1933-01-05 — Page 9

FIGHT FOR SHANHAIKWAN

JAPANESE ATTACKS TWICE REPULSED

CHANG'S REPLY TO JAPAN'S ULTIMATUM

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{THROUGH 'EKUTSE'S ́AGENCY.]

PEIPING, Jan

Replying to the Japanese ultima. tum, Marahal Chang Hsuch Liang says, that the Japanese must bear the responsibility for the Shan- haikwan episode since they instigat edit. He declares that the Chinese, although provoked, did not rexist until the Japanese rushed their troops towards the city and tried to scale the walls,

Marshal

the Chang requeste Japanese to forward any further communications to the National Government and not to him.

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GENEVA CIRCLES PERTURBED

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JAPANESE REPULSED

TWICE

PEIPINO, Jan. 4. Authentic information has been received now throwing light on the exact situation at Shanhaikwan.

It is revealed that after being re- pulsed twice, the Japanese troops launched a third attack yesterday afternoon, as a result of which they captured the city.

HONG KONG DAILY PR

CAIRO CABINET RESIGNS

BUT PREMIER REFORMING MINISTRY

[THROUGH BRUTER'S AGKNOY.)

CAIRO, Jan. 4,

THE Sidky Pasha cabinet has resigned, but the Prime Minister is reforming a ministry by repacing threo ministers...

TOKYO'S MILITARY

FESTIVAL

GOD OF WAR IN TOPICAL

ARRAY

FRENCH LINER ON FIRE

DAY A

FIVE SHIPS STANDING-BY VESSEL IN CHANNEL

(THROUGH REUTER'S" AGENOY:]

PARIS JAD, 4

THE FUTURE OF CHINA

YANGTSZE VALLEY AS NATIONAL NUCLEUS

RESTORE IT AND THE BEST, COMBINI

RECALLING the tragedy of the my, Georges Phillipar, the 40,000 ton luxury liner Atlantique, took afite while in the English channel en route to Havre for refit. Five ships are standing by and the crow are abandoning the vessel.writes:

There are no passengers aboarel..

Just Horseplay

DE VALERA'S POLICY CRITICISED

FIGHTING SPEECH BY MR. GOSGRAVE

{THROUGH REUTERʼN AGENCY]

DUBLIN, JAD, K

said: The Flama Fail is on the Mr. Cosgrave in a fighting speech run Before the people's wrath and their own accumulated follies shirk

He added that his party were ing all rasponsibilities. convinced that adherence to the Treaty with Britain was necessary although their case for revision of with Britain was strong.

WILD SCENES IN KINGSTON

SOLDIERS AVENGE DEATH OF COMRADE

{THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)

LONDON, Jan.

The soldiers clashed with

LATER,

Two interesting views of the AN IMPORTANT meeting of

Kingston, Jamaica, last night, future of China appear in copies lending figures in the Cosgrave WILD scenes were witnessed to hand of the Times. Mr. O. M. Party was held in Dublin to-day Green expresses a commonsense, to discuss the latest political do when soldiers of the Northumber Western view, but how far will velopments, particularly the proland Fusiliers took the initiative Chinese opinion acquiesco.

posal adopted at the meeting call-in grave rioting. ed by the Lord Mayoraat week.. Mr. G. W Swire of London The Cosgrave Party Conterence police on several occasions and 10 Inssume that Mr. O. M. Green, finally passed a resolution welcom the course of the melees, veral ing the Lord Mayor's proposal and civilians, soldiers and police were in his interesting letter of Novem expressing we hope that all the injured. ber 21, wishes the Chinese Govern- elements concerned will co-operate Bent on Violence. ment to content itself first with the in implementing it. consolidation of its position and the restoration of law and order in the rich Yangtze provinces, so that they may form a cors of prosperity and strength, round which the other provinces will gradually group, or be made to group themselves, and that in that way the unification of will be best brought about. Con subscribe to the theory that the atural destiny of China is ono state on the Yangtase, another, say, Peiping, and another in Man- I my assumptions are correct, I am glad for once to be able to express my complete agree- were responsible for thisment with him. typical form of Japanese military satire or not, the fact remains that high ofücers, such as General Hanzo Kanays, Chief of the Army General Staff, and General Jiro Oba attend. cd the First Infantry Regiment's celebrations.

