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HONG ÔNG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY

15, 1938.

Large-Scale Hostilities Imminent On Lunghai Railway Front

Chinese Defenders Resist Stoutly As Japanese Strike For Yellow River

NATIVE IRREGULARS STILL

OPERATING NEAR

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Shanghai, February 14.

The long-heralded battle for the Lunghai Railway, which promises to be the biggest engagement of the present war unless the Chinese lines collapse, has approached nearer with dramatic suddenness In consequence of sweeping Japanese advances.

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• The Chinese retreat from the River Hwai followed a bitter struggle in which their defence works were pounded by artillery and aeroplanes, and almost completely destroyed.

Official despatches claim seizure by the Japanese. in a battle for the River Hwal, of 172 machine- guns of Czecho-Slovakian make, 360 rifles, one trench mortar and 75,000 rounds of ammunition.

The Chinese are stated to have left 1,500 dead on the field, while the Chinese claim that more than 1,000 Japanese were killed in the engagement.

Another severe battle is now being fought across the banks bf the River Hwal, with the Chinese so far preventing all Japanese attempts to cross the river-Reuter).

COUNTRYSIDE SWAMPED

Hankow. Feb. 14. way. An advancing column is now, stations north of Stansing, which The Chinese have blown up the heading along the highway leading is at the function of the Pelping- | railway bridge spanning the Hwal to 'Changyuan, and from there it Hankow and the Taokow-Chinghua | River, and are now facing the will presumably press on to Feng-railways.-(Reuter).

a town situated near the Japanese, who are exchanging Are chiu,

Pelping, Feb. 14. with them from the southern bank north bank of the Yellow River.

"According to an unconfirmed re- The Japanese advance along the of the river.

Japanese forces operating inport, a force of 2.000 to 3,000 Japan-Peiping-Hankow Railway is likely south Hope! Captured Puyang, only ese troops has already been sighted to be slow, as the Chinese have 60 miles from the nearest point on at two points on the north bank of completely destroyed miles of rail- the Lunghai Railway, and are con- the Yellow River, south-east of way and embankments south of tinuing their advance towards the Puyang, and is making an attempt Changteh, and have also opened the canal bank. swamping the Yellow River. The occupation of to cross the river.

Meanwhile the Japanese "push" countryside. Puyang marked an

Guerilla activities against the than 40 miles since the down the Pelping-Hankow railway Japanese. breaking a three-months is continuing successfully. Striking Japanese lines of communication deadlock, launched a drive from along the railway with amazing have been intensified in the past

speed. the Japanese first captured few days." Taming six days ago,

The Japanese apparently alm at Tangyin, 10 miles south of Chang- crossing the Yellow River for an teh in north Hunan, which is the attack on Kaifeng. which is only base for their operations, and then ten miles south of the great water- swept along to Kaotsun, only four

more.

advance of

Twenty Nations Represented At Large Peace Rally

LORD CECIL ON JAPAN'S CRIME

London, Feb. 13.

Twenty nations were represented

complicity in the Japanese erime.

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Shanghai, Feb. 14. Rellable reports state that bands Chinese irregulars are still operating with complete success around Sungkiang, about 60 kün- metres southwest of Shanghai, ou

un the platform at a mass meet-they had no quarrel with the peo-the Shanghai-Hangchow Rallway.

Japanese transports and severa! units are con- ing, attended by 2,500, at Covent ple and Government of Japan, but,

at they wanted the economic and Japanese troop

attacked. The Garden Opera House today which Lord Cecil presided. and financial resources of the peaceful tinually being

nation of the world to be used for Japanese have so far been unable condemned Japanese aggression as

this district of moving other purposes than those of war. to clear

"a deliberate attempt by Japan to Mr. Morrison advocated an inter Chinese units although they are enforce her will by arms, irres-national police force and urged in command of the whole neigh- pective of all international con-

that they should not advance loans bourhood.--(Transocean) trol."

to Japan

A collection on behalf of China realised 345.

M. Jean Perrin, speaking on be- half of the scientists of the world, Lord Cecil added that their pur-said: "For our own sakes we must pose was to stop, war, and If they help China if we do not want to did not succeed he urged citizens become the slaves of the Asiatic: of all the countries represented at worid, which had become totali- the meeting to clear themselves of tarian."

CHINA IS THE WORLD'S HOPE

Mr. Quo Tal-chi, Chinese Ambassador to London, declared that the militant spirit of outraged Uberalism stirs again, and that China must be the world's hope, and not the world's re- proach: The world should guarantee that war materials would reach China and not Japan.

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Hankow, Feb. 14

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In Pedgpu, Japanese troops have occupied their positions securely and have begun to march in the direction of Chaoching, 50 kilo- metres north of Pengpu.

After taking Tangying.

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the, the National Anthem. Some of Dr. Wellington Koo said Covenant of the League was not the audience, however, began sing- an ineffective instrument to pre-ing the Internationale and most Japanese have now reached the vent war, but its effectiveness de-of the audience Joined in. Lord north bank of the Yellow River pended on the loyalty of the mem-Cecil and others on the platform in the neighbourhood of Fuyang. bers of the League. Its ineffective- did not participate in the singing. Reports received here indicate A section of the audience had to that the Japanese have concenTM incident, the Abyssialan war and wait until the majority had finish-trated no fewer than 4,000 tanks the present Chinese war was due ed singing before they could make along the Petping-Hankow Eall- (SHIMONOSEK1to the unwillingness of the more themselves heard with the Nation-

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