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CHUNGKING. July 18 (Central)-Chinese troops operating in South Hupeh pressed toward Shhhulyae, a mining town east of Tayeh, some sixty miles south-east of Wachang. yesterday morn- ing.

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The Japanese were surprised at their sudden appearance and pit up feeble resistance. The defence works outside the town wern quickly captured.

reized.

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GENERAL

Eire's Scheme EVERY VILLAGE, TOWN,

For Defence

Described

DUBLIN, July 17 (Reuter-Ere's scheme for defence against an in- vasion was described to "Reuter's" special correspondent by a high officer of the frish General Stat

CITY IN BRITAIN

IS DEFENDED

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LONDON, July 18 (Reuter) — Router's special correspondent who has toured the defences of Britain declares:

"I do not envy. Hitler's "army if it ever does attempt to march through this land of nowhere, which is Britain yesterday, ́espe- cially if the weather is bad,

This officer said that they had

"Steps taken to defend every an outer observation fringe on village, every town and every the lines of the old Coast Guards city in accordance with MT. From points commanding a wide Churchill's assurance represent an view of the sea. a day and night impressive record of high speed watch is kept and communications endeavour. Sentries" and look.. have been installed so as to give out stand on guard along the immed'ate notice of any suspicious

movements...

They also had a sea patrol of AUSTRALIA'S ARMY

STRENGTH RAISED

various small craft in wireless com. münication with the shore und with their tast motor torpedo boats.

Thirdly they had un air patro which kept a constant watch.

Ere's army was highly mobile All infantry was mechanised and In case of danger, the army `could be rushed immediately to any threatened points.

The army was having a wonder- l response to its appeal for re- crutts. who came trom all classes. and were the best types they ever

Lad

The appeal for local catenice volunteers resulted in the enrol- ment of 120,000.

"Reuters special correspondent saw in many districts how keen is the enthusiasm of local defence. Almost every man was a volunteer, Some villages and roads are con stantly patrolled to guard against parachutists

aerodromės.

German attack on Ireland

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LONDON, July 18 (Renter The strength of the 'army to guard Australia is being raised to 250,000 men, announces Brigadier Street, Minister for the Army.

This will be done by calling up four more age groups and the further voluntary' enlist- ment of 30,000 men. The total additiän wil be 120,000 men.

Statement On French Policy

VICHY, July 17 (Reuter)-The Foreign Minister, M. Paul Baudoin, In a statement to a Swiss newspa. per on French policy, said that the national revolution had been freely made.

"We are not copying cur con- querors and do not aim at pleas Ing them. We shall adopt French solutions suited to our tempera- ment and traditions.

"Soon. new relations will be (3- stituted between capital and labour, and there will be new conceptions of life based on authority, order and cbedience.

coasts ready for the sternest "Our foreign policy will be con-

ducted along the lines of this re Battle of the beaches in history.

"Should an invading force come gime. Different states have a need out of the morning mists cutting of each other. We must exchange through the protecting screens goods with Germany and Italy ás of the navy and the RAF, and we shall with Britain when she has succeed in making landings here, returned to a juster understanding they will come face to face with of France." regiments of an army ordered to fight to the last man.

SPAIN IS NOW AFRAID.

"Anything that Hitler lands will The volunteers are being trained meet with a hot reception. They Street fighting ensued in the losses upon the enemy. Land com- and part of them will form a kind will have to cut through a thick town, resulting in the eviction of munication between Sinyang and of landstrum to guard communi- curtain of heavy and light gun- GIBRALTAR, July 17 (Reuter- the Japanese and a farse quantity Tagho has been totally disrupted. cations and vulnerable points fare. The systent of pillboxes and According to reliable information of .. arms and ammunition wp.c A Japanese large-atze transport the army itself is engaged.

other strong points has turned reaching bere from Spain, there with a cargo of gasoline and other

