HONG KONG DAILY PRESS
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PINGHAN LINE DENUDED OF
DENUDED OF JAPANESE
Manchurian Soldiers Being Sent From Outside Great Wall
Chengchow, May 3.
Military despatches reaching here today report a continuous stream of Japanese troops being transferred from points along the Pelping-Hankow line to south Hopel and north Shantung.
The shifting of Japanese forces from the Plaghan to the. Tsinya front, it is stated, is necessary for the Japanese to consoli- date their positions along the northern sections of the Tientsin- Pukow railway, where Chinese guerilla troops have been actively
harassing the movements of the invaders.
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Large numbers 01 Japanese TAMING UNDER SIEGE forces, it is learned, now gather at
Chengchow, May 3." Tsangchow and Tehchow, from
According to a Chinese military where they will be sent to various important points along the rail-report, the town of Taming is still
way.
under siege of Chinese troops.
To replace the garrison in the Street fighting occurred yesterday. Pinghan area following the trans-
Japanese troops are engaging
10 southern
Japanese soldiers' graves at Talerchwang, bamboo tablets show-
ing the names of the deceased... (News Photo Servies).
fer of regular troops, the Japanese the Chinese at Subyang walle GENERAL military authorities are sending a those at Sumpu great number of Manchurian and Shansi, have withdrawn eastward. Mongolian troops from outside the Great Wall.
Owing to the dispatch of the Dothara Division to reinforce the The strength of Japanese garri- Japanese troops operating at the the
• Railway. sons at the various stations along Tientsin-Pukow the Pelping-Hankow ne. reports Japanese army at northern Honan Indicate has been reduced to a and Shans are experiencing great
stations hardship, - having minimum, with
available guarded by only a handful of troops for the defence of such a men (Central Newal,
vast territory(International).
many
no
General Wu Te-chen
Native
Organises
Rice Company
Cantón, May 3.
To ensure an adequate supply of rice in Kwangtung and to Facilitate the marketing of native grains from Hunan. "Klangst and Kwangsi, a new rice company, under the auspices of Governor Wn Te-chen, has been officially inaugurated at a meeting in the Kwang- tung Provincial Bank here yesterday.
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OFFENSIVE ON ENTIRE
SOUTH SHANTUNG FRONT
"SUCHOW, MAY 1-A GENERAL OFFENSIVE AGAINST THE JAPANESE POSITIONS ALONG THE ENTIRE SOUTH SHAN- TUNG. FRONT HAS BEEN
ORDERED BY THE CELINESE COMMAND EARLY THIS MORNING AT DAWN.
LATE LAST POSITIONAL MANOEUVRING WERE COMPLETED
BETWEEN NIGHT. MAINTAINING CLOSE CONTACT
THE DIFFERENT SECTORS. THE CHINESE FORCES ARE STEADILY PUSHING ON FROM THEIR ORIĞINAL POSTS. FIERCE FIGHTING OF UNPARALLELED INTENSITY NOW RAGES ON A 100-KILOMETRE FRONT WITH THE CHINESE FIELD COMMANDERS REPORTING SATISFACTORY PROGRESS.-- (CEN- TRAL NEWS).
GRIM STRUGGLE FOR SUNKIAPU
NINGKUO, MAY 3:
BLOODY STREET FIGHTING OF UNPRECEDENTED VIOLENCE
HAS BROKEN OUT INSIDE THE SMALL TOWN OF BIJNKIA- FU ON THE HSDANCHENG-NINGKUO HIGHWAY IN SOUTHEAST ANHWEI EARLY THIS MORNING.
After a grim encounter with the Japanese forces which lasted for more than forty-eight hours since the evening of April 30, the Chinese troops, defying withering halls of machine-gun fire, have smashed through three barbed wire lines and penetrated right into the heart of the battered town.
