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CHINESE STATEMENT ON SHANHAIKWAN
INCIDENT
Japan Accused Of Using
Military Tricks
Old
SITUATION FRAUGHT WITH EVEN MORE GRAVE CONSEQUENCES"
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NANKING, Jammry 5. AFTER reviewing the events regarding the Shanbaikwan hostili ties, the Chiese Government statement, issued, this afternoon declares that the Japanese allegations concerning the events before the Japanese attack arc "old tricks habitually resorted to by the Japanese military and tamiliar to the whole world."
The Statement farther charges the Japanese military of par posely selecting the New Year, when the League is in adjourn. ment, to carry out their premeditated plan,
The League in successive sessions adopted resolutions against any further aggravation of the situation, and such resolutions were agreed to by the Japanese Government.
Despite these resolutions, and their own undertakings, the. Japanese are constantly extending their sphere of military aggres- slon la China. The statement declares: "They have now, taken possession, by a surprise' attack of the most strategic polat south of the Great Wall bordering Manchuria, from whence they are in a position to descend upon Tientsin, Pelping and Jehol at any montent they like, an eventuality fraught with even more grave"
· consequences.”
The Chinese Government, therefore, is of opinion that the League should lose no time in taking the most effective measures to check Japanese aggression, meanwhile, Chinese forces will con tinue to resist to the best of their ability any further aggression. by Japanese troops.
WITHDRAWAL OF JAPANESE TROCPS
DEMANDEDTM
NANKING, Jan. 5.
China,
INSURGENTS ON EASTERN C.E.R.
EVANS OF THE BROKE
WIPED OUT BY JAPANESE TO TAKE UP NEW POST ON
AFRICA STATION. TROOPS!
THROUGH REUTER'S 'AGENCY.]
TOKYO, Jan 5
A MESSAGE from Harbin states that Japanese troops, com- pleting their operation of clearing insurgents on the eastern section of the C.E.R., entered and occupied Pogranitchnaya on the Soviet bar der this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
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LONDON, Dec. 19.
It is announced that Vice Admir al E.R.G.. R. Evans will leave for the Cape in a few weeks' time to take up his new appointment as Commander-in-Chief on the Africa station in accession to Vice-Ad- miral H. 3. Tweedie. Evans of the Broke" was promoted a Vica
GIANT LINER STILL BLAZING
SHIPPING DISASTER IN.
ENGLISH
REUTER'S, AGENCY).
LONDON, Jan. 5. SURROUNDED by sight tugs the burning L'Atlantique, six miles from Fortland Bill, slowly drifting to the English coast was watched by crowds from the cliffs,
The tuge, endeavouring to take her into tow, were driven off by the tremendous heat and lense smoke.
SPANISH ROYALISTS
ESCAPE
REPORTED TO HAVE REACHED SENEGAL
THRQUOR BEUTER'S AGENCY.]
MADRID, Jan. 4. IT is reported that the Royalist exiles, including Prince Alfonso de Bourbon, who escaped from Rio de Oro, the Spanish penal colony in Africa on Monday morning, have landed in French Senegal, at Por Etienne
The prisoners are supposed to
a French ship...
AN OXFORD RECORD
FIRST WOMAN TO WIN THE.
CRAVEN SCHOLARSHIP
(Special Air Mall Service).
LONDON, December 19.. Among the thro winners of Cravatt Scholarships announced at Oxford on December-la is a woman Hall; Misa Barbara Flower.She in undergraduate of Lady Margaret the first woman to have won this scholarship and only the second to have made the attempt. Miss Flower explained that the reason
Prior to occupying the city 3,000 Admiral six weeks ago, while tak France is perturbed at the loss of have been aided in their escape. why she was only the second woman,
insurgenta surrendered.
JAPANESE COMMENCE EASTWARD DRIVE
HABBIN, Jan. 5. While military operations have censed in the Shanhaikwan area, the Japanese forces have commenced their eastward drive in the There Eastern Provinces with the object of annihilating the Volunteers in Kirin.