Of course, all this is not intended to throw salt on the already raw wounds of China, for it must not be forgotten, as Mr. Matsuoke and so many other eminent Japanese diplomats have so often told the world, that Japan dearly loves China. It was possibly just a little some of the younger and less matur- Chinese did any such thing, pro- tests would be forthcoming and even marines might be landed.

streets of Kingston when Fusiliers Wild scenes were witnessed in tha set out to avenge a popular com rade, Pte. Daniel MacDougall, who met a violent death, believed to be the result of a quarrel.

The soldiers were out in strong

They attacked and wrecked parties bent on violence.

and conductors. They stopped"

and assaulted the occupants" and fought furiously when the police urted out in full force to put an

Shaphaikwad is now declared to be nothing but smoking ruins in which five hundred Chinese troops were wiped out by the Japanese troops employing tanks during two celebrating the 68th anniversary of bit of horse-play on the part of the country, which we all want, for Ireland's economic salvation tram-cars and beat up the drivers. hours of very fierco streeting fight

consisted of the erection, in the re- od hoys in khaki, here. Still, ifversely, I assume that he does not the various financial settlements | taxi-cabs and private "motor-cars. ing

Almost the entire south wall of the city has been flattened by shall fire.

The Chinese forces have with drawn and are now reformed about one mile southwest of the city, They are prepared to offer further resistance."

SHANGHAI, Jan. 4. Developments in North China are giving rise alarm throughout the world. Geneva messages, reveni that League circles are greatly perturbed at the sumption of stilities, fearing that they will completely destroy any chance of Terribly as the Chinese troops effective conciliation by the League. suffered, it is stated that the civil In the meantime, Shanhajkwanian population suffered worse" and has quietered down.

casualties cannot be proporly cati mated yet, but must be enormous.. A Japanese Legation spokesman

It is reported that three more at Peiping this morning issued a Japanese warships have arrived in statement that the Japanese are Chinwangtao and an attempt was ready to reach an amicable compromade to land the Japanese marines, mise if the Chinese are also ready, bat was repulsed by the Chinese

There is no sign of panic in the it is also reported that a Japanese Peiping area. The atmosphere re- aircraft carrier has arrived main calm, as it has been in the Tangku. past few weeks. The general belief is that the Japanese are not likely at present to come further south now that Shahzikwas is in their hands.

- BRITISH CONSERVATIVE

OUTLOOK

LONDON, Jan. 4. In a leading article headed: "The League and Tapati," the Daily Telegraph remarks that the hostilities at Shanhaikwan are not, only regrettable, they are bound to increase the anxiety felt in British official and political circles regard- ing the outcome of the Manchurian controversy,

The paper considers that it would be lamentable if the Committee of Ninoteca were deflected by the re- newal of hostilities from seeking to reconcile the views of Nanking and Tokyo on the future status of Man- churia.

LEAGUE'S POWER OF RESTRAINT

at

YEN SENDING COMMUNICA-

TION TO LEAGUE

GENEVA, Jan. 4.

The League quartera are natural- y greatly perturbed over the re- ports of the resumption of bostili tics in the Far East. It is felt that the present developments in Shan- haikwan have completely destroyed auch slender chances as may have existed of effective conciliatory betion.

In the absence of the chiefs of the various delegations, the Secretariat has not yet been officially informed of the details of the Shanhaikwan happenings, but Dr. W. W. Yen," the Chinese Chief Delegate, has re- turned to Geneva and is sending a communication to the League this evening.

TOKYO WAR OFFICE STATEMENT

Tokyo, December 20.-Part of the ceremonies held by the First In fantry Regiment for the purpose of the receipt of the regimental colours gimental barracks, of a huge effigy of Shotoku, the Japanese God of nothing unusual, for the worship of Mars has always been present in this country in one form or an- other, while the homage paid to this destructive deity, ever since September, 1031, has been on the constant up-grade. In the present case, however, this God of War, Shotoku, was represented as brun dishing a big sword. Its foot was on a bed bug (which the Japanese call, Nanking-mushi, or Nanking flea-intended, of course, for China) while on his back Shotoku carried portmanteau labelled toku further was decorated with "Manchukuo." The figuro of Sho-

ideographs to represent, the "In vincible Japanese Army."

