERBERATING THROUGHOUT.

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CHINESE ATTACK ON MIAOHONGCHEN REPULSED

JAPANESE HURRIEDLY EVACUATING SHANGHAI

THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.]

SHANGHAI, Feb. 4, 7.8 p.m.

THE JAPANESE ATTACK TODAY PROVED A FAILURE. THE CHINESE MAINTAINING THEIR POSITIONS DESPITE A RELENTLESS JAPANESE ONSLAUGHT.

WITH NIGHTFALL THE FRONT LINES SUBSIDED TO SILENCE. BUT JAPAN. ESE ARTILLERY, AFTER HOURS OF RESPITE, BEGAN A HEAVY BOMBARDMENT OF WARTORN CHAPEL. THE THUNDER OF THEIR BATTERIES REVERBERATING THROUGHOUT SHANGHAI

A SCENE OF MISERY

SHANGHAI, Feb. 21..8.51 p.m.

The Kangwas front this morning was a scene of imisery. The soaking rain of last night having Alled the trenches and dugouts: The rain has put out the smouldering fires of thousands of passant homes destroyed in the past few days.

Though fierce" aerial and artillery bombardment has been going on all morning since 8.30, the Japanese lafantry had not yet attempted any great advance,

The Japanese appear to be anxious to blast out the Chinese by pure weight of explosives rather than by fighting..

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TERRIFIC AND STUPENDOUS DETONATIONS ·

A Reuter observer, this morning saw eight huge, bombers roar across No Man's Land." ench carrying a couple of 250 pound bamba which were neatly placed on the Chinese positions. round Klangwan Village. The detonations were terrife and stupendous clouds of earth and débris were thrown a hundred yards into the air.. It seemed impossible that there could be any defences or Chinese troops left, but as the smoke cleared the Chinese poured withering machine gun and riffe fire into the Japanese infantry positions in expectation of their advance, but the rain-soaked Japanese lufan'ry made no attempt to carry the devastated Chinese trenches. which the Chinese are indefatigably building up again, despite the continued Japanese artillery bombardment and Japanese planes dropping smaller bombs.

CHAPEI AGAIN BOMBARDED

Sir John Simon, who, in the absence of th Prime Minister, is acting as head of the British dele ration to the Conference, left Lon Simultaneous with this, General den this afternoon for Geneva, and Li Yang. King, Commander of the will be present. He will remain in 3rd Army, will lead an expedition Switzerland until after the special in Fukien to curb with the Red meeting, on March 3rd. of the Lea activities there. Both expeditiona rue Assembly which has been called. will be reinforced with airplanes. to consider the Rino-Japanese situ. 1 It is evident that Canton is at ation. It Anticipated that the last starting in earnest an intensive highly important débutes on politi-campaign against the Communists cal issues that will come before the in Kiangsi, whose recent wanton Disarmament Conference will take activities have caused grave concern ulace in this General Committee, in official circles in both Nanking including for example, the sech and Craton. Nanking has appoint- riy questions raised by the Frenched General Chen Tsai Tong Com- Memorandum. The work of the mander-in-Chargo of the anti-Com- whole Conference will he co-ordin-munist campaign, with orders to atoil by the fact that the President complete the tank started by the CHINESE COUNTER ATTACK REPULSED is the Chairman of this General 19 th Route Army. Committee.

Moanwhile, the Japanese have started activity on the Chapel front, their naval landing force delivering an attack on the Chinese positions in the northern section of Chapel at 10.30 and severe fighting is now progressing.

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The Canton General has request- ed, in his reply of, acceptance to Nanking, that the Canton Chatoms surplus be retained here for the financing of the anti-Communist campaign. Thus far no reply has

Budgetary Limitation. The other committee that will probably ise set up by the Disarma ment Conference will provide work for specialista on land, sea and air armaments, and another committee | been forthcoming from Nunking. will consider the question of redue- tion of armaments by means of bud- Ketary limitation,

The view of the British Govern- ment in regard to budgetary limi- tation is that it should afford a valuable cross-check on other me thods of limitation, although it is recognised that many complicated factors would have to be adjusted for its proper working. Conscript armies, for example, are less ex- pensive to maintain than profes kional armies, and considerations of this kind must obviously be. taken into account,

CHINESE RAILWAY

LOANS

QUESTION OF DEFAULT "RAISED IN COMMONS

[TRIOVON REUTER'S AGENCY.]