Confused hand to hand struggle
In which bayonets and hand
The new enterprise, which will ernment shall subscribe to #900,000 grenades are freely used, now con- be named the Four-Province of the total capital of $1,000,000. | tinues with unabated ferocity Native Rice Trading and Trans- The remaining 2200,000 will be among the labyrinthine" streets portation Company. is capitalised taken up by the Hunan Provincial littered with smouldering ruins. at $1,000,000.
Government.
Steady streams of Chinese forces, The meeting yesterday was at- The Kwangtung Provincial Gov-pouring in from all directions, now tended by representatives of the ernment. It is understood, under claim possession of large sections Kwangtung. Kwangsi, Hunan and takes to let a portion of its hold- of the tour main thoroughfares of Kiangs! Provincial Governments ings to Kwangsi and Kiangst the town. and a number of rice merchants, should the latter also desire to
Before the Chinese penetration Opinions Were exchanged con- participate in the capitalization.
Into the town, fighting was parti- cerning the organization of the The general manager of the
cularly heavy on the outskirts Will new.company and the regulations company be appointed by
where the Japanese had erected an adopted.
Kwangtung.
With its Head Office at Canton, intricate aystem of defence works in front of machine-gun emplace- the company will establish
ments.
It was tentatively arranged that the Kwangtung Provincial Gov-
JAPANESE
RESORT TO
branches at Changsha Wuchow and Kanchow to handle the local business,
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Braving a drenching downpour,
the Chinese forces in the evening Etrict stringency. it was decided, of May 1 charged six times on the shall be enforced. u. connection Japanese positions and only suc- with the expenses of the company, ceeded in breaking through of which Kwangtung undertakes enemy line at the cost of terrific
the
CHEMICALS to bear 80 per cent. and Hunan 20 sacrifices. Several oficers were in-
San, May 3."
Several instances of the use of
per cent (Central News).
chemicals by the Japanese army in FRENCH FRANC
their operations against the Chin- ese forces were cited in a tele- Eram sent by the Military Affairs Commission to the Generalissimo's Provisional Headquarters bere.
SPECULATIVE SELLING
Jured directing operations.
HITLER'S VISIT - TO ROME
Italian Capital Decorated
Home, May 3
The entire Italian capital is festively decorated in expection of the German Fuehrer's arrival here at 8.33 a.m. on Tuesday".
At the station, Hitler will be welcomed by the King-Emperor and Il Duce.
After reviewing the guard of honour, the Fuehrer and the King will drive in the State coach to Quirinal Palace followed by the German and Italian ministers likewise in State coaches.
On the way, at Cestius Pyramid, the Governor of Rome, Prince Co- the Vice-Governor and More than 100 Japanese soldiers lonria, behind machine-gun positions, it is twelve councillors will present the
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Disquiet Continues In Shanghai
Hankow, May 3.
Desplie vigorous precautionary measures taken by the Japanese authorities, disquiet continues to prevail in the vicinity of Shang- hal,
un-
Sporadic fighting between 'Chi. nese fuerilla forces and the Jap- anese troops near Rubloon Village on the western outskirts of Shang- hal broke out last Sunday evening. The result of the encounter known.
Broken reports of rifle fire, ac- cording to foreign residents on Great Western Road and Brenan Road bordering Jessfeld, were clearly audible early yesterday morning and afternoon.
•
After a brief interval of some activity, inland river navigation between Shanghai and. Soochow, Wusth and other places has again been disrupted.
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CHINA'S FUTURE PUBLICITY POLICY
Hankow, May 3.
China's future publicity will be based upon the national "war- time reconstruction programme as formulated by the recent Emer- "gency National Kuomintang Congress and the manifesto issued at the conclusion of the conference, declared Mr. Chow Fu-hal, re- cently appointed acting director of the Publicity Department of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang, in an Interview with the Central News yesterday.