War. In itself, this would mean

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NO PEACE NEGOTIATIONS

PEIPING, Jan. 4. SPOKESMAN «states that the Chinese 'side has not yet been approached for negotiations by the Japanese" authorities in North China, a indicated by Tokyo.

the Geneva resolutions, solely in accordance with vital Japanese" interenta.

FRENCH ATTITUDE

Tokyo, Jan; 3.

PARIN, Jan. 31 The Japanese War Office this French policy in regard to the afternoon issued a surprising state. Sino-Japanese issue remains, as it The journal also deprecates the ment to the Press declaring that should be, left in the hands of the attitude of those who are urging the Shanhaikwan clash is the out- League, although the Socialist the League to take drastic action come of a decision reached at Nan-journal Populaire again urges that against Japan and says that Japanking to provoke Japan to fight, Japan should be threatened with outside the League would be far thereby compelling the Lengue to an economic boycott... ́ lers subject to restraint, while the act..

QUO TAI CHI SPEAKS OUT.

threata of a Japanese march to The statement asserts that future] Peiping would then take on a sub-developments depend entirely on stance which it does not at present the Chiness attitude. possess.

BRITAIN'S POSITION

In any event, the Daily Tele-

graph adds, Britain has no reason

to embroil herself with her old

Far East.

JAPANESE CAPTURE SHANHAIKWÂN

LONDON, Jan, 3. Mr. Quo Tai Chi, the Chinese Minister to London, in the course of an outspoken interview on-the eve of the departure for Geneva, declared that every successive session of the League had opened to the echo of Japanese guns."

Now they were thundering at Shanbaikwan, the gateway to Pei- ping and Tientsin

TIENTSIN, Jan. 4. proud friend and former ally, wheAccording to Japanese reports, is rightly regarded as the main which are confirmed by the most bulwark against Bolshevism in the reliable foreign sources, Shanhai kwan was captured by Japanese infantry, after fierce fighting, short-

Since the publication of the Lyt ly after 9 o'clock yesterday after-ton Report, the League had been unable to plead lack of impartial facts, and the time has now come for a show-down."

NO COMMENT BY MR. SUN FO

noon,

Despite their promise to issue, a SHANGHAI, Jan. 4.

further statement locally concern Mr. Sun Fo, who will shortlying ho Shanhaikwan situation, the aasume his post as" President of Japanese authorities have made no the Legislative Yuan, issued aannouncement. statement 10 the North Chipi Daily News with regard to the Shanhaikwan, hostilities, declaring that he will present no proposal on his return to Nanking as the situation now rests in the hands of the Military Council.

M

GERMAN COMMENT

BERLIN, Jan. a The latest developmente in the Far East have attracted consider- able attention in the Press.

The Vorsiche Zeitung remarks Mr. Sun is expected to leave for that the Japanese explanations the capital in the next few days.must be accepted with scepticism in view of previous events and the A GRIM STRUGGLE Lytton Report.

It adds that the Japanese are PRIPING, Jan. 3. confronted by a foreign political (Delayed in transmission).constellation holding comparatively The Japanese attackers succeed-few danger for them at present, ed in breaching the city wall at There is, the journal remarks, no Shanhaikwan, but when they at doubt that political battle is tempted to enter the city, they were developing in Eastern Asia which greeted with a hurricane ofwill deeply influence European, poli machine-gure and trench mortar tics. explosions from the Chinese defen- dera of the city. Following several hours of fierce fighting, the Japan ese were repulsed.

One hasn't to delve too far into the recent past for precedents,

However, whether horsey young officers and subalterns, with their men,:

War Trophies.

churia

After ending the economic war, their first efforts would be the negotiation of a trade agreement with Britain.

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de Valera Cönident of Success. (THROUGH REUTER'S (10KNCY.)

DUBLIN, Jan. 4 Although his adversaries accUSO him of panic, forcing an election" before the opposition programme can be organised fully, Mr. de Valora's public utterances convey

end to the disturbances.

This morning, the city was quiet. and no further trouble is expected.

