1938-01-12 — Page 17

THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

AMERICAN WOMAN WHO NO SHANSI WORKED WITH CHINESE COUNTER-

RED ARMY TELLS TALE

Hankow, Jan. 12.

Mies Agnes Smedley, an American woman, friend of Chi- nese Communists and a daring adventurer, arrived here to-day. She has been with the Chinese Communist forces for 14 months and has just come from the war front on which the "Red Army" is fighting in northern Shansi. She crossed the country by the Tauyuunfu railway, though the line is under Japanese occupn- tion, and then travelled by way of Linfen and Tungkwan

She is staying in Hunktow to write a book,

that the

The Chipere tacties made Japanese Pommunication in northern Shansi ad

rest impossible. The main route of Miss Smedley revealed

along the Japanese supplies was

rallway, 8th Route Army, which is the allicia: shihehinchwang-Taiyuan designation of the Communist fight which is being badly harassed by the ing force, possesses 100,000 regularth Houte Army. The Chinese bad cut the Pinghan Railway dozens of troops in northern Shanst, and lu

Umes, Miss Sinedly cald. The only adultion the army has trained 100,- 000 farmers to carry arts and fight trouble is, they cannot hold positions according to guerilla rules. So far because of the lack of heavy penta- the regulars al farmers have been

ment. completely successful in their opera tions, harassing the Japanese in horth and east Shansi, south Charbar and! all the territory of Hopei west of the Finghan Bulway up to northern He

1:11.

Ollen.

Says Mis Smedley, th

Their main source of munitions is Japanese transport columns, which they rald regularly. These troups also get help from the Central Gov- crument.

JAPANESE WORRIED

·

ATTACK

Would Only Be Suicide Says General

Hunkow, Jan. 12.

General Yen An interview with

been Linfeng has Hai-shan at published in which he denies that it is the intention of the Shansi forces to launch a counter-attack against the Japanese. He pointed out that this world be equivalent to suicide in the absence of the fullest support and co-operation of the Chinese troops an the Tientsin-Pukow and Peiping- Hankow rallway fronts.

Large Chinese concentrations are at present at Taiku on the site of the famous Oberlin in China, which is at prezent removed to Slain.

Mi Smedley says the Japanese have been worried by the 8th Rotte

General Yen attributed the recent therefore two Army's activity and weeks ago they concentrated heavy Japanese withdrawals from the Tai- reinforcements at Tatung and Tat-yuan area to increasing telivity by Yuan, planning to wipe out the Chi-Chinese partisan groups.

Weihsien Reported

"Red" Soldiers have starvest Japanese Miss Smedley beli ves their "O Shansi's halen (istricts) the esa colinus to death by evacuating: jask impossible.

enemy has occupied only twelve in all residents and foodstuffs from the

She admires the work done by the the shape of a narrow strip along towns.

famous Chinese woman writer, Miss | the railways,→United Press. Dingling, who leads a corps of fifty men and eight girls in iiightening: the masses, entertaining soldiers by Manna patriotin plays and singing. The remarkable thing 15 that puts the daily news in song.

PURELY CORRESPONDENCE Mirs Smedley says of herself that her work is purely correspondence.**

Miss Smedley said she admired the Army's guerilla' facties 8th Route whole-heartedly.

FOREIGN HELPERS

¦

She

Chiang Kai-shek's kidnapping at Sian she spoke every night over the radio reporting on events and con- dusting interpretations.

She said there were two foreign | She does not do anything else, shy person working with the Red Army, | says. But at the tune "of Marshal a volunteer German instructor and a Turkish medical doctor. She does not know the German's name, but the Turk is generally called Dr. M. People usually believe Miss Smedley She dresses in Chinese military is a Soviet staff offlger. She saw no uniform, with a Sum Brown bell and Soviet citizens working with the Redereen jacket under a heavy, fur over- Army, she added).

roat.-United Press.

unemployed, was sentenced

to

six

Occupied

Shanghai, Jan. 12.

the it is reliably reported that Japanese army has veeupled Wei- hsien. United Press.

TSINGTAO QUIET

JAPANESE CONSUL GOES ASHORE

COOK SENTENCED works for receiving stolen property, without incident, Japanese marines

FOR THEFT

Tsingtao, Jan, 12. Monday night in Tsingtao passed armed with bayonets being posted at must street corners.

Consul The Japanese

General Solalta, tanded yesterday morning, but has not yet called on the foreign consulates.

Detective Sergrant Noljail said the manager of the cafe had missed the į machine, which was valued at $35, on A cook working in the Kowloon for about November 6. On Tuerday Confectionary, Alhambra Building, Įmo hing he came upon it by etrance was senteured to two months' hard na taft in Sheklung