Railway sleepers can be seen whole coastline into a modernised are signs everywhere that now As a result of the Chinese re-war materials struck a Chinese standing at one end in rows in version of the Martello Tower that the Germans are at their capture of Shinhulyao, which ex-floating mine and sank at a point Palent Park in order to hamter defence which met the threat of very doors, the Spaniards are be cuples a strategic position on the about seven miles from Kiuklang aircraft landings and similar pre-

Invasion from Napoleon.

coming thoroughly frightened Fangtse River. Japanese shipping D Monday while steaming from cautions have been taken at other

"Behind are

lines the grim

It appears that when the Ger- between. Hankow and Kluklang is Nanking to Hankow, Four steam.

khaki beach defenders. mans of the

arrived at Hendaye. the boats nearby were also sunk. threatened

would meet with great atmculties Strategically placed, they are Spanish authorities on the tron- In centra Hupeh the Chinese

Messages from Hupeh. Klanzs, owing to the mountainous naty

ready to deal with light tanks tler received them with considera- yesterday staged an enveloping at- Honan and

Shantung report of of the country."

nature

"The navy is fully prepared Ole ceremony and German soldiers tack against the Japanese at further defections of puppet troops.

The IRA. are now a negligible and eager for the fray. and the off duty were allowed to wander "Yukiho between Tangyang anda puppet unit which had recently force and sympathy for Germany R.A.F. await the outcome with more or less at will about north.

Kingmen. Fighting lasted for three completed training in Hankow and was never less.

tremendous optimism, though all Spain, but a parade of a German hours. Many Japanese were killed was dispatched to north Hupeh a

Bogs and small fields i centrai of the RAF.. have no husions motorised column. arranged to take and eight Japanese army lorries reinforcement, revolted against the Ireland make air fandings risky. about the bigger number of air place at San Sebastian, was sud- were destroyed

Japanese un July 2. They have Ireland's greatest defence asset, craft they may be called upon todenly caricelled without any reason come over to the Chinese side with however, is the warlike tempera-¡mect.

erven two field pleces, 10 heavy and light ment of her people. machine-guns and 200 rifles seized from the Japanese.

PUSH TO NORTH GATE The Chinese have pushed right UD to the north city

af gate Binyung on the Peiping-Hankow

"PUPPETS SURRENDER Ra Iway in south Hoaan. In a

Another puppet unit stationed vigorous drive, inflicting heavy near Angi, 20 miles north-west of Nanchang in Klangsi, surrendered to the Chinese authorities on July 13 after killing the Japanese off

SHANGHAI SHOOTING INCIDENT

CHUNGKING, July 18 (Central

cers.

The RAF have supreme: con

The Irish Army is confident in adence in themselves and in their Its troops and its General Stam

down

superior aircraft. There 19 3 EMERGENCY ACT

Towing belief that the Germans

the are beginning to feel DUBLIN, July 18 (Reuter)

strain The Eirean Government will make

of sustained loss of pilots, an order under the Emergency bomber recently brought

*The pilot of one German Power Secret Act providing for!

was only aged 17. with 3 total continuous performance of duties of 50 hours flying to his credit." of the Prime Minister, for the The Japanese-sponsored so-cal-removal of a Minister from the led self-defence, corps at Tungsu, Government if that person 1s south of Kaifeng in Honan, also unable to full his functions owing mutinied and surrendered to the to an emergency and for the ap Chinese side on July 13 Five Ja-pointment from the membership panese officers were killed.

of the Dall or Senate of a suc- cessor:""

In south Shantung about 4.000

-Hou Yen-chung.-40. owner of the puppet troops under the command

The order provides that if for

EGYPT'S ARMY STANDARD TO BE MAINTAINED

CAIRO" July" 18 (Reuter)—It is

Hul Lee Real Estate Company in of Chan Yi-tseng revolted on July any reason during the emergency "Klangse Road, Shanghai, and one 10. The Ghanting Provincial Gor the Prime Minister is unable to the Government's intention not of the partners of the Chiu' Yuan ernment has, sent delegates to re-perform his duties, they would only to maintain the present stand- (Autumn Garden) Gambling House organise them; Bringing $20,000 as be automatically undertaken by ard of arms and equipment of the In the western district, was shot a "comfort" fund

the Deputy Prime Minister, dead in the Ta Chung Hwa Hotel,

Yu Ya Ching Road, on the night

of July 16, according to a Shanghal report.

