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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1937.

NORTH CHINA WAR

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ANOTHER BIG BATTLE IMPENDING

Shanghai, Sept. 21. Another big battle appears to be impending in North China. The Chinese have prepared elaborate entrenchments. cleverly concealed among the woods and millet fields around Paolingfu which the Ja- panese heavily bombed this morn- |ing preparatory to a general at- tack for which the Japanese have formed up on a twelve-mile front north of Paqtingiu.

OFFICIALS NOT. PERTURBED

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Nanking, Sept. 92, Despite the threatened Japanese bombing of the capital all Chinese officials are. working normally The Belgian Embassy staff well as the Czechoslav Minister. Seba," have decided not to move. Meanwhile the Luzon was sighted this morning lying two miles up river from her original anchorage. It is believed she was actually en route to Wuhu when the plans The famous Chinese "Iron were suddenly' changed.- General" Chang Fa-kwei is report- | Reuter.

PROTEST BY AMERICA

Bombing Of Nanking

Washington, Sept. 21.

Mr. Cordell Hull announced that

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ACT

Londoh, Sept. 21.

A report appeared in some of the morning - newspapers that a Bill to Amend the Government of India Act would be introduced" at

the next session, with the object of meeting the points raised by the Indian princes in connection with

the Federation.

Political omcets of the Govern- the ment of India have visited States to confer with the Princes of the Federation and as was to be expected practical discussions have disclosed certain difficulties on points of detail

these diff.

the United States has made repre- sentations in Tokio against Japan's announced intention of bombing Nanking. The protest 13 based chiefly on the grounds that bomb- Ing of non-combatant populations violated international and human- itariani laws and they also protested that such bombing might interfere with the normal relations between America and

Consideration of Japan by endangering the American diplo-culties has been proceeding but there is no confirmation in officiul matic representatives in Nanking.

circles in London of the suggestion NO REPLY YET

that proposals for amending the Mr. Hull added that the Ameri-

Act to meet them are about to be Nanking. Sept. 22: Major-Gen. can Ambassador in Nanking, in Dolhara, the Japanese "Lawrence taking refuge aboard a

brought before the Cabinet.— gunboat of Manchuria" and master-mind with his staff merely carried out

British Wireless. of the army, is now alrecting the American Government's gen- operations along the Pelping-Han-eral policy aimed at avoiding ex- state. The Japanese General ar- kow railway, reports received here posing its representatives to perpartment was not aware that a rived in Tientsin from Manchuria last week and after a brief visit in

OPERATIONS

ed by the Japanese to have MAJOR DOIHARA DIRECTING established himself with three divisions in Pootung and Nantao, south of Shanghai, thus threaten- ing hostilities on the side of Shanghai which, except for air ralds. has been comparatively qulet.

Meanwhile the threatened raid by three hundred Japanese planes on Nanking has still not mate-

rialised, but the delay may be connected with the fact that both

the British and American Govern- ments have made representations inTokio against the bombing of

non-combatants.—

cuter.

DECISIVE TEST OF STRENGTH SOON

Pelping. Sept. 22.

Pelping he proceeded to the front.

entrai Nees.

RETURNED STUDENTS CABLE FRES. ROOSEVELT

サウジ Hankow. Sept.

American returned Chinese students here yesterday despatched cablegram to President Roosevelt expressing profound regret over the with- A decisive test of strength is im-

drawal of the American Ambassa- minent in North China as thedor and his start from Nanking Japanese army prepares for a fur-following the Japanese threat to ther drive against the Chinese destroy the Chinese capital. positions along the Peiping-Han- how and Tientsin-Pukow railway zunes. The Japanese "successes have up to the present been gain ed at the expense of lightly arm- ed Chinese troops of which only four divisions belong to the Cen- tral Government.

The message declares that the Japanese action is without pre-

cedence in International Law and

that it is very unfortunate that

Mr. Nelson T. Johnson, the Ameri-

can Ambassador. under instruc- tions from his Home Government, accepted the Japanese threat and withdrew to the gunboat U.S.S Luzon.