According to information from Japanesȧ sources, the Japan 660 troops occupied Muling at 215 o'clock yesterday afternoon, The anti-Manchukuo forces retreat ed in the northern direction and also to Pogranitebaaya.
It is reported from Pogranit chnaya that the Commander of the anti-Manchukuo. forces has crossed over the frontier and entered the U.S.8.B. territory."
Five hundred Volunteers attack; ed the Japanese guards on the Chinese Eastern Railway and pull- ed up the tracks in the vicinity of Ghergiakhan Communication at present is interrupted.
Following arrival of strong reinforcements fierea Japanese fighting occurred in the vicinity of Geng 1200 Volunteers, are being concentrated in a nearby village and are putting up stout resistance.
ing the Tactical Course at Green wich. Binge he joined the Navy in 1897 from the training ship Worcester his career has been ex- traordinarily eventful,
He has made three expeditions to the Antarctic, and returned home in command of the last one in 1913 after the death of his chief, Capt, Scott.
the liner.
It will be recalled that after a searching inquiry on the Georges Philippar disaster, the findings were not revealed.
LABOUR TO SUPPORT DE VALERA
IRISH FREE STATE ELECTION
(THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.)
Neither Capt. Schoofs, nor the Chief Officer of L'Atlantique will say more than: We cannot explain
amazing. it, but the way the fire spread was During the war he was the hero. An inquiry has been opened at off Dover. Cherbourg: of a desperate scrap
Fifteen of Grew Still Missing. when his destroyer Broke, in com- pany with the Swift, met and de- feated six German destroyers sink (BRITISH WIRELESS SERVICE.]
Ruoar, Jun; 4. Ing two and damaging others. A captain of the Carlisle in China From Afteen to twenty members in 1921, he went to the rescue of a of the crew of the ill-fated sinking Chinese ship and personally French liner, L'Atlantique, are still awam with life lines in a raging sea. He has since commanded the missing and the giant ship, praeport Mr. de Valera, maintaining
Dail Eirano. Australian squadron and held other tically new, is still blazing furious the attitude it adopted in the last appointments. His decorations and ly in mid-Channel. medals, both British and foreign, make a formidable list. He is just on the wrong side of, 40.
BY-ELECTION FOR NOTED SEAT
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Losnos, Dec. 19.
Fire broke out on the 42,512 tons ship early this morning when she was off Guernsey on her way from Bordeaux to Havre for overhaul and repaira.
The crew of some 29 made des perate efforts to quell the flames which, however, made such head- way that by six o'clock in the morn ing it was considered essential that. the ship be abandoned.
DUBLIN, Jan. 5. DOUBTS regarding the altitude of the Irish Labour Party in the forthcoming Free Sato elec
ions have been settled.
The Party has decided to sup
BRITISH TELEPHONE
SERVICE
MUCH PROGRESS REPORTED
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Rucur Jan 4..
to enter was that women were not supposed to be sufficiently trained for it To pass the examination candidates had to translate English poetry into Latin.
FLIGHT OVER EVEREST
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LONDON, December 11 The organisers of the projected flight over Mount Everest have ar ranged for the purchase of the West land aeroplanes, one of the PV.3. type and the other P.V.6. These aircraft belong to the Wapiti is to be fitted, with a Bristol, General Purposes series, and each "Pegasus engine, which, aper charged, gives 529 6.p at a height of 11,000 feet: With this engine the aircraft will have a ceiling of about 33,000 feet. Mount Everest is 29,008 feet.
"JAPAN BLAMED Demanding the withdrawal of
The Kreuz Zeitung says Japan Japanese troops fross Shanhaikwani showing the Great Powers a tances in the future by the punish classical example of Imperialism in Ghengiskhan, which lasted several political associations for it was. German steamer, Ruhr, which was that it was 91 years ago this week. Hamburg Amerika Line visited the and the prevention of similar occur ment of Japanese officers and men starting disturbance, and finally reserving the rights to ela'm re- paration for damages, are the main features in the Chinese protest despatched loa last night to Mr. Ariyoshi, the Japanese Minister:
Meanwhile, the Chinese Govern ment has issued, this afternoon, a lengthy, statement showing that the Japanese operations at Shanhai- kwan were premediated and carried out in a most methodical manner. COMMENDATION FOR GEN:
HO CHU KUO
da
The Borken Courier expresses the opinion that the Longue, can nothing, because even to attempt to help China would throw the rest. of the world out of balance. Japan. will be stopped by, nothing but force..
