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NORTH CHINA WAR NEWS

REUTER'S MAN'S ESCAPE

Shanghal Oct. 2: A thrilling experience betell Mr. C. W. Olsen. a member of Reuter's stuff, during the Chinese air raid last night:

Mr. Olsen was sleeping at his home in the Bubbling Well Road. district when an anti-aircraft shell went through the roof and pierced

a book three inches thick lying on a table four feet from his bed. It plunged through the foor und ended its career in the dining room below.

The shell did not explode, but the table was smashed and the contents littered the look- leuter.

JAPANESE WITHDRAWAL FROM

KLANGWAN CONFIRMED

Soochow, Oct. 2: A rellable re- port from the front received here to-day confirms the withdrawal of the Japanese forces from the south-eastern section of Klang- wan, particularly Chinchlarisiang, Tichiahsiang, Yiushahslang arid

Wuchiachia.

It is also reported that the Ja- panese at Tanchlachen in Chapel and Changchiahsiang near Shui Tlen Road have also moved back- ward. These latter places have been re-occupied by Chinese forces.-

Central News.

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BIG FIRE IN TIENTSIN

Hankow. Oct. 2: According to reliable information „received, here, a huge fire broke out in a Japan- godown in Tentain" on the night of September 28 and totally damaged a huge stock petroleum stored in the building. Fanned by a strong wind the fames swept through the structure and Was finally brought under control after ten hours. The Japanese authori- tles are Investigating into origin of the fire- Central News.

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OUTWITS JAPANESE

Shanghai, Oct. 2: An almost unbelievable. story of how three Chinese soldiers behind sandbags on Paoshan Road in the Chapel sector have cleverly repulsed seve- ral attacks from Japanese marines during the past week was told by a British soldier on duty on North Honan Road to # Central News Agency war correspondenti

The post where the British soly dlers is on guard is adjacent to

the

Chinese territory. From a strategic position he has com- manded a grand-stand view of what had actually gone on "behind the Unes" under the Chinese con- trol.

VACATED BUILDINGS

BOMBED

Shanghai, Oct. 2.

In the course of routine bomb- ing operations to-day the Japanese ralded, among other places, the vacated buildings of the American- owned Southern Baptist Mission. north-west of Chapel, which has bcen hit and damaged several times since hostilities began.

CHINESE SEIZE JAPANESE FIELD PIECES Nanking, Oct. 2: According to a telegram received bere to-day from General Han Fu-chu, Gover- nor of Shantung province, the Chinese forces launching a coun- ter-offensive along the Tientsin- Pukow line last night, seized 30 Japanese Held pieces and a large quantity of military supplies at Hsuangyuan. The Chinese are re- parted to be moving slowly up the

Central News.

The buildings are alleged to be line- occupied by Chinese troops.

.The Lotien-Lubang highway. according to a Chinese spokesman, has been crossed and re-crossed by the contending forces,

In Tokyo, the War Office claims that the Japanese troops have driven a wedge Into the Chinese positions in the Liuhang area, and asserts that 500,000 Chinese troops are-massing round Shanghal to meet the Japanese advance.

The position in the Civic Centre area, at Klangwan is extremely obscure, with the Chinese claiming advances which the Japanese em- phatically deny.— Reuter.

RUMOURED "PEACE TALKS” Shanghai. Oct. 2: The statement given out to foreign newspaper correspondents by a Japanese spokesman to the effect that China had recently opened "peace negotiations" with Japan has brought forth a sharp denial from Mr. O. K. Yul. Mayor of the City Government of Greater Shanghal. Mr. Yul branded the statement ELS "utter fabrications" with ulterior motives.

A high Chinese commander who has just returned from the front. told Mayor Yul to-day that the Japanese have been spreading rumours stating that they would be able to liquidate the hostilities in Shanghal before October 15. This rumour was circulated with the object of Inducing the Chinese to voluntarily withdraw from their present positions.

When questioned as to the pos- sibility of the Japanese carrying. out such a plan, the commander laughed and wondered whether the Japanese meant October 15. 1938 or 1939. He stated that the Chinese lines are still intact. Bentral News

JAPANESE WITHDRAWAL FROM CIVIC CENTRE Shanghai, Oct. 2: Information emanating from reliable quarters revealed that, the Japanese with- drawal, from the Civic Centre and Kiangwan sectors to Júkong wharf, Woosung and Yangtsepoo was decided upon at an emergency conference held on the night of September 30. All high Japanese.