On the other hand, budgetary limitation acords a useful means of

LONDON. Feb. 24. restricting certain kinds of arma- In the House of Commons the ments, such, for instance, as the so- default of the Ticntain-Pukow and called pocket battleship, which al-Hukuang Bailway loans was raised though it might conform to tonnage at question time. Mr. Eden replied and other mataridel limitations, is that no suitable opportunity for expensive to build.

pressing just claims of British The British Government is up-creditors against the Chinese Gov- proaching the work of the disarma ernment will be reglected, and sug mant conference with a determina gested that the present time was tion to achieve the largest possible

not opportune for another note. measure of success, and would re- kard it as a great misfortune if it failed to achieve concrete results,.

FLU EPIDEMIC IN

BRITAIN

BOAT CREW VICTIMS

(Router's Special Service.),

LONDON, Feb. 23.

The influenza epidic, which has boon raging, in Britain for some time, is now attacking the members of both Boat Race crows,

The strokes of both Oxford and Cambridge are stricken down and the Cambridge outing this after- noon had to be cancelled as the No.

was also down.

Oxford, with a substitute stroke, covered the Hanley Regatta course, a mile and as yards in 7 minutos -23 seconda.

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HITLER AND THE GERMAN PRESIDENCY

A COMIC PROBLEM SOLVED

(Router's Special Service.).

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Japaness residents in Shanghai continue to evacuate in large numbers. Since January 28, 9,000 kave evacuated to Japan, leaving 16,008; here but these are rapidly making prepara

tions to depart. A Japanese liner was alongside a wharf near the Japanese Consulate this morning loading thousand of Japanese refugees for Japan..

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

SHANGHAI, Feb. 24, 7.37 p.m. The Chinese to day counter attacked Miaohongchen but were repulsed with big losses,

Japanese planes are spraying gasoline over the houses in Klangwan, believed to be harbouring snipers, after which another *plane formation drop incendiary bombs setting the dwellings alight.

STORIES OF ATROCITIES SOLVED

The Japanese discovered a ruse on Wednesday by which members of the plain clothes "dare to die" corps approach the lines masquerading as refugees then start Bring when near. Many women, including an aged female, were arrested in the att of smuggling arms for Chinese troops. They were immediately skot as apies, thus accounting for the stories of alleged atrocities.

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FOURTH DAY'S ATTACK OPENS

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.) SHANGHAI, Feb. 9, 11.48 .m.. The opening of the fourth day's attack on Kiergwan Village by the Japancic was delayed this morning.

The Chinese are, replying to the Japanese attack with Stokes mos. tars and ferce machine-gun fire,

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FIRST HONOURS

TO, CHINA"

"DAILY TELEGRAPH'S "'' OPINION

The indications that the fighting line will come closer to the Inter- national Settlement, following the Japanese evacuation of Hongicow, will intensity foreign anxiety lest the Settlement becomes involved in the hostilities.

The Telegraph adde that since the British Government is fully supporting the Lengue authority, outside zealota will be well advised to leave the issue in the hands of responsible statesnen:

AMERICA'S POLICY--?

STATEMENT EXPECTED SOON

{REUTER'S AMERICAN SERVICE)

NEW YORK, Feb. 24 Urgent advices that Japan is moving new troops to the Shang- hai" war zone has hustened the decision for Mr. Stimson to restato America'a policy in the Far East. It is expected the statement, re- garding which Mr. Stimson closely conferred with Mr. Borah, will be made to-day.

BOYCOTT OF JAPAN

AMERICAN ATTITUDE

Dawe came misty and damp, but | at about half past seven, Japanese! aeroplanes flew over the Chinese ! mes reconnultring, while an hour. Inter, A squadron of bombing machines were sent and began a systematic Aerial bombardment, The Daily Telegraph in a leading being met by machine-gun fire. article this morning comes to the When the attack from the air conclusion that the honours of the was spent, the Japanese heavy batfrat täree days' fighting since the

New Yoak, Feb. 24.. The rather comio problem of giv} teries, which have been placed on expiry of the Japanese ultimatum ing Horr Hitler German citizen- the Klangwan racecourse,

According to the New York Times'. ship in order that he can become a

com rest with the Chinese.