TREATY. MORAL Germania considers that a Japan
attack against real China would become a most serious world affair.
ess
The
Deutsch Tages Zeilung draws the moral for Germany that Peace Treaties alone cannot ensura peace, and says no country is safe against attack by a stronger neigh bour. Consequently, urges the immediate strengthening of Ger-
Patrisa, Jan. 5. Full praise for General Ho Chu Kuo, the Cantoness Commander of the Fengtien Forces which for many months resolutely held a dan-many's defences. gerous position at Shanhaikwan and which fought magnificent. ly this year against overwhelming. forces and equipment, has been voiced unanimously by the press and the public in North China.
· LONDON EMBASSY STATEMENT
LONDON, Jan. 5. The Japanese Embassy in Lon- don has issued a series of telegrams.
FRENCH OFFICIAL
ATTITUDE
PAR18, Jan. 4. Prudence, close collaboration with Great Britain and treatment with in the framework of the League of Nations Covenant is (Reuter is in formed) the essence of the French Government's attitude towards the Manchurian and Shanbalkwan situations.
France will certainly adopt the same policy as Great Britain.
The two governments, it is offi cially stated, will consult each other, as well as other Powers par- ticularly interested, notably the United States
Three'
smaller
steamers,
the
The death of Sir James Duncan, Prompt Rescue Work.. Millar, Liberal member of Parlin There was prompt response by SIR Kingsley Wood, Postmaster ment for East Fife, causes a by-several yessels in the vicinity to General, opening the Young People's Telephone Exhibition at Birmingham, referred to the fact election in a division with historic the frequent 3.0.9. calls and the this constituency that Mr. Asquith early on the scene, picked up 30 that the British Post Office had taken over the responsibility of pro his defeat by the late Sir Alexan- represented from 1886 to 1918 when survivors der Sprot was one of the sensations British B.s. Ford Castle, the Amerividing the telephone service of this of the General Election. Sir James can sa Falmouth and the Dutch country. In that time, the number is the seventh member of the press. Chilles took a prominent part of subscribers had trebled, but sent Parliament to die, the party in rescuing the remainder of the what was more satisfactory, the service itself bad increased in mani losses beingUniopisto, Liber crew.
fold fashion als, P
* Regarded a Tutal, Loss, r
Twenty-one years ago, it was The owners state that the vessel National Service; now it was an may be regarded as a total loss. International Service, and the Tugs with fire-fighting apparatus British telephone subscriber could were despatched from Havre and sneak to 03 per cent of the tele Brest, and two French Admiralty phone subscribers of the world. scaplanes from Cherbourg flew over the burning ship, while the British destroyer, H.M.B. Westcott,
SILVER MARKET
LONDON PRICES
(From Our Own Correspondent,) was sent from Portsmouth to render.
LONDON, Jan. 5. CLOSING SILVER PRIC LONDON TO-DAY - WERE :—
SPOT.....
- FORWARD
IN
161 10.15/16
1,400 FIRMS TO EXHIBIT
licate AT BRITISH INDUSTRIES
France, like Britain, is very an It is pointed out that General Ho in connection with the Shanhaikwanxious that Japan should not walk who acting on his own initiative Incident, in which after stating out of the League of Nations, birt several times, saved dangerous satua that the Japanese Commander has it is recognised in Paris that the tions and avoided unpleasant de entered into negotiations with Gen situation created by the occupation velopments with the Japanese at eral Ho Cha Kuo with a view to of Shanhaikwan is very delicate Shanhaikwan, recently tendered his localising the trouble and attain and justifies grave concern. resignation to' General Chang ing an immediate settlement, goes Haueh Liang, owing to what is gen-, on to relate the Japanese version erally regarded as unjust criticism of the Incident. against him at the recent Third JAPAN'S OFFICIAL VERSION Plenary Session of the C. E. O. at
OF EVENTS Nanking. He did not hesitate, however, to jump in the breach.when the Japanese launched the attack
on Shanhaikwan on the night of January 1 and rashed back from
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The French Government does not favour, embarking the League of Nations upon an adventure which would only prove futile because the League lacks the force to impose sanctions.