WISHBONE "KETCH
Mr. Chòw who assumed his porti The Japanese defence sector in the western area, at the same yesterday is acting for Mr. Ku time, has been placed under mar-Meng-yu, the director, who is in- tial law. About 1,000 Japanese disposed and unable to attend to originally stationed at the Wang his duties Garden have been transferred to The guilding principles of China's
(Continued from- Page 1) an unknown destination.
future publicity polley, Mr. Chow
Costing $31,000, the Ma On Shan Large numbers of peasants were stated, will be a flim grasp of what driven from their farms which the country needs from the objec has a normal cruising speed of t have been turned into defence tive point of view, and develop-nots in a fair' wind."
With a roomy saloon and átt works.—(Central).
ment of the nation's self-con- ndence.
1900, and forward holda, in which sals Regarding the first principle, Mr. and supplies may be stowed, tha Chow emphasised the development craft can accommodate seven per- of the national spirit, the realisasons.
estimated, were killed or wounded welcome of the city to the Fuehrer. JAPANESE
by Chinese hand grenades.(Cen-} ~~(Transocean. tral News).
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TANCHENG ENVELOPED
Among recent cases, the tele-
Hsuchow, May 3. London, May 3. The advance of Chinese troops: gram stated that several Chinese
The 'French franc encountered in south Shantung is reported from gunners at Tunkwan-were gassed
considerable speculative various sectors. Chinese forces are fairly by a number of exploding shells selling from Paris following M hurled from Japanese battery Daladier's first series of financial columns and two Japanese brigades enveloping Tancheng in three positions across the Yellow River
increase of are being besleged. on April 29. A subsequent analysis of the residue from the shrapnels eight per cent in direct and in-
proved indisputably the existence <1 polson.
decrees involving an
direct taxation.
With controls ini Paris and London operating only spasmodi- quickly
In the vicinity of Fanchang in cally, the spot rate central Ahwel, large quantities weakened from 182.81 to 165.12.
of chemical poison were dropped Forward rates were not greatly from Japanese planes on a lake, affected. killing all the fish and making the, water, undrinkable, on April.20.
Foreign exchange circles con- sider the weakness as not, RIZ- Several cases of poisoned salt prising, as the tricrease in tara- being smuggled into the Chinese|tion is particularly unpalatable to positions: have also been recently French: nationals whose confidence discovered along the Anhwei front. has already been undermined by Quantities of poisoned cigar-Central European political uncer- ettes were known to nave found tainties.-(Reuter). their way into the Chinese front, and many soldiers were victimized. The telegram instructed that al? cases of Chinese soldiers being poisoned should be immediately reported to headquarters and the evidence sent to the military bos- pitals for analysis. (Central News).
HOME CRICKET
JAMAICA STRIKERS KILLED
Kingston, Jamaica, May 3. Four were killed and seven in- jured when armed "pollen at- tempted to arrest the ring-loadara | London, May 3. of a strike, movement which "as- Scores in the County cricket sumed the proportions of a riot at match between Oxford University Frome, Westmoreland. and Gloucestershire are as tol-. lows:
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Oxford: 223 and 69 for wickets;2
The police were forced to fire and 50 arrests were made. Troups no are standing by in readinom to ro
to the scene, tak
Gloucester:445 (Hammond 89. Neale 191)-(Router),
About 1,500 acres of plantations were set on frèr~(Benter).
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At Matoucheur, "Japanese- troops received'a great setback. being surrounded by a strong cordon of Chinese forces. They
lost over 1,000 men.
The battle raged up to this morning and a portion of the Chinese troops succeeded in rushing into the town and fighting at close quarters ini- mediately ensued.
.......
STILL INTENSE
The sanguinary battle that had been fought during the last two days at Lienfengshan is showing no signs of relaxing in intensity The Japanese losses are believed to be exceedingly heavy following bitter Chinese counter-attacks,
The collapse of the Japanese Army at Matoucheng, which is their only way of retreat from the rear, hal greatly lowered the morale of the Japanese forces.