Central Newx,

The hostilities are expected to enter a new phase when Nanking throws its aeroplanes. tanks and heavy artillery into the tray. The main defence line stretches be- tween the railways, five miles south of Paolingfu and Tsang-which the American Embassy staff

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JAPANESE CLAIM

ADVANCE

Shanghai, Sept. 22.

LUZON STILL OFF NÀNKING. Nanking, Sept. 22: The Ameri can gunboat U.S.S. Luzon, abcard

and Mr. Nelson T. Johnson, the Ambassador, were moved last night, it still anchored of Nan- king, at Esfakwan this morning. The gunboat, was originally sche- Heavy Japanese fleld batteriesduled" to sall up river last night in the Yangtszepoo civic centre but delayed its departure at the severely" shelled the Chinese post-last minute. tlons in Kiangwan this morning. Central News. This is considered the prelude to a determined .drive against the Chi- nese right flank but the attack falled to materialise. Meanwhile

WARSHIPS WILL NOT MOVE

Shanghai, Sept. 22. According to a Press statement released by Admirai Yarnell, a re-

a Japanese spokesman claimed port from Rear Admiral Mar- that the Japanese army has ad- quardt, Commander of the Yang- vanced from 1000 to 3000 kilometze Patrol says that neither the tres in the Lulho-Lotlen front. A quam or Luzon will be moved un- message from Lotien says the less under "direct" are of artillery Japanese are advancing to the or direct bombing from aircraft.”~-~ south, towards Liuhang but "pro- Reut gress is slow because of the elaba- rate Chinese defences. Contradict- Ing the Japanese claim, a Chinese spokesman say that the Chinese lines on all fronts were unchang- ed.

Reuter

FIRST RAID IN NANKING

Nanking, Sept. 22. The screeching of the siren heralded the visit of Japanese raiders and the populace madly dashed to the prepared dugouts in motor cars, rickshaws and on foot. the street presenting the wildest appearance. The first glarm. was given at 10.35 am. when 13 Chi- nese pursuit Curtiss Hawks went up to meet the Invaders.

KUOMINTANG HEADQUARTERS BOMBED BY RAIDERS

Nanking, Sept. 22. The Japanese announce that they have bombed the headquar- ters of the Kuomintang and Mill- tary Air Commission in Nanking and also three Chinese, warships. The second raid on the Capital has started.-

Reuter.

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SITUATION IN SHANGHAI ·

Tokyo, Sept 21.

It is reported here that advan-

An hour later 30 to 40 Japanese cing along the Peiping-Hankow rali- planes appeared from the south-way the Japanese troops Dave west at a height of about ten occupied the fortifled town of thousand feet and grew from dark Haushu, 122 kilometres south of specks in the sky into roaring Peiping.

if glants.

The invading commander gave a smoke signal and all the bom- bers loosed a hall of explosives on the south city while anti-aircraft guns below thunder-clapped in re- ply. Meanwhile another fleet of Japanese planes from the north- west, having falled to draw the Chinese pursuit planes away; ap- proached and dropped bomba on Pukow across the river from Nan-

was king. The "all-clear" signal sounded at noon-

Reuter

2,000 JAPANESE KILLED AT LIUHONG

The same sources state that the Japanese have repulsed the Chi- nese counter-attack on the Yang- tsepoo front., The International Settlement and the French Con- cession, the reports add, on the boundary of the Chinese Territory, are being strongly fortified,~~ Transocean News Service.

JAPAN'S FINAL" ANSWER TO BRITAIN

London, Sept. 21. It is stated here that Japan's. final answer to Britain was hand- Shanghai, Sept. 22: Chinese ed to the British Ambassador to military headquarters announced Tokyo to-day. The answer la sup- that 2,000 Japanese were killed plementary to the ́interim answer. during the 48-hour engagement in on the British Note after the the vicinity of Lauhong on Bept. wounding of the British Ambas- 19 and 20.

sador to China, Sir Hughe Mont- Details of the fierce fighting just gomery Knatchbull-Hugessen. released revealed that the Chinese It is believed that the Note will "went over the top" on the night be made public simultaneously in of Sept. 20 and engaged the at- London and Tokyo to-day. Con-

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When the American protest was made at Toklo, the U.S. State De-

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