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what assistance was possible. M.
The blaze was far too advanced for any fire-fighting equipment to prove effective, however.
Burvivors Landed. (THROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY.]
PARIS, Jan, 4. The Rubr, the Ford Castle and the Achilles have landed one hun dred and twenty-seven survivors of L'Atlantique at Cherbourg, includ ing her commander, Captain Schoofs.
The Swedish 18. Allegro, which picked up a number of survivors, 18 heading for Brest,
LATER
Two hundred and eleven survivors of the liner disaster have been land- ed. Some fifteen to twenty mem bers of the crew are still missing though hope of their rescue has not teen abandoned.
Captain's Story.
CHERBOURG, Later.
CARDINAL BOURNE
BETTER
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RUGBY, Jan 4, CARDINAL Bourne arrived at Plymouth to-day from Naples on the Oriend liner Oxford. T
His health, which caused cor- siderable anxiety during his stay in Rome, has much improved during the voyage home.
120 M.PHIN A BABY CAR
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Service)
December 18.
M. GERT-Eyston, the racing motorist, broke all records to-day at the Montlbery, Paris, with his baby car. He exceeded 120 mph This is the first time a car of the baby class has been driven at a speed of more than two miles per
TRIBUTE TO COMMANDER OF THE EUROPA.
(Special Air-Mail Setrise)
LONDON, December 18 London and Southampton chiefs of the Norddeutscher Lloyd and the German steamer Europe, when she called at Southampton on December 13 on her way from New York to Bremen, to pay their last tribute of respect to Commodore J. Johnsent the commander of the ship, who died in New York after an opera tion for appendicitis. His body was on its way to Germany for burial. Commodore Johnsen had command ed the vessel since ahe first" mme out, and was regarded as Germany most skilful merenntile captain,
WIRELESS ON AIR
ROUTES
ESTABLISHMENT OF CIVIL CONTROL PROPOSED
(Special Air Mail Service)
LONDON, December 19 The first step towards establish- ing a civil control of wireless com munication on the Empire air router has been taken by the appointment of a civil aviation signals adviser with headquarters in Egypt.
The post, has not yet been ma permanent, and for the Flight Lieutenant R. civil aviation bignala, Air Ministry has been the work
Most of the wireles tion in North India has been RAF Now that developing it is
Peiping by special train to his post! Nanking and the re-opening off of Japan which is being suggested, fact is regarded as a hopeful trade The striking similarity of the minute. It is stated that had r. should be civil contro
to resume command of the forces
which were making a desperate and heroic effort to defend the walled city. The gallant action deserves a record with the pages of Can- tonese military heroism written. during the Shanghai War,
General Ho is at present at Chinwangtao handling the new situation which has arisen as re sult of the fall of Shanhaikwan into the bands of the Japanèse mili- tary forces.
GERMAN COMMENTS
antle Encouraged by the Japanese resolution passed at the recent Kuomintang meeting lo As regards the economic boycott diplomatic relations with the it is felt that China is attending Soviet, it appears that Chang to that issue herself. Asuch Liang became active. In advancing his army to Man- churian territory and leciting the population
anti-Japanese agitation.
en It is felt that the main question "This attack must have been premeditated by the Chinese is what Japan intends to do from authorities, in order to prejudice now on.
of the International position Japan with the re-opening of the League meeting in the imminent Iature."
French quarters are at presen disinclined to strain their eyes try ing to penetrate the rights and wrongs of Shanhaikwan.
to
upon the developments in North China. It is felt that the position is too confused at present, for judgment to be formed.
ROME SILENT.
