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STIFF RESISTANCE CHINESE IN SHANSI

JAPANESE NOW AT WUHU FOR BIG OFFENSIVE

LOYANG, April 25 (Central)—Fighting is raging unabated in the Lingehwan-Kaaping area, south of Changchih in southeast Shansi. where the Chinese are offering silff resistance to the Japanese in a southward drive,

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Both sidey have brought their heavy artillery into action, and fierce gun battle raged áll day on Tuesday,

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A Japanese unl cornered at aj The Chinese are continuing their point southwest of Lingchwan, has vigorous onslaughts in the been wiped out and all Its rifles part of the city, and supplies have been captured! by the Chinese.

GENERAL

BY THE COASTAL COMMAND PLANES DOING EXCELLENT WORK

Russia Is Annoyed

Scandinavian Move

By Germans

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LONDON, April 25 (Reuter)-Since the invasion of Norway the Coastal Command has flown over 30,000 miles over Norway on reconnaissance, taking photographs and surveying the fjords as well as other enemy positions. Now that at last the German navy has put to sea. the Coastal Command has been doing excel- lent naval co-operation duty. spotting accurately and reporting on the variety of craft. from to pocket-battle-

LONDON, Apr. 25 (Havas)-Con- minesweepers siderable importance is attributed ships. to the Málsky-Halifax talk held yesterday since further indications

NAZIS LOSE

PLANES NORDLIS, Apr. 25 (Reuter)-The strength of the Allied forces in the Trondheim region La increasing

| daily as troops are landed at Nam-

80s and. Andalsnes,

EARLY WORK These successes have tended lead to the belief that M. Malsky's overshadow the achievements of with intensity but it is known German air activity continues efforts are to give Britain a more the Coastal Command planes diu- other definite impression of "Bovlet neu-ing the early months of the war,

that the Nazis have lost many trality."

but figures speak for themselves, fences, which are being gradually planes. British anti-aircraft de- Fires started by the Chinese on The German push in Scandina-

Since the war began Coastal Japanese barracks and supply de- via highly displeased Russia since Command planes have flown some

reinforced, have taken toll of some In the Kaoping area, the Chi-po:s are still raging fiercely. The German victory in Northern 8,000,000 miles on patrol. Even In

while others have been forced nese, while bolding the Japanese Japanese have sustained heavy ma-Europe would mean a threat to the worst "weather of the winter

down by the severe weather. at bay, are sending a part of their, terlal losses.

Soviet communications towards the months the planes did not fly News that the Allies now control forces to make a detour to the Fighting is also reported at Sin-Atlantic and the North Sea, hence less than 250,000 miles each week, the railway south of Trondheim to tang, south of Kaifeng, where the the Soviet approval of the Swedish Most of the Coastal CommandLillehammer is of the highest SEVERAL POINTS RECAPTURED Chinese launched a simultaneous refusal to allow passage of Ger- pilors have flown the equivalent strategie importance since 1 cats In south Shans!, the Chinese are attack The enemy wiped man troops and war materials to of at least once round the world off one route by which the Ger- counter-attacking the Japanese out and two Japanese tanks were Norway.

since the War began.

mans at Trondheim might have east of the Changtienchen-Maot- destroyed;

Despite Soviet opposition to Ger- Each week 4.000 ships are guard-been reinforced. singtu highway. Several points Japanese reinforcements, rush-man expansion in Scandinavia, the ed by planes of the Coastal Com While the troops at Trondheim near Maotsingta have been recap- 1ng to Kalteng from Kwelten on immediate conclusion of a British-mad and to

date no British or may hold for some time, their tured by them.

the Lunghal Railway in east Ho-Soviet Trade Agreement is improb- naval ship has been lost whee ultimate position is regarded pan, and Sinstang, on the Pelping-able in view of Moscow's unwilling-under air convoy. No less than hopeless if they have to rely en- Hankow Railway on the northness to curtail her trade with Ger- 600 tours of the fishing fleets were tirely bank of the Yellow River, have many as wished by Britain. been intercepted.

enemy, rear.

Taking advantage of the deple

tion of the Japanese for operations in south Shangst, Chinese forces in the wes part of the province have

the swooped dowri on

enemy at Hotsin and Chishan in a 'lightning attack, indicting losses on them.

IN SOUTH ANHWEI SHANGYO, April 25 (Central)_ Five thousand Japanese troops are massed at Wuhu for an offensive on Hsuancheng. Nanling and Kao- shun, owns on the south bank of the Yangtze River 10 Anhwel.

Were

CHINESE PRESSURE

INFONGSHING.

measures

Q

to

CABLE NEWS

IN

BRIEF

made to protect them against | south. Lenemy planes and U-Boats.