LONDON "CHANGE

DECISION

(BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE,)

Ruday, Ja

ROAD ACCIDENTS IN FRITAIN

BRITISH. WIRELESS SERVICE]

"I China Were United.” - Mr. O. M. Green's reply follows: In answer to Mr. Warren Swire, there is no doubt that General Chiang Kai Shek was thinking on the lines of concentrating on the restoration of the Yangtaze Valley a superb confidence.

The expectation that at least THE Committee of the Stock Ex- early in 1900, leaving other regions.

change to-day decided against: A number of "war" trophies temporarily to their own devices eighty Fianna Fail candidates will the principle of closing regularly were also on exhibition, including (Evidence, could be quoted if space be returned at the forthcoming on Saturdays. arms and other articles alleged to allowed.) The reason is, as Molection is expressed in an official statement issued after a meeting of have been captured from General Swire states, that prosperity among the Party. Executive, which decided Ms Chan Shan, the hero of the the 170 millions and rich lands of Noon River battle. Thousands of the Yangtaze would be a magnet to to run ninety-eight candidates.

The Fianna Fail Party's full pro- school children, boys and girls, were draw all China into its orbit in specially invited to see all these time, All experienced observers gramme will be submitted by Mr. manifestations of national glory agree that, if China were peaceful de Valera at a public meeting in and, as a special treat, they were and united. Manchuria would come Dblin on January 5. entertained to an exhibition of how back into the fold automatically. I bandita "are moved down by never heard of "the theory" which machine-guns and of Japanese in Mr. Swire mentions, that "the fantry in action with bayonete. The natural destiny of China" is a Japanese papers conclude by say number of separate States. It may ing that the celebrations proved to be she will ultimately emerge as a be an immense success and that the Federated, or United States of visitora," of all ages and of all China. The Nationalists were ad- ranks, returned home deeply invocating this in 1918, and I heard pressed with the strength of the Dr. C. T. Wang speak warmly in country and the determination of favour of it at that time. But this the Army to carry out the national is a constitutional question for the programme pre-destined for this Chinese to decide. The present country from the ages of the question is whether the League, goda!

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LONDON, Jan. 4. CLOSING SILVER PRICES · IN LONDON TO-DAY WERE:-

SFOT.......... 16.0/16*** FORWARD 18,5/8.

The Fianna Fail in the Dail rann just dissolved held seventy

vents out of 148.

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Sudden Ácitón by de Valera,

·`{BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.)

Ruosy, Jan. 3.

Rugby, Jan. 3,7

AS & sequel to conferences between

the Ministry of Transport and the various road-users organisa tions, a new scheme has been evolved whby it in hoped eventually to less the mumber of accidents on the roads. The system provides for WITH the prospect of a general the collection of much fuller 10- election in the Irish Fres formation regarding all accidents. State in three weeks time, follow-than has hitherto been available. 2.- ing upon Mr. De Valera's sudden All details regarding every acci action, announced early this morn dent, including the state of the ing, Dublin to-day embarked on a weather and the road, the age and period of intensive political activ sex of the driver, the length of his

ty

or her driving experience, the age should help China in restoring The Lord Mayor of Dublin, of ear, the condition of the tyres, unity, and, on the lines of the Alderman Byrne, the Independent the employment or otherwise of a Yangleze Valley policy" bhan Member of Dail for the City Divi dimming device on the headlamps, scems as feasible as it is urgently men of Dublin, has issued a state will be collated and analysed, with to be desired.--Mr. O. M. Green, ment describing the dissolution as a view to possible alterations of the United University Club.

a panicky move with a view to traffic regulations, taking the other parties by surprise

VOLUNTEERS ATTACK JAP.

· TRAIN GUARDS... ·

(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY]

HABBIR, Jan. 4. TWENTY Chinese Volunteers dis

guised as passengers, to-day attacked a Japanese military guard on a passenger train on the Bu-Hai- Railway.

The attack took place near Sui ANOTHER PLOT IN SPAIN? hus. Three of the Japanese guardı were killed and two Japanese-civi- lians also lost their lives."