Washington, correspondent, Proai- Presidential candidate has been monced their strate, opening up a

The prowess of their troops,dent Hoover is prepared neither to flerce bombardment, which was con. solved.

tinued until a few moments before says the journal, has accomplished reject or accept and will only ten o'clock.

far more than was expected by the formally acknowledge the petition world at large and has done much for a Japanese, boycott. It in to rehabilitate the prestige of understood that only one or two China as a Power capable of de- Senators are in favour of an anti- fonding itself.

Hitler is to be made & Profes- sor of Politie Pedagogies at the Brunswick University and in or At 10a.m., the order for a der to meet the objections that the general attack, was given, infantry appointment is only camouflage,” tanks and armoured cars, joining Hitler will deliver an address at in the fighting, which is still pro Brunswick to-day.

jceeding furiously,

Japanese boycott.

· LEAGUE MAY ISSUE **SERIOUS WARNING".

(THROUGH REUTER' ADRNOV.]

LONDON, Feb. 4.

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As was recently foreshadowed the ** anti-dridt ** movement is rapidly" attaining impatua. It now braces the whole of the Inbous Party This movement, was in stanced by yesterday's decision of the National Joint Council being followed up to-day by the Indepen dent Labour Party whose reative acas goce the length of condemning the "capitalist League of Nations." It is known that Sir John Simon's Far Eastern mandate is clear cut and is believed to presage definite action, if possible including the United States. It is unofficially assumed that the Longue will early issue a "serious warning." which, na the Timex says, may induce Japan to hesitate to face hostile world opinion,, but failing resulte'i is assumed that Britain will " do somethingy

Liberal and Labour circles ad "rooste a." whole hog: withdrawn of diplomats and a boycott.

Non-interventionists bik on the ability of the Assembly to "localize the "actual conflict" to which one, diplomatic correspondent declares that further diplomatic

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CHINA

HALF A MONTH'S RENT DEMANDED

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

CANTON, Feb. 24. In order to raise funds for the defence of South China conital cities against possible Japanese ad tacks, the Carton Government ha ordered that all property owners contribute to the war chest, to the extent of a half month's rental The property owners in Canton are.. being notified of this latest decision of the Government, and the polios have been instructed to go from. store to store, and house to house. to collect the money nocording to the figures kept at the police station. This forceful financial drive, will start on Friday and is expected to be completed by March 0

All the money thus collected will be turned over to the Finance Com mittee for National Defence, which in attached to the Executive Council' for the administration of political, military and Kuomintang afnira of the Southwest. The Committee will use the money as it ses fit.

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The Japancas nervousness is re flected in a decision to cancel per... mite enabling Pressmen to visit the either by the League or the Puwers Japanese linen, in view of the would be worse than futile min danger and the confusion." local military decision is reached at i The Chinese confidence is illus Shanghai, admitting, however, that trated by General Toni Ting-kai's the possibility of am early decision take luncheon with him to-day at invitation to foreign journalists to on those lines is recoding.

his field headquarters, CHINA'S REPLY TO FOREIGN PROTEST

ANNOUNCEMENT BY BRITISH ADMIRALTY

EONDON, Feb. 24.

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A joint protest against the shell." In the House of Commons to-day lag of positions within the Settle Lord Stanley for the Admiralty, has been lodged by the British, announced that or further British Italian, French and American au warships are being sent to Shang-thorities. Replying to the protest, hai

the Chinese authorities expressed thoir" regrets, but denied responsi bility on the ground that the Japan Lese were using the International Settlement de a base for their opera- tions,

JAPANESE NERVOUSNESS

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THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.) SHANORAI, Feb. 24, 8.08 a.m.

An ominous silence has at pre- The twenty-seventh morning, of sent descended on the Chapel front the Sino-Japaness confice in and along the battle-line stretching. Shanghai finds both armies energete the south of Kiangwan. tically strengthening their defences ACTIVITY: ON RIGHT FLANK in anticipation of a decisive strug.

gle in the immediate future.

Router's observer reports that

Both sides are to-day strictly on there is some activity on the Japan the defensive. The Japanese casual-fase right sector, north of Kiang- ties have been heavy and the in- wan. Troops are moving up rapid-.. dications are that the offensive may ly in this direction in accordance not be resumed until further rein-with General Uyeda's need for con forcements arrive. All through the solidating his right flank, which night, there was never more than was exposed to Chinese attack last a desultory exchange of fire.

night. (Continued on next_column.}

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