· commanders in the Shanghai arca attended the meeting. including General Matsu and Adm'ra

According to the British soldier this trio had guarded the strategic | Hasegawa. sandbag unit for over a week. On Further plans for the future several occasions when a Japanese were also reported to have been column, usually numbering 100 reached at the conference.- marines, advanced on that parti-Central News,

while

MORE VILLAGES BOMBED

cular sandbag, the British soldier Saw two of the Chinese soldiers hand their tin hats to the third shanghai. Oct. 2: Three Japan- member

they.

carrying ese planes scouted over the area- machine-guns, disappeared from west of Shanghal this afternoon the scene, At this point, the Bri- and dropped seven bombs, on Pu- L.sh soldier confessed, he was sungchen, killing three "civilians "worried" about the lone defender, and sinking three ferries. Later in belleving that the Chinese would the afternoon one lone bomber certainly be outnumbered and kill-flew over Siccawel and strafed the ed when the Japanese reached the villages south-west of French Con- barricade.

cession boundary with machine- guns.-

The lone Chinese soldier' would wear his own tin hat and place his comrades' on each of his hands. Then he would lift the hats just

high enough to show above the sandbags. The Japanese, not knowing the exact number behind the sandbags and believing they had been spotted would get ou their hands and knees, crawling towards their goal.

The British soldier declared that he held his breath as the Japanese moved closer. Then suddenly a hail of bullets" rained on the crawling Japanese from two direc- tions, killing and injuring scores of the marines while the remining fed for their lives."

It was later discovered that the

Three

THREE JAPANESE AVIATORS TAKEN PRISONERS Bouchow, Oct. 2: The Japanese aviators who were shot down in their plane near Kashing on Sept. 29 and who managed to escape have been caught by the railway guards. The three lers were found hidden in a small tem- ple about one mile from Wangtien near Kashing. Central News. FIERCE FIRES RAGE IN CHAPEI

Shanghai, Oct. 2: Three Ares raged throughout the night along Paoshan Road in Chapel following the Japanese, aerial bombardment iate yesterday afternoon. As no attempts have been made to two Chinese soliders with their extinguish the fires the flames. machine-guns headed for other continued to eat their way through outpasts nearby and sprayed the the already ruined buildings left Japanese from the side while remaining in that area.——— their other member kept attracting Ventral New

the invaders,

the Japanese.

JAPANESE REPAIRING

RAILWAY

The British soldier said he had witnessed several attacks like this "Hankow, Oct. 2: To facilitate in which the Chinese outwitted the transportation of military supplies and reinforcements, the He also disclosed that the British Japanese have decided to repair troops were on very friendly terms the railway linking Chengteh, with the Chinese and "exchanged" provincial capital of Jehol pro beer for Chinese "yellow" vine" vince, with Pefbing. A thousand across the barbed-wire entangle-workmen have been engaged from iments separating the Bettlement | Jehol to take charge of the work from the Chinese territory in that which is expected to be completed

in two months Central News,

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Central News.

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Japanese Allegation

Tokyo, Oct. 2.

The supply of war material by Brush firms to China, including aeroplanes and anti-aircraft guns, with the alleged assistance of the British authorities at Hong Kong is strongly attacked by the newa- paper "Nichi Nichi."

LEAGUE GRANT TO CHINA

To Be Materially Increased?

Geneva..Oct. 3.

A proposal to materially increase the credits usually granted annual- ly for technical co-operation with China in order to combat epidemics was referred by the Assembly to the Fourth Financial Committee.

Earlier the Committee unancial- ly discussed the question and de-'. The newspaper asserts that, as acided. in principle, in favour of JAPANESE MOVING SUPPLIES

Tesult of negotiations between the increasing the credit.— British Charge d'Affaires. Mr. R. Reuter, Shanghai, Oct. 2: Fearing fur- G. Howe, and & Nanking Güvern- ther destruction by Chinese shells ment representative, General Chen fired, from the Pootung sector, the Chla-yu, the Nanking Government ships transporting war material Japanese to-day started moving has established an office at Hong to Chinä haď pased Port Sald. huge quantities of munitions and Kong to arrange for forwarding to The paper proceeds to enumer- military supplies from the store China munitions and other

ate various consignments, of war

which houses in the eastern district of material which, the paper says, is } mátrial.

have allegedly Shanghai In the International landed in the Colony and trans-reached Cantori via Hong Kong Settlement to the Yufoong Cotton ported to Canton by the. Kowloon- The consignments, it is claimed."

included and Spinning Mill in the Yangtse-Canton Railway" and by steamer.

aeroplanes. explosives. poo district,--

The paper asserts that up till anti-aircraft and other guns.--- Central News,

September 19, twenty-three British | Tranacean News Serrita.

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