Launching (s) general"' attack on the entire front at north: Plhsien, Chinese troops effécted a swift advance of over: ten miles in a day. From Taler- chwang," another column of Chinese troops pushed over twenty miles northward and secured close' contact with the troops operating at Tikslen (Internationa
ARRESTED IN
MR. R. G. HOWE'S SINGAPORE
NEW POST.
London, May 3: Mr. R. Qİ Howe, until recently in charge of the British Embassy in China, has been appointed to take charge of the Far Eastern Department of the Foreign Offee (Beater).
Alleged Illegal Activities
tion of a democratic government, Lighting is provided by primary with an electric the furtherance of national de Parafin lamps fence and economic reconstruction standby. Fittings to provide for the comfort of passengeras include and the promotion of science.
To build up the nation's self- an electrolux parafin refrigerator, confidence, the acting director ship-type ventilators for use in urged that efforts should be exerted hot weather and special-type deck to develop the people's rationalisa-entilators to prevent water ret- tion ༞ས་ a precaution againstting into the cabins.
A complete tallet outât has emotional excesses at this time and to strengthen their unity and been installed and a special off Shanghai, May 3,
discipline.
stove has been atted in the galley. Suspicion and uneasiness have
The ketch has an ordinary tiller Dwelling on international pub- been aroused among Japanese rolleity, Mr. Chow stressed that facts which proved very satisfactory on sidente în Starapore as the result should be presented accurately to the trial trip. She is very light of successive arrests recently of the foreign nations. There is no to handle.
The Ma On Shan is a sister-ship
to the Tai Mo Shan, which several
Japanese there for illegal activities,
necessity for fabricating reports 1278 à Nicht. Nichi report from purely for propaganda purposes, he British Naval qficers, including Singapore.
| added.—(Central Newa). On April 15, Tamizo Truitmori, Dj formerly chief editor of the "Nanyo,
Jical," the Bouth Seas Era (a ma-TYPHOON.
Lent: George: Balt and Lient. Phillip Francis, salled from Bong
STORY to Dartmouth in 1933-34
gazine'which is now defunct), and Sadahiko Shiral, a photographer, were arrested by the police there
(Continued from Page 1) and their documents were con- iscated.
information that the typhoon was Recently the police authorities not expected to strike the Colony searched the house of Bhuhel and at 9.30 pm. the storm was situated about 120 miles south- Ejiri, & druggist. Den
Although the reasons were not east of Hong Kong, on north-i disclosed in both cases, anxiety is easterly course towards Formosa felt by Japanese residents thers Channel because of alleged secret activities among some of their nationals (International).
JAPANESE BAN
Hankow, May 3.
An embargo on articles for military use has been enforced by the Japanese In Shanghai. Sports shoes, electri," ap- rubber pliances, flashlights," "and metals are include
(Central Nown);
·Btrangely enough, Mix Francis is, a sister of Lieut. Salt and Squadron-Leader Francis la 12 brother of Lieut. Francia.
RURAL CREDIT FOR HUPEH
Hankow, May 3.4 The Hupch Reconstruction De- partment and, the FarmCredit Following the hoisting of the Bureau will jointly extend a credit No. 1 signal yesterday morning the loan amounting to $400,000 for the of the rural, co-" urual harbour preparations were development soon made, launches, junks and operative industry in the province. sampans taking to the shelters at according to the Ta Kung Pao Causeway Bay and at Yaumáti (Central Nowada, By noon the harbour was practi
cally devoid of smaller craft, and during the afternoon resulted in after the No. 7 signal was dis the capsizing of a junk in Saiwan played the ocean-going vessels left Bay, All the eight occupanta their berths to anchor in Kowloon aboard were saved, as they man-
aged to swim to ́ahore. Bay,
· The Royal Observatory record- liners, President Coolidge and Pre- & maximum gust of wind of sident Jackson, disembarked, and | 60 m.p.h.. about 6 p.m... At. 3 p.m. stayed at the Peninsula Hotel Gap Rock reported wind of force.
The squally weather experienced 0 (45 m.p.h).
Passengers from the American
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