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FIRING ON BRITISH SHIPS A MISTAKE

·Japanese Admit. Error But Say Had Orders To Bombard All Shipping

Hankow, Dec. 13. Admitting that to are on British gunboats was a mistake, Colonel Hashimoto, present senior Japan- ese officer in the Wuhu area, said to-day that the Japanese had orders to fire on every ship in the Yangtse.

"AMOK ON THE

YANGTSE"

DISORDERS IN

BELGRADE

LONDON REACTIONS Mixed Reception For

TO JAPANESE ATTACKS ON "BRITISH SHIPS AT WUHU

Landon, Dec. 13. The Japanese attacks on British gunboats form the subject of big headlines in the London press to day.

French Minister,

Delbos

Belgrade, Dec. 12. One person was "killed and several wounded in demonstrations on the occasion of the arrival here of M. Yvon Delbos, the French Foreign Minister, who was met at the station by Dr. Milan Stoy- adinovitch, the Yugo-Slavian Prime Minister, and other Minis-. ters:

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M. Delbos was greeted with wild scenes of enthusiasm, and women students marched through the streets singing the "Marseillaise," and waving French flags.

The Daily Telegraph" in a lead- er beaded "Running Amok On The 'Nothing that Yangtze," states: kas happened in the Far East in recent months, not even the The statement was made in reply machine-gunning of the British to representations by Mr. H. Ambassador, could be more

cal Prideaux-Brune, the British Consulculated to exacerbate feelings in at Nanking, following yesterday's this country against Japan than

the outrages on the Yangtse."

The trouble began when the The Telegraph" adds that des- police cordon outside of the For- It appears that Mr. Prideaux- Brune. Lieut.-Col.

Office Lovat-Fraser.pite the seriousness of the attacks eign

was broken, and British Military Attache, and Flag there will be a general desire in

shots were fred outside of Captain G. E. M. O'Donnell of Britain to await a fuller investiga the Czecho-Slovakian Legation. H.M.S. Ladybird arrived at Wuhu

Incidents" at Wuhu,

tion before it is believed the in-

two

sult was as deliberate as it ap-dispersed the processions and

outside puttes.—

The Reuter

of the Chamber of De-

Mounted police with drawn swords

zeized a number of flags. Giving detalls of anti-British Demonstrations also occurred acts, the "Telegraph" says these can hardly be the responsible acts of the Japanese Government.

conciliatory assumption only that various local commanders on the Yangtse are running amok in

be boped $ pania. It Japanese Government will make proper amends.

at 7.30 am. yesterday aboard the British. Lumber Company's, (But-peared. terfield and Swire) tug Taing Tah. After they had embarked in KMS. Ladybird which was lying in mid- stream little way above Wuhu. Japanese troops on shore opened up with machine-guns

the Tsing Tah which immediately went down river. The firing was kept up until the tug was out of range.

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The Ladybird steamed up in order to proceed alongside to pro- test at the ineldent, when, just as she was weighing anchor, Japan- ese field batteries, clearly visible on the shore, opened up on the merchant ships concentrated above the A.P.C. installation. The dring was kept up until the Ladybird was abreast of the Wuhu General

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Lained four direct hits, which killed A. B. T. N. Lanergan, seriously in- jured another and slightly wound- ed several others. Including cap

tain O'Donnell

A direct hit was also suffered by Jardine's Sulwo, which was lying astern of HM.S. Ladybird and was being utilised as a hulk after the destruction of the regular hulk on Sunday.

CONSUL PROTESTS

"

SOVIET GENERAL

ELECTION

Moscow, Dec. 13.

The "Daily Express" which is more outspoken in referring to the attacks states: "The Japanese re- turn again and again. This does The Soviet General Election was not look like a mistake,' but what- marked by unprecedented enthu- ever, be sure the aggressratasm according to the official Tass will pay for it. We put down Agency. Over 100,000 polling pirates in the West and we will stations were open from 6 am, to know how to stop bandits in the midnight, but so keen were the East. The Japanese will not like vuters to vote early that in a num- that word.. However, it applied"—ber of localities the voting was Router.

completed by the afternoon. Millions of electors are reported to have striven to be the first to vote.

