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HEAVY JAPANESE LOSSES

AT FENGYANG

JAPANESE BOMBER SHOT DOWN

Surprise Attack By Famous Extensive Activity In

"Dare-To-Die" Corps

Hauchow, February 9,

A Chinese "dare-to-dle" corps' made a surprise attack on the Japanese troops at Fengyang at two o'clock yesterday morning. Armed with band-grenades the Chinese soldiers stole near the Japanese camps and hurled their explosives at the sleeping Japan- ese. Three hundred of them were killed and 20 truckloads of am- munition were destroyed.

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Military observers believe that Japanese troops launched an at- tack on the Chinese positions at the main objective of the Japanese Lalu. west of the milway, yester-drive is still Hsuchow, the strategic day afternoon. After a two-hour junction of the Tientsin-Pukow and brisk engagement, Chinese rein- Lunghai forcements arrived and drove back the invaders who left 300 dead on the battlefield. The Chinese losses were also great.

Chinese military circies state that the Japanese sustained consider- able losses on February 7 when a squadron of Chinese planes bomb- cd Japanese positions at Penzou and Huaiyuan.

TSINPU LINE

No Major Change On South Sector

Railways. Besides frontal attack on the railway, they will continue their flanking move- ment west of the raway. Their activities west of Hwaiyuan in- dicate their intention to outflank the Chinese troops.

JAPANESE BEINFORCEMENTS

Central China

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"Bankow, Feb. 9.

Chinese sources claim that one Japanese plane was shot down yes- terday during a raid on Hankow.

The machine is alleged to have crashed into a ditch at Hsiahsinchi, of thirty-five kilometres north Hankow. The damage was negli- gible although one Chinese soldier was killed at Hanyang. Foreigners who watched the rald from the oil companies' installations, tell of an exciting dog-fight lasting for ten

minutes.

It appears that one of the raiders became detached from the group

for formation whereupon Chinese pur- suit planes made a bee-line him.

The Japanese zoomed upward. Hsininslang, Feb. 9. but the pursuiters followed and Large numbers of Japanese troops than the raider appeared to come. are reported to have been sent down a few miles away and was from Tamingfu and Lungwangmao lost to view. The report was im- in south Hopei to Lintsing on the mediately circulated that a Japan- Grand Canal in west Shantung ese plane had crashed, but no de- presumably to reinforce their men finite confirmation is available. оп the Tientsin-Pukow Rahway The oil installations are situated about six miles down-river from Five hundred. Korean and "Man Hankow which is just about where Hsuchow, Feb. 9.

Irregulars, and 3,000 the Chinese machines would await Despite many clashes, there has chukuo"

the Japanese troops equipped with over the raiders to cut them off. been. no major change on southern sector of the Tentsin-30 tanks have also arrived at Pukow Railway front during the Changteh as reinforcements. The Japanese numerical strength there last two days.

In anticipation of a major battle the Chinese military command has rushed heavy reinforcements to the north bank of the Hwai River and has ordered the defence works there to be strengthened.

CANTON AIR RAID

Canton, Feb. 9.

The air raid alarm was sounded Shortly after 8 h.m. and, an hour later. the explosion of several bombs was heard by Shameen recidents. At least seven bombs were dropped in the districts to the north-west of Salchuen. No planes were sighted due to the dull weather conditions, but the roar of the engines was audible.-(Reuter).

front.

STUDENTS' ESCAPE

Hankow, Feb. 9.

Five thousand Chinese students had a narrow escape from death is now estimated at 10,000 men.

The Japanese at Changtah shell- and injury as they gathered at ed and machine-gunned the Chin-Chungshan park, situated next to ese positions intermittently yester day but made no attempt to cash the Chinese line:--Central News).

100 MILLION REFUGEES

China To Help In Relief Work

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the air field to celebrate "youth day" in connexion with the world peace movement just when the first. Japanese planes appeared.

Fortunately no bombs were drop- after the ped in the park, and raiders had left, the students paraded in the city.

Apparently a large part of Cen- tral China' was bombed yesterday afternoon. A foreign report from Ichang states that eleven bombers dropped 60 bombs in the air feld there though the damage is not known. Chinese reports state that Shanghal, Feb. 8. Shasi, a Yangtsze port 75 miles After long consideration, the to the south-east of Ichang, had its Chinese. Governments is reported to first taste of Japanese serial at- nave decided on the establishment tacks.

It is belleved other cities were of a "rellet committee" to tackle Official reports, state that nine the urgent question of providing also visited as it is learned over 35 Japanese planes participated in nelp for China's war refugees es- bombers set out shortly before noon from the Japanese aerodrome in this morning's raid dropping a timated at one hundred millions. number of bombs at Shekpi, ap- It was originally proposed to es- the Nanking area-(Reuter).. parently aiming at the Canton-tablish a Ministry of "social econo- Kowloon railway.

