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CHINESE

YANGTSE

MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1937.

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RUSSIAN AIRMEN AID IN DEFENCE SCHEME

Hankow, Dec. 20.

A new Chinese boom across the Yangtse River at Kiukiang, halfway between Wuhu and Hankow' is now in position, closing the river to navigation above this point,

A number of British and American gunboats and merchant ships which, for various reasons, did not follow the warships Capetown, Oahu and Ladybird, down river, are therefore bottled up in the reaches of the Yangtee

above the boom.

It is hoped that the boom will prevent Japanese warships from steaming up the Yangtse and bombarding Hankow in the attack the Japanese are now expected to make on the city.

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Mr. Frank Billings Kellogg, former | TO - MORROW American Ambassador, and author of the famous Kellogg Peace Pact of 78 Now Universal following a stroke and an operation.

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words, who is reported to be dying.

STOP PRESS

Hankow is now well profceled, allotted $100,000 in bonds for reflet | === against le raids, Chinese · airmen purposes in the refugee zone fo having been given assistance in the Nanking, patrol work of some 30 Soviet pilots The Russian pilots, with their smart who are using Soviet-mude machines. bearing, friendly attitude and polish ed manners, have become execeding- ly populur.

· Later. The Chinese authorities have offi- ; cially announced that the Yangtse is elased to navigation below Kiukiang.

contributions from oversens Chinese remitted by Dr. C. T. Wang, Chinese JAPAN ARMY QUICKENS Ambassador to America.-Central

News.

CONFUSION REIGNS AT

TSINGPU

Hankow. Dec, 20.

The Hankow garrison headquarters) has announced that beginning to- Confusion again reigns in Taingpu morrow, the use of telephones in the north-west of Singklang as Japanese Wuhu area will be stopped during troops and Chinese guerilla units are air raids in order to facilitate eleient bolding out spainst each other across defence operation. The only exceperenk. tions will be the military, fire brigante Land Jospital telephone lines.-

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CHINESE WITHDRAW

Hungehow, Dec. 20.

Chinese forces withdraw from Chẳngshanishib north of Hangebow on!

The inhabitants are fleeing in all

directions.--Central News.

10,000 JAPANESE CROSS YANGTZE RIVER

Isuchow, Dec. 20,

tho Nanking-Hungchow highway i Au intelligence report received

WAR'S PACE

Shanghat, Dec, 20, Japanese forces quickened the pace

military preparations in Clickiang, Klangau, and Anhwei as they engaged the Chinese forces in brief position-testing engagements at half a dozen points where large- senle drives are likely to break aut as soon as the groundwork for the campaign is completed.

yesterday after their defence works there states that about 10,00n Japanese had been demolished by a Japanese troops have crossed the Yangtze Riverailway front the Japanese forces are bombardment during repeated on-at Chinking to the north bank. staughts,

Protected by a heavy barrage and

Chinese troops on the north bank preceded by a number of tanks, 800 have been instructed by the Chines Japanese infantry-men launched and military command to take the strictesi attack on the Chinese positions at 1precaution against these Japanes 1.1. After a four-hour meat, the Chinese forces were loredups.-Central News,

fo withdraw for two kilometres.

At 5 am. the Japanese launched second offensive. Undaunted the Chinese forces put up a stubborn re- sistance. slaughtering

aver 200 Japanese.

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Hankow, Dec. 20.

According to Chinese reports. Japanese troops which crossed the Yangise at Chinklang and captured: Yangchow, launched An attack against the Chinese forces north of Yangehow. The objective of the 45 miles to the north of Yangchow. Jagmnese troops is said to be Kaoyu,

Meanwhile, on the Tientsin-Pakuw

istated to have staged several

raids on intention of testing the strength of the Chinese lines ngar Wuyi with the the Chinese forces in that sector. 4 An- north of the Yungtse according to other Japanese unit is operating other Chinese reports, preparing for a drive along the Hweinan railway. This foret, which crossed the Yang- tse at Wuliu, is said to have gained a foothold near Yuchikow, Hanahan and Holisien un the river bank. The main objective of this army is the strategic city of Hofei. Iucated some 90 kilometres inland.

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Later, nine Japanese heavy bomb- ing planes flew over the Chinese pusi- - tions and unloaded tons of high ex- plosives. With their defence works! completely destroyed the Chinese: forces Anally abandoned Chingshan-| The report that the Soviet Am- shit and withdrew to new positions with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-sheit, to have blown up all bridges along bassador had arrived and conferred

further south.

southern terminus of the railway be- fore launching n drive towards Hofci. Chinese troops are reported

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The highway south of Chingshan-to whom he is said to have sub- railway. shib has been damaged by the Chi-mitted certain proposals, uch as the Constituting a separate field, the nese forces to check the advance of organisation of Popular Front Japanese military operations in the the Japanese whilst Chinese mobile Soviet-army-officers-and-the-despatch-loved-likely to-be-the-scene-of-a Government, the employment of Chekiang and Anhwel areas ure be- units-are-stift occupying the hills” around Chingshanshih to harass the.

of Soviet planes and bitter struggle between the Chinese! Japanese-Central News

aviators, is fally denied at the land Japanese forces when the Japan- Chinese and Russian headquarters cae drive gets under way.-Reutor. here.

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