POLICE FRUSTRATE EXTREMIST CONSPIRACY

Barcelona, Dex 30.-The dis- covery of a plat to upset the re- publican government, said to have nationwide ramifications and to be engineered by revolutionary extre mists, was announced to-day by police hore,

Numerous army officers and men The League had shirked its duties were declared to be involved. The for fear of a Japanese threat of revolt, the authorities said, was withdrawal, but the League, crawl-scheduled to break out sometime ing under the iron heals of the in January upon the declaration of militarists of Japan, was unworthy a general strike by railway en- of existence.

ployes, who have been agitating for higher wages.·'

BREAKING POINT "Our patience is strained to the breaking point," declared Mr. Quo Tai Chi, and unless reasonable progress is made effectively to apply League principles, we may be forced to reorientate our policy."

The Minister concluded by paying a tribute to the general sentiment in Britain on the side of justice and peace.

Tha police here said a quantity. of bombs had been found and con- nected with the plot. They des eribed it an anarcho-syndicalist re bellion headed by Juan Marial Casro. This man was arrested in his lodgings and there police m- ported having found bombs" and ammunition.

CHIANG MOTORS TO "HANGCHOW

{THROUGH KEUTER'S AGENOS.

BHANGHAI, Jan," 3.. GENERAL Chiang Kai Shek, who

returned to Bhanghai from his visit to Fenghua to-day, hurried to Hangohow this, afternoon by motor. It is announced that he will inspect the Aviation School before returning to Nanking.

General Chiang will return to the capital from Fangchow by auto Barly to-morrow morning.

KAN KAI HOU GOING TO CANTON

(THROUGH REUTER'S ADENCY]":

NANKING, Jan. 3. Several other known extremists DB KAN KAI HOU, the newly were arrested also. The authori. appointed Inspector General ties and the situation was com of Foreign Affairs for the South plutely under control,

west Five Provinces, arrived bere from Shanghai this morning and confererred with Dr. Lo Wen Kan the Foreign Minister, regarding foreign affairs in the Southwest.

Seen by Reuter's representative subsequently, Mr. Quo Tai Chi

Barcelona was the scene of much alluded to the likelihood of his do violence last spring during an out nanding an early ineeting of the break of anarchist and syndicalist Committee of Nineteen if the situs-violence, and troops were dispatch tion develops in Manchuria.

ed bere, but the Banjurjo military revolt of last August centered at Seville.

PART OF GENERAL PLAN He asserted that the Shanhais kwan move was part of a Japanese chemo to restore Pu. Xi to the Throne and to over man the whole

- BOX IN THE EARS” The Borten Zeitung declares that French and Czecho-Slovakian fae. General Ho Chi Kuo telegraph torics are turning out weapons and

TO IMPROVE SHIPPING) ing from Chinwangtao stated that, ammunition wholesale for Chins

INDUSTRY up to two o'clock all was quiet, the and Japan Japanese having withdrawn while The Tager Zeitung considers the of China north of the Yellow River,

Naxxing,-Decém the Chinese troops were repairing events at Shanhaikwan to-be suis But this time there will be

The inistry of: Comenzaríí the defenses in expectation of terrible box in the ears for. China | strong resistance, mid the Minis

18 making pre

for the another attack.

and no less so for the League, ter, at Shanghai last yearing of a Nationa There are now nine warships bo- which will await with mixed feel if Geneva disappointed China,

ference to frame measures Gwanghanhnikwan, and Chitwang, inge, the inevitable. protest from the would adopt an falltägether dife Improvement of them

Nanking, ASSURANSA foreng policy, because there was to dustry. It is könn

This Journal believes that the common ground for conqlliation gulations an According to the estimate of very League and Amerion are to be The Chinese Government had proposed conference pre eliable quarters, there are at pre-shown clearly, by this, latest mili long expected the present move, but drafted by

more than 5,000 Japanese ops vitain the Great Wall parti.tary operation, that Tokyo is act Mr. Quo Tai Chi said he thoughtment and drite will be

qu4118 offensive against ing without the slightest regard for Tapen will break herself in this meetin fed city.

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Dr. Kan will leave Nanking to return to Shanghai to night. In an interview with a Reuter's re presentative, he states that he would leave for Canton on January 7-to- |_ Assume his post. D

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