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JAPANESE EXPLAIN SHELLING

Mistook Ladybird For Enemy Ship

Shanghai, Dec. 20. H.M.S. Ladybird was shelled by Japanese batteries near Wuhu Jon December 12 in the belief that she was an escort for ships carrying Chinese troops, declared n Japanese spokesman to-day in releasing the preliminary ind- ings of the investigation of the

incident.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1987.

CANTON PEOPLE RUSH FOR H.K.

RUMOURS OF ATTACK

SPREAD IN CITY

Canton, Dec. 20.

The news that hostilities are likely to break out in South China, following reports of an imminent Japanese landing at Bias Bay, is spreading throughout the city, and steamers to Hongkong and Macao have been crowded The official said the incident oc-with excited Chinese since the early hours this morning, curred in the early morning when the

all anxious to avoid what they believe may be a second Nanking disaster.

river was shrouded in thick fog and all distant objecta were scarcely dis- cernable,

A Japanese officer had told the in- quiry that the Ladybird emitted thick smoke

which resembled

smoke-screen. In bellef that such a convoy could only be used for the transportation of troops, the officer In charge of the battery ordered the

guns to fire.

The spokesman refused to answer

questions as to details of the incident

on the grounds that the investiga- tion was still lucomplete.-Reuter."

PURSUING INQUIRY

Shanghai, Dec. 20, A Japanese spokesman sald this morning regarding the sinking of the U.S.S. Panay on December 12, that the visit of Japanese officers to the ship to exchange calling cards and the alleged machine-gunning, of the vessel were not related,

The oficial declared

"this means that two different army units involved and added that the exerce of calling cards took place

that

about 20 miles from the spot where the ill-starred warship was anchored on the fatal Sunday.

apon

The new investigation, following on this revelation, said the spoken- would be thorough, and necessitated that despatch of special agents to chase Japanere units which were already advancing northwards | along the Tientsin-Pukow rollway. --- Reuter.

RELEASING REPORT

Shanghal, Dec. 20. A Japanese military spokesman at- nounced this morning at the Japan- ese military attache, General Harada, who personadiy investigated the Panay and Laydbird incidents, has returned to Shanghai and will make public his report this afternum.

The report, while it represents the Eonclusions of the Japanese military Investigations, cannot be regarded as Tokyo's final answer.

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The same spokesman stated that Japanese troops

Thursday enptured point: 20 kilometres east and 30 kilometres west of Tangehow

alted Press,

DENIES CONFISCATION OF PROPERTY

Shanghai, Dec. 20.

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Chinese official sources at present refuse to comment TO - MORROW on the reports of the imminence of the Japanese landing, Now Universal but the threat to Canton 'itself is not considered immediate, some sources suggesting that the first) Japanese move will be to cut the Canton-Kowloon rail- Way, isolating Canton from Hongkong.

It is reiterated that General Yu Hon-mau's troops which constitute the bulk of Kwangtung's defence forces intend to offer staunch resistance to any invasion.- Reuter.

SHAMEEN NOT DISTURBED

women

to Canton. the British Consul- General, Mr. A. P. Blunt, has an- nounced that British

and children would be requested to evacuate, but Reuter is reliably in- While excitement is epnsiderable formed that this order has not yet Japanese landing, foreign Consuls until a Japanese landing. likely to concerning the reports of an intended been given, and will not be given

Canton, Dec. 20.

fess themselves to be completely affect Canton, actually occurs. nable to confirm the story, and!

Mr. Blunt left for Hongkung this Shameen is only mildly interested, it being generally felt that this is morning, it is reported, in order to dis- cuss the present situation with the merely another rumour.

In the event of a Japanese threat tongkong authorities,--Reuter.

STOP PRESS NEWS

TSINGTAO Award To

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Mexico City, Dec. 20.,

A serious situation has followed the!

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that i Reports from Tsingtae state Chinese

looted crowds

several ! Japanese shops on the outskirts of the city, but at present the looting has stopped and everything is quiet.

A Japanese naval spokesman said Federal Arbitration Board's decision that according to his information, all of increasing oll workers' wages and SPECTACULAR ENTERTAINMENT FILLED WITH LAUGHTER ! Japanese mills in Tsingio have been social conditions at a cost of about completely destroyed. United Press. £1,500,000 annually

companies.

UNEXPECTED TURN FOR WORSE

Berlin, Dec. 20.

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It's got the most beautiful girls in the world .... It's got the funniest comedians of screen and radio, It's got the cleverest specialties ever shown on the screen.

The companies have issued a state- ment complaining of a glaring denial IT'S GOT EVERYTHING A GOOD PICTURE SHOULD HAVE! of justice and refusing to accept res- ponsibility for the consequences that ray arise.

It is believed here that the state-

A Japanese Embassy spokesman i denied reports of the confiscation of

in privately-owned property Hongkow and Yangtsepoo districts.. He said that in some cases property

A bulletin issued in the early hours ment may indicate a threat to sus- had been requisitioned, in which event of this morning states that General pend operations throughout Mexien. the Japanese would pay the owners. Ludendorff's condition became crite1-Reuter.

-United Press.

DUCHESS FOR SWATOW

H.M.S. Duchess leaves for Swatow to-day.

[overnight due to an unexpected-weak-

ness of the heart.

The General recently made such acod progress that physicians yester- day were planning to allow him to leave the nursing home and to re- turn to his villa at Tutzing.-Reuter.

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