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FEVERED WAR ACTIVITY IN NINE PROVINCES

Impossible To Tell Dr. Koo Warns Powers Against Japan

Where Japan's Army Will Land Next Blow

Terrible Tale Of Fall

Of Chinese Capital

REFUGEES ABREADY

EVACUATING

KWANGTUNG; SOME GOING ABROAD

Shanghai, Dec. 18.

A deadly military chess game is being played by the Chinese and Japanese armies as the opposing forces manoeuvre their war machines for impending big battles. As the pace of the real-life war game quickens, foreign and Chinese observers are finding the While strategy of the rival forces a matter for great speculation, both sides rush men, ammunition and supplies to the war zones,

MADE DANGEROUS TRIP MAY CARRY WAR

Mr. A. W. Martin of Hong kong recently drove from Shang- hai to Nanking and back and in the story below relates the ad- ventures of the trip. Twice he lay flat in paddyfields to escapo Japanese airmen,

observers are finding difficulty in naming the definite points where H. K. MAN

the Japanese army will strike.

There are nine provinces where feverish manoeuvring is taking place: Kiangsi, Kiangsu, Chekiang, Shantung, Hunan, Hupeh, Anhwei, Fukien and Kwangtung.

Meanwhile driving northward along two routes, Japanese army units, according to Chinese reports, seem to be making a bold bid for Hsuchow in northern Kiangsu, which is located on the Tientsin-Pukow railway close to the Shantung border. This ambitious move is said to be developing slowly, enabling the Japanese to march into Shantung from the south and to aid in completing the link which the Japanese military leaders claim will stretch in an unbroken line from Peiping to Shanghai. -Reuter.

Tells Of Battle For Nanking

Shanghai, Dec. 18.

An awe-inspiring spectacle of terri ble fullty was seen from the roof of the Italian Embassy on the after- noon of December 12 when the Chinese defence at Nanking collapsed, says Mr. L, S. Smith, Reuter's special correspondent, who returned Shanghai aboard HLM.S. Ladybird, yesterday after covering the slege of Nanking from beginning to end,

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CHINESE HUNTING SAFETY

Stowaways Crowd H.K. Ships' Holds

Fearing that Japanese opera- tions will spread to South China, evacuating already.

TELLS

OF DANGEROUS NANKING DRIVE

Japanese Planes Drop Out Of Clouds Upon Nervous Motorists

Mr. A. W. Martin, Gestetner's manager here, was recently obliged to make the risky journey to Nanking from Shanghai by motor car in order to remove valuable stock belonging to his company from the path of the war in China's capital. "He was

JAPANESE hundreds of Chinese refuges are in Nanking just before the siege commenced.

ADMIT REVERSES

Forced To Retire In Shansi Thousands Of

Mr. Smith revealed that the Purple Men Withdrawn

Mountain, a well-known landmärk

north of the city, was blazing as

shells set fire to trees on its To the south three great

to the sky, while Nanking vibrated

saic,

Last month more than 100 Chinese

Yesterday, just back in Hongkong, he told his story to a Hongkong Telegraph representative.

"We ran the gauntlet through the

Eight New Flying Boats For Empire.

London, Dec. 17. Imperial Airways has ordered eight big, four-engined, all-metal flying bosta from aeroplane manufacturers at nocheater, Kent. They will be the samo type and sixa the famous Empire flying boats, but there will be differences in detall as a result of experience gained.

The now ranchines are ordered to cope will the over-growing traffic on the Empire ropics— Render.

TO NEW FIELDS

Hopes U.S. Will Join Britain and France To Safeguard Peace

Paris, Dec. 17.

Dr. Wellington Koo, principal Chinese delegate to the League of Nations, addressing the Academy of Diplo macy to-day asked: "Will Europe and America always refrain from acting?" when he historically reviewed the Japanese advances since 1931.

He said that to all appearances the Powers had become silent spectators of a drama which may not only affect China, but vitally modify the future world.

"If Japan ever controls China's tremendous man- power and natural wealth, she will not hesitate to carry arms to other countries," exclaimed Dr. Koo.