MINES DESTROYED

Over 20.000 photographs and re-

porta of ships believed to be Ger-

ON THE SOUTH KWANGSI FRONT. April 24 (Central) - Pup-

mans. masquerading as. neutrals pet officials yesterday held

BERLIN, April 5 (Reuter)-It have been made and 30 attaca meeting at Maoling on the border

is announced that Herr Hitler has have been made against U-Boats, of the Yamchow and Fongshing

appointed Herr Terboven, hitherto while literally hundreds of mines districts to discuss

Gauleiter of Essen and President have been located and destroyed cope with the increasing Chinese

of the Rhine Province,

The record, incidentally, is getta As the pressure in the Fongshing, sector.

the, cocu- better every day. They asked the Japanese officers Reich's Commissar for

He wingular.

Herr

north of Oslo

has reached the neighbourhood of Koppang. 50 LONDON, April 25 (Reuter-miles to the north of Elverum. cers turned down the request on The British Government is con-The Allies are gushing troops to the ground that no more Japvinced that Spain is determined to meet this advance. anese troops could be dispatched.

send

pied districts of Norway

Their vanguards are meeting with present at the meeting to ..stubborn resistance at Tsingy!2,000 Japanese troops and sever be directly subordinate to

klang and Sihochen...

In north Anhel Chinese troops are counter-attacking at Shoth-

sien and Pohsien. Fighting is in progress outside the south city

gate of Shouhslen.

Reinforced by 2.000 troops from

bombing planes to launch

Hitler.

coun-

ter-attacks, but the Japanese off

and

JAPANESE SETBACK KAOAN, April 25 (Central)- Wusih and Changchow, the Jap- Some 200 Japanese officers anese at Ining, on the west shore men were slain in action and of the Taihu Lake. are sallying about 100 Japanese Hire. column is engaged by the Chinese seized in a Chinese attack at the at a point north of Thing.

forth in various directions. One

KAIFENG ALMOST

RECAPTURED

The Chinese

have

shells

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·

*

20

8.5

sertal sid from the

FIRING PRACTICE

"Light gun firing practice will be carried out between the hours" of 2 p.m. and midnight on and 30 April, 1840.

,"

29th

Alternative dates 1st and 2nd

May, 1940. Firing ares 'A' will be

affected.

Light gun firing practice will be carried out on 29th and 30th April. and 2nd and 3rd May, 1940, be- tween the hours of 8 p.m and midnight.

Firing area 'E' will be affected.

PATROL FIGHTS PARIS. April 25 (Reuter) A communique Issued today says

of the Moselle tumed to our ad- that two patrol encounters east

vantage.

maintain her neutrality and the neutrality of her possessions." de- LONDON, April 25 (Reuter)- clared Mr. R. A. Butler in reply to The detention of the Russian debate in the House of Commous steamers Selenga and Vladinur on the Anglo-Spanish TradeMayakowski is stated in London Agreement.

to have produced the result de- sired. Since the detention Japanese artillery position near

STOCKHOLM, Apr. 25 (Reuter) these two ships, no further Soviet of Sishan and Wanshoukung. south-It is announced that Sweden is ships have sailed from the United west of Nanchang, on April 23. - fleating

а 500,000,000 kroner States with cargoes likely to con- Keavily

(about £30.000.000). Defence Loan, stitute contraband LOYANG, April 24 (Central) damaged the Julchang Yangsin bearing interest at four per cent

During the night of April 22-23, our aircraft made many long- Two-thirds of Kaifeng are now highway, running from northwest and redeemable in five years. LONDON, April 25. (Reuter)-distance reconnaissances, Dene in the hands of the Chinese who Kiangsi Into' south - Hupeh. The

The Berlin Radio bas announced trating many hundreds of lu- smashed into the important city Japanese troops forced Chinese LONDON, April 25 (Reuter)-that pleasure trips must be com- metres over enemy territory. on the Lunghai Railway on Tues-civilians to repair

the road but The position of Greenland since pletely stopped and, that journeys They flew over the Frague region. day morning, latest military des- were a tacked and dispersed by the occupation of Denmark is to watering places and spas are patches indicate.

· An enemy reconnaissance plane still being considered by the United only permissible in cases of ex-was brought down within Kingdom and Canada. This was treme urgency owing to the territory on the evening of April announced in the House of Com-tremendous task of the German 23. mons on Tuesday by Mr. R. A. railways." Butler Parliamentary Under- Secretary of State" for Foreign Affairs.

CHINA LEADS THE EAST

the Chinese troops.

CHUNG. CHENG

SCHOLARSHIPS

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LONDON, April 26 (Reuter)- LONDON, April 5 (Reuter CHUNGKING, April 25 (Central

Capt. O. Beake, Under-Secretary Mr. Quo Tai chi, the Chinese Am--The Ministry of Education has

of State for Home Affairs, said bassador in London, speaking at announced the establishment of a LONDON. April 25 (Reuter) today that it was not proposed to the British Association for Inter-Chung Cheng Scholarship Fund On Tuesday 92 ships were in Br-treat Danes resident in Britain as national Understanding, said that; for poor but diligent college tish contraband control bases in enemy allems. Many of them Leadership in the Far East will students, Chung. Cheng is the the United Kingdom. Of these, 37 were anxious to assist Britain in Inevitably fall to China by reason courtesy name of Generalissimo had been brought or detained by the struggle against aggressive of her vast area and population, Chiang Kai-shek.

order of the Ministry of Economic tyranny, of which Denmark has and even more, by reason of her The Organic Law of the Ching Warfare. This was done in view been made a victim culture and genius for develop-Cheng Scholarship Fund Commit-of the situation in Norway "and ment in modes of peace.

tee and the regulations governing Denmark. The total includes nine

"I can entertain no facile up-¡ the awarding of the Chung Cheng Danish ships, timism as regards the redemption Scholarships have been formu-

of the Japanese people within a lated.

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LONDON, Apr 25 (Reuter) The trial of Udham Singh in con- nection with the murder of Sir

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STOCKHOLM, APT, 25 (Reuter) Michael O'Dwyer last month was practicable measure of time from The Scholarship Fund Commit--Latest newspaper reports state postponed at the Old Bailey the domination of the military tee is composed of ten members that the German caste with their programme of with Mr Wo Chung-sheng as

hegemony in East Asia and maa-chairman.

tery

over

Western che

areas." said Mr. Quo

Paelfie

He added that China had a important part to play in Anglo- American relations because the strategie and commercial interests of Britain and the United States were parallel in the Far East,

REBUILDING SUIYUAN

FREEDOM OF

EXPRESSION

1)

Mr. Arthur Greenwood, Deputy. at

LONDON, April 25 (Reuter)-

luncheon

speech yesterday emphasised the need for freedom of expression.

centre to the Wednesday until the next Session

CROSSWORD NO. 592

ACROSS

3 Fragment 8 Goddess

Stressing that the Labour Party stood 100 per cent behind any effort necessary for the success- ful prosecution of the war. Mr. 10 Section

9 Fertile spot

YULIN, SHENSI, April 25 (Cen-Greenwood said that Hider made 11 Rest time- tral-Rehabilitation of the battle- scarred areas in west Sulguan 15 now proceeding at an animated pace.

his first capital blunder when he 13 Prickle décided on the invasion of Den-14 Dry mark and Norway."..

16 Uncom- mon

That blunder proved that Cor-

Under the direction of Gen Fu poral Hitler could never have been 18 Profound Tso-yi, Chairman of the Sultana sailor, he said., Provincial Government, the pro-

vincial Finance Department, the Peace

Party Headquarters, the

RAEDER'S DIARY

21 Illuminant 22 Thin

"I should like to be able to read 24 One

Preservation Headquarters and the Admiral Raeder's diary," he said, 26 Mix. Mübliisation Committee have form- "to see what be thinks of his 28 Perfumed ed a West Suyuan Rehabilitation beloved leader. I should not think 29 Caper. Committee.

4. Depend

17 "Woodem

5 Greatest

7 Record 10 Defami-

the diary would be very flatter-30 Strength ing."

31 Mon-

strosity

# Shy

the 32 Gulding

straps.

DOWN

1 Binger

2 Eros

REFUGEE RELIEF

Discussing the neutrals, Mr. Twenty committee members have

Greenwood sald that even set out on a tour to the various war-torn districts, including An- United States was having to pay armaments not pel, to make an investigation of heavy bill for the conditions there and to pre- vide relief for the refugees.

Serious attention is being pain far this war would extent.

to spring farming. The Provin-

because she herself was threaten-

ed but because no one knew how

He would not plead with the

cial Civit Affairs Departments neutrals to join the Allies as the planning to distribute seeds and powers already on their side were cattle and to extend credit bans amply sufficient.

to the farmers,

tion

11 Robust

12. Trees

15. Quietuor SOLUTION TOMORROW

Solution No 591.

shoe

18 Quickness 20 Loot 23 Permit

24 Trap

25 Lawful

27 Venture

28 Look over

ACROSS: 1, Stagger; 5; Mimic; DOWN: 1 Bafer: 2, Attic; 3.

[8, Fetlock; 9. Rinse; 10, Eat; 12, Gaoler; 4, Rake: 5 Mortal; &,

Riches; 15, Mallet; 16; Artful; 17, Manilla;

Creates; 11.

A large quantity of construction į- THE HAGUE, April 25 (Reuter) Post; 18, Ears, 20, Merely; 22. Amused; 13, Hat; 14. Stress; 17, materials has been ordered from -Dutch Army leave, on a more Bmites; 23. Deemed; 24, Ash; 28, Pastime; 18, Sliding: 19, Eye; 20, Kansu and Ninghsia for recon- restricted scale than previously, Icing; 20, Ingures: -30. Eagle: 31. Meagre; 21, Leased; 24, Morse: 25. struction purposes.

will be resorted to after Saturday. Endless.

Doses; 27, Elve

Gur

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