LONDON ALERT

London, Dec. 12 The attacks against the British warships in the Yangtse have created a deplorable impression in London, says Reuter's diplomatic correspondent

Official circles at present have only brief confirmation of the in- cidents and are awaiting details of the whole circumstances of the at- tacks. These will be subjected to a close study immediately they are

Router

An hour after the ring had ceased H.M.S. Bee arrived at Wuhu | received —– and was also fired on by Japanese field guns, at one time from a range of only 400 yards, but no hits

were recorded.

The damage to the Tsing Tab and Sulwo has not yet been ascer- tained.

THE LIMIT

London, December 13. Headed "The Limit" the "News Later Mr. Prideaux-Brune, Lieut. Chronicle" in an editorial refer- -Col-Lovatt-Fraser and Captain ring-to-the-Japanese-attacks” on O'Donnell went ashore to protest to British gunboats states that Col. Hashimoto, who stated that throughout the Sino invasion he had ordered the Japanese to Japan is showing a cynical dis- fire on every ship in the river, al-regard for the British flag. After though he admitted firing on Bri- tish gunboats was a mistake.-- Reuter.

REPEATED ATTACKS

Hankow, Dec. 18. British "gunboats and merchant ships at Nanking yesterday were subjected to repeated aerial bom- bing and machine-gunning by Ja- panese planes.

The first attack was made at 1.30 p.m. when three Japanese machines power-dived and loosed eight bombs on H.M.S. Cricket and HMS. Séarab, both of which opened fire with Lewis guns.

detailing with the incidents the journal states that "Japan has so perfected the art of apology with- out repentance, she may think it possible to get away even with this

formed-in-the-strongest possible latest outrage. She must be in-

terms that there is a limit to the

patience even of the British nation. and the must be required to pay such compensation as will make her try to exercise some check ou her wilder warriors."-Reuter.

with their three-inch guns, pom- poms and Lewis guns.— Reuter

The planes then attacked a con- centration of British shipping two miles above Hatakwan and dropped B. AND 3. SHIP BOMBED several bombs which fell perilously

Hankow, Dec. 13. close to several vessels. The ships again opened fire with Lewis guns, hulk were bombed at

The B. and 8. Whangpu and a Wuhu by

whereupon

2 further batch of planes turned their attention to Japanese planes yesterday after- the gunboats and loosed six more noon. Two planes power-dived medium-sized bombs, but no hits and loosed four bombs, but all were registered.

The gunboats then brought their three-inch guns and pompoms into play and the planes disappeared.

HASEGAWA TOLD

fell wide of their mark— ·

Beuter.

PROTEST TO JAPANESE

Shanghai, Dec. 13. The British authorities have

The concentration of British protested to the Japanese au- shipping was bombed a second thorities against the shelling time at 2.30 p.m. when the gun- boats again opened fire. Neither the gunboats nor the British vessels were bit.

The Senior Naval Officer at Nanking, Captain Ashby of HMB. Cricket, sent a representation to the Japanese authorities after the first attack, and requested. the. Senior Naval Officer at Shanghai urgently to protest to. Admiral Hasegawa and to ask for guarantee for the safety of the British shipping concentrated at Nanking.

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and machine-gunning from shore and air attacks of British gunboats and merchant ships at Wuhu and near Napking, in which one, naval. rating was killed and several others wounded.-- Reuter,

PROTEST LODGED

Tokyo, Dec. 13. Sir Robert Craigie called at the Foreign Office at 10:30 am. and drew attention to the seriousness of the Wuhu incident. Press re- ports from the Nanking Front state

Orders to оред fre

all Japanese troops are pushing to the aircraft whenever they definitely south towards Haiakwan with the. attacked were re-issued to all result that the Chinese garrison is

virtually··éncircled, and

'" their British gunboata.

virtual annihilation is considered merely a question of hours,”

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A third attack on the shipping concentration was made later in

the afternoon by three machines Japanese forces claim to have which loosed eight bombs. HMS. captured Pukow on Sunday even- Cricket and HMS Scarab replied ing-Reuter

In some cases voting was done to

the accompaniment of music and songs. Reports of enthusiastic polling were received from Arctic stations, ships on the high seas, long distance trains-Reuter. hospitals, maternity homes and

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