PLAN TO PROTECT INTERESTS

Admiral Suggests Tri-Party Scheme

London, Dec. 17. The creation of a joint advisory counelt on Far Eastern affairs in which Britain, the United States and France would be equally represented, Is advocated by Vice-Admiral C. V. Usborne in an article in the periodical Great Britain And The Easi,

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The Sino-Japanese conflict really n test of the solidarity of the of forces for peace against those aggression. He hoped that Franco- British co-operation would develop ៧. world-wide collective peaco through the accession of a great democracy Cross the Allantic- Reuter.

Boycott Pressed

London, Dec. 17. Society women, novelists, students and clergymen took part in an antl Japanese poster parade in crowded Oxford Street this afternoon.

The demonstrators paraded with sandwich boards bearing the slogans "Buy Nu Japanese Goods And Help To Stop Japan's Aggression". Thou sands of slips bearing the words were "Don't Buy Japanese Goods" distributed to Christmas shoppers.- Reuter.

Press For Damages Vice-Admiral Usborne declares that

London, Dec. 17, Anglo-American co-operation failed

At a meeting in London of the in 1031 and 1032 owing to each fear-

China Liaison Commitee of the ing being involved in a struggle from Federation of British Industries, in- which the other had withdrawn.cluding representatives of the China Therefore new method of

co-opera- tlon should be introduced.

(Continued on Page 11.) A tri- partite council should study to

to defend the joint interests of all the three Powers, and the representatives on this council should be instructed to consider these joint interests and only recommend such action as was neces- sary to safeguard them,

"Who can doubt that the insistence of righis by the three great de- mocracles, supported by combined armed forces, would meet with a speedy agreement? Such a combina- tion would not go further than the maintenance of existing rights solve the problem of the moment," concludes the article.-Router.

Inspecting Navy Bases

Lord Of Admiralty Making Tour

to

STOP PRESS

TRIBUTE TO

ROYAL NAVY

A high tribute to the courage of officers and men of the Royal Navy involved in tho recent Yongle bombing incidents has been paid by Admiral Harry Yarnell, Commander- In-Chief of the U.S. Aslatie Fleet.

A signal addressed to Admiral Sir Charles Little, the British Comman- der-in-Chief, was personally deliver- ed to the Senior Naval Officer in Shanghai and received in Hongkong to-day.

Of 1,000 passengers brought to Hongkong from Canton by the river ferry Fatshan yesterday, Sino-Japanese war areas," he said. over 200 are said to have booked "We had a lot of stock up there and passages for other countries. it was necessary for me to get it out. Approximately 400 of the Fat- We started out at night, my driver shan passengers were refugees and I, but were stopped at the gates

of the

ench Concession and told from Hankow.

the journey was 'much too dangerous' Immigration laws in the Philip-and that there was, shooting on the pines, Straits Settlements and else- road. This, of course, was true, but where in the Far East are preventing actually they wanted the highway the exodus from Hongkong becoming clear for Dr. H. H. Kung, the Finance Peiping, Dec. 18,

general. Close observers of the Sino-

Minister, who was going through that Knowing the horrors of unemploy-night. fires sent towering columns of smoke Japanese conflict believe that ment, famine and aerial bombard-

"We argued about it until 3 n.m. with the impact of shells crashing on Hankow need not fear immediatement, from which many refugees do and then I wandered about until 5

belleve Hongkong 翅 the waterworks hill west of the city attack through the Peiping- hundreds of Chinese are stowing away a.m., and finally got through. For the where Chinese batteries vigorously Hankow railway, as the Japanese at this port in an effort to reach arst 30 miles we travelled in totul replied. Two Japanese balloons have

not advanced beyond centres more remote from the scene darkness and at dawn were crossing directed the Japanese fire.

a terry. of conflict. Changich in north Honan, where

"The Arst 100 miles were terrible. occurred at 4.30 p.m. when punte was for several weeks, while

A sudden change in the situation they have been at a standstill stowaways were discovered by Singa. The most ghastly road you could observed among the Chinese civilians

in pore

ore Immigration officers.

imagine, all covered with fints that who were seen diving into dugouts (Shansi a withdrawal is admitted, Throwing open the hatches of one played havoc with my tyres which