NINE PLANES

The damage nilcs," but the idea was subse-NO WAR AGREEMENT has not yet been ascertainable-quently dropped. (Reuter),

OLD WOMAN DIRECTING GUERILLA UNITS

Hankow, Feb. 8.

While no confirmation is official- ly obtainable, it is learned that Mr. Hsu Shih-ying, the late Chinese Ambassador to Tokyo, and General Chiang Tso-pin, former Minister of A 67-year old Chinese woman is the Interior. are the most likely the moving spirit behind 20,000 candidates for the post of chair guerilla Aghters along the north-man ern section of the Palping-Hankow (Reuter). railway.

The aged

woman, commonly

called by the men under her as "Mother of the Aruty", came here recently to report to the Govern- ment authorities on the situation along the

of

the new committee.

RECEPTION

CANCELLED

Berlin. Feb. 9. Baron von Neurath's annual re-

Hopel-Shans-Chahar ception to the diplomatic corps, border and to secure military sup-axed for next Sunday and Monday. plies for her units. Her arrival was suddenly cancelled today, escaped public notice, but when.

she left a few days later, many army commanders saw her off, all saluting her when the train pulled out of the station.

SILVER-HAIRED

WITH BRITAIN'

Washington, Feb. 9. Mr. Cordell Hall, Secretary of State. In a letter to Senator Pitt- man denied the United States had any agreement with Britain "re- lating to war or the possibility of

WAY."

He also denied the United States was bound by any agreement with any power in connection with the operations of the United States navy. Senator Pittman read the" letter in the Senate(Renter).

The official reason is that the reception was claimed by other ar- rangements.(Reuter)

Seizing British-owned

Property In Germany

when approached

tish Government did not bother about auch matters.

Wife of a former well-to-do British concerns having factories |authorities. Manchurian farmer named Chao, and offices in Germany will be about this extraordinary proceed- she prefers to be known by her

somewhat perturbed by the treating, apparently publicly announced maiden name, Feng Wen-kuo. Alment of one such concern récently, that he could seize British owned though silver-haired, she is writes S. W.. Alexander in the property with impunity as the Bri sharp-shooter and can manage two Evening Standard. Mauser pistols at the same time.

In 1933, two years after Japanese occupation of Manchuria, shr, her husband and their eight daught ers and one son turned volunteers and played hide-and-seek with the Japanese in northern Kirin for two years.

Some time ago a German buyer

As regards the legal procedure of of British goods found he was un- able to pay in money for them and the expropriation, the German au- offered his vendor property in one thorities allowed the British ex- of the big German cities as pay-porter in London only 48 hours to lodge his appeal against their de ment.

The British exporter not wishing cision, otherwise he would be out to put his German customer into of court.

To add insult to injury, instead Hard-pressed by the Japanese, bankruptcy, agreed to this method

the of payment.

of offering compensation in tree they came to Weihsien on

A few months ago the State in-marks which would enable the Shanst-Chahar border about 18

to liquidate his months ago, but hardly had theysurance authorities in this partl-British porter settled down, they were again dri-cular city wanted to build new long-standing debt at around its ven away by the Japanese last ofices partly on the site of his original sum, the German Govern- property and commenced negotia-ment insist on offering him block- tions with him to purchase it fromed credit-marks which" stand at

around 80 per cent, discount... him.

summer.

ORGANISED ARMY

On this basis the British

This embittered the old woman The property in the meantime

may possibly receive and she decided to organise an had appreciated fairly substan-exporter army to avenge her own and the tially above the original amount of around 2800 for a longstanding country's losses. From village to his debt, but he was prepared to £6000 debt. village along the Shanel-Hopel-sell at a figure which would, meet Chahar border she walked, preach the debt...

It also appears likely that he will

be claimed against by the German

ing resistance against the Japan- While these friendly negotiations tenants of his property being taken ese among the peasants.

were proceeding the British exover for compensation for the cur- Indicative of her organising abi-porter was astonished to learn by tallment of their lenses. :/

There seems some case here for lity; she soon gathered 20,000 men accident, through his agents in around her and made her, son Germany seeing a statement in a firm intervention by the British Chao Tung their field commender. German semi-omcial publication, Government, especially as the Gov- Many lightning raids on the that the German Government was ernments of other Continental Japanese have been carried out by to expropriate his property.

the guerilla units thus förmed and from these ralds they secured their ammunitiona-Central News.

A CASE FOR GOVERNMENT

countries have found that similar cases they had to retallate. in order to prevent occurrences of The head of the State insurance this nature.

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