RONE, Jan. B BERLIN, Jan. 4 The comments of the evening! Both official circles and the news. newspapers on the Shanhaikwad papers are refraining from comment incident are far from friendly to- wards Japan
The Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung remarks that it is not Japan that is being crucified, but the Chinese people, to an extent that no nation Except Germany has suffered En couraged by the-feeble attitude of the League Japan marches DD although by the Lytton Report she has been given concessions in Man churia of which not even the wil dess Japanese Chauvinists dreamed
A year ago.
Therefore, remarks the journal, it is no wonder that the greatly share the Chinese
hat Japan intenda war with China at all
nd aims at destroying ublic in its presént
NO JAPANESE NOTE AT
VIGENEVA
It is, in any event, clear that the French Government is not dispos ed to be hustled into drastic action by the internationalist pro-Chinese wing of its majority.
LEAGUE MUST ACT
PARIS, Jan. 4. The League must act, thundera the Left Wing Press this morning, upon events at Shanhaikwan, while the Nationalist and Right news papers, which are more inclined to sympathise with Japan and do not believe in the efficacy of the Lea gus, maintain reserve.
"GENEVA, JKR 4. The League of Nations has no M. Leon Blum, the Mocialist received any emunications from leader, writing in Populaire, blunte the Japanese delegation regarding ly exclaims that France must take the events se Shaphaikwan, but it the lead immediately by denouncing is understood that a full statement the aggressor and breaking of off- has been posted in Paris where the cial relations with fier, France, principal Japanese representative he declares, must proclaim that an is at present staying,
will never recognise the fail ao.
Japan's Geneva-appkomma
that the Incident is local and ❘ It is better, be adds, thân it is no
lead to should quit the
tions in
than the Leag Fourad.
RUOEY, Jan. 4. The interest being shown in the forthcoming.. British Industries Fair, which opens in London and Birmingham on February 20, and continues until March 3, is greater than ever before experienced. This portent for the New Year..
There are already indications L'Atlantique disaster and the loa Eyston made the attempt when the that the number of buyers from of the Georges Philippar was track was dry he would have put abroad will greatly exceed last brought on by the dramatic nar up a higher speed. Mr. Eyston's car year's record figure of 9,000. As rative of the former's Commander, was an MG Midget, and was built al conning tower constructed to compared with the particulars Captain Fchoofs, who was among 30 that he was entirely enclosed in available on the corresponding date the 911 rescued men landed here, a year ago, 40 per cent more buy.
He said: "The fire was reported lower wind resistance. ors have announced their intention in a first class cabin^a', 3.30 am, yesterday morning, when we were to attend. de la des
off Guernsey I thought we had break, but we were beaten by the succeeded mastering the out inflammable varnish. The flames spread from cabin to cabin, and soon the entire first clan accom modation was, ablaze.
More than 3,400 firms will exhibit in London, compared with only just over 1,300 last year.
BIG PRICE FOR CHINESE PORCELAINE
(Special Air-Man Service)
SOVIET'S WISH TO ATTRACT MONEY
The wireless operators room was almost immediately a mass of fames and smoke, though the opera LONDON, December 10.tor managed to send out an 8.0.8. pair of Chinese porcelain which was picked up in Havre,
saving the ship pheasants of the Chien Lang period We were forced to abandon hope of were sold at Christie's, London, da December 14, for 430 guiness, They Boat Overtumed, 1983. were the property of Sir Richard At 6 pm. I ordered the crew to Puget, Nine Chelsea-figures the boats. Unfortunately one boat cupanta Apollo and the Muses from another overturned throwing the collection brought 850, gaine
ARRIVAL OF EX
WOE CHINA'S SISTER
Enumb
her" members of the
HIGH INTEREST FOR DEPOSITS
THROUGH
incial
Among the first duties new officer will have will be the securing of system of working amo
routes.. various Governments along the
Communications in the ranean area should also prove able of some improvement; the troubles ma the provision tione Unif
sought on that the line csive attention
When the new airg Lin anto service on the soutie that route wireless Frauch
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