London, Dec. 17. and crying out The Japanese are in The Japanese troops there at ship which arrived in Singapore from seemed all right when we started but

Immigration | WEF) recerches, searched

were really perished. Nevertheless

Colonel J. Llewellin, Civil Lord seen pouring northwards towards the Present are on the defensive 30 officers, carrying t

we made good progress all morning.

of the Admiralty, will shortly inspect waterfront, Some were well dis-miles south of Taiyuanfu, and a holds and found a batch of 80 stow handly stopping to eat. We had the

naval establishments in the East, combined with n visit to Australia sa cipiined, other were throwing their Japanese spokesman admitted aways. They were all nearly over hood down to watch the sky for rald-

It continues: "The British naval the principal delegate of the Empire officers with unselfish disregard for arms away, but all were hurrying that the forces were insufficient ! come by the rigours of the Journey, ing Japanese alcmen which had been Almost an entire division streamed to take the southern half of the deep down

Parliamentary Association at the their own safety proceeded im- among a cargo of dried constantly machine-gunning automo- past the Americas Embassy and

blter on the highway. flah, cheese, fruit and vegetables.

150 anniversary celebrations of mediately to the scene of the bombing reached a point not far beyond when province.

New South Wales.

and in the face of threatened force Legitimate entry Into Singapore has scattered shots were hoard. Then the

Planes Attacks on the railways to points been.

Roar Down been rendered more dificult by

Colonci Llewellin will all from and armed opposition, rendered all troops came back reluctantly, the within 20 miles of Pelping are fre- recent announcement that the Chinese

Toulon by the steamer Crossny on possible "Sure enough, they came at us

ald until all Americans were better-trained men of the Bath Divi- quent, but it is believed impossible, monthly immigration quota is to be out of the clouds and roared down

December 24

24 and will call at Aden out of danger. alon having forced their return.

that the Japanese will drive even as reduced from 6,000 to 3,000 from almost before we could realise they

on January 2, and at Colombo on The action of Rear Admiral Holt far as the Yellow River on the January 1. The Straits Government were actually heading for us. Wo

January Retreat Resumed

8, where he will inspect and Captain O'Donnell and officers Pelping Hankow line without leaving has been forced to make this reduce had been watching so carefully, and

New York, Dec. 17. Inaval establishments. He arrives in and men of H.M.S. Bee, the fine co Boon the retreat was resumed with the right flank seriously exposed. tion through the marked falling off in were arguing as to whether we had

The liner Queen of Bermuda salted Fremantle on January 18 and in operation of Vice-Admiral Crabbe the support of other divisions of in- The Chinese have destroyed 20 the number of Chinese returning to teken the right turning, and had slow from New York to-day without her Sydney on January 25. lie le due and Captain Dundas and the wel ferior provincial troops. The Chung miles of railway south of Changteh, China - since beginning ofed to ask a coolis on the roadside. 509 passengers and with a skeleto to leave Sydney on February 4, arrive come assistance of Lieut. Commander shan Road, a main artery leading to and the fact that 75,000 Japanese hostillas,

Ite pointed to the sky, and ran into crew, owing to a walk-out by 330 in Singapore on February 9, where Barlow and officers and the waterfront, was a solid mass of troops have been withdrawn from Formerly, quota ships brought more paddylaid. We realised the danger, members of the crow, who protested he will inspect the dockyard and 11.MS. Ladybird, exemplify those retreating troops and pack animals North China during the past two then 1,200 Chinese a week back to looked up and there they were two against the recent dismissal of 72 of naval establishments, and will return high standards which are the proud

with suna, many men shedding equip months is taken to indicate that no Hongkong and Chins, but aince the Japanese machinma diving on us, and their comrades, and the refusal of to England by air on February 18, tradition of the Ropal "Navy"

(Further Stop Prúr News on ment of grenades, rifes, ammunition big southern drive is at present war they are only bringing a few nor did not even gon, the engine, the employers to recognise the men's calling at Rangoon, Calcutta, Delhi

and Alexandria, Reuter alig (Continued on Page 11.) envlenged, Reuter hundred.

the city"." Chinese troops were then

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British Crew Strikes

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