Two of his friends. Hsu Chen- hwa, manager of the Hat Lee Real Estate Company, and Fan Fah- yuan, former chlet of the arsenal in Tehchow, Shantung, who were with him at the time, were serious wounded:

'three men broke into Hou's room and let loose a hail of bullets at him and his friends. One of them was arrested by the watchman of the hotel, but the other two escap- ed.

Hou was wounded in the chest "and succumbed before he reached

hospital

Japanese Warship Sunk In

Egyptian Army, but to increase its strength both in numbers and equipment until it reaches the de- sired standard," declared Mahmud

Sunk In my Elkhaissi, Minister of De-

Chekiang Operations

FAST CHEKLANG FRONT. July 17 (Central)~One_Japan-

ese warship is reported to have been sunk and several others were damaged during the Japanese naval operations off Chen- hai. gateway to Ningpo, yesterday

Altogether 19 enemy war vessels arrived off Chenhai- early

of

yesterday morning and started a terrific naval bombardme34 235

the coast until sundown-

The attack was supported by aerial bombing staged by waves of five to eight aircraft,

Chinese defenders swung their shore batteries into action and forced the Japanese" warships #to retire outside the barbour U.S. MINISTER

At the Slaoshan sector, on the TO AUSTRALIA south bank of the Chlentang River LONDON, July 18 (Renter-The opposite Hangchow, the Chinese first United States Minister to launched a surprise attack on the Australia, Mr. Clarence Gauss, Japanese on the night of July 15. yesterday presented his credentials

to the Governor-General. :

STREET FIGHTING

fense, in the Chamber of Deputies. Referring to the previous an. nouncement that suggestions were under” conalderation to the effect that the British Government should take back certain war ma- terial loaned to the Egyptian Army and purchase of other wär,material betonging to the Egyptian Army. the Government now announced-) that the Army was maintaining, and would maintain. Its full com. plement of war material, including that borrowed from the British

SERIOUS BREACH Government.

BY SWEDEN

SPAIN AND CHILE

· MADRID, July 19 (Reuter)

off

ZUNDON July 17 (Reuter)--- Further reference to the British Government's protest against the Swedish Government's decision to Explaining" the breaking allow German troops and war ma diplomatic relations with Chie. terial to cross Swedish territory an official note says that Chilean wax made at question time in the Popular Front Government has House of Communs to-day.

not ceased to protect and

ald

Mr. Geoffrey Mander usked Iteds who had fled from Spain. They récaptured a stategic whether the Swedish action, waa In a statement, Mr. RG, Menzies, helgbt nearby and succeeded in not in. direct violation of the able limita culminating in a large

This attitute reached Intoler Australian Prime Minister. said smashing into the west and south Hague Convention of 1907 and that the Australian people regard. gates of Staoshan Street Dghting what action the British Govern- Public meeting on June 17, when speaker, insulted Spain and Gen. ed the arrival of Mr. Gauss as an took place inside the city, result ment proposed to take.../

speeches being Franco, their event of profound. Importance.. ing in heavy Japanese losses.

Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary They hoped that he would play Japanese units which recently for Foreign Affairs, said they had broadcast by the official radio.. an important part in making the landed on Tungshachow and other already indicated their view to the Pacific a region in which nations-islets in the Fuchun River are re- Swedish Government that this might trade peacefully and thus ported to have been dipersed by constituted a serious breach of when the Under-Secretary would-Mr. Gauss have Australia's the Chinese. Tungshachow still re-neutrality.

asked if the Government intended An Inaudible answer was given to press the matter. most active support.

mains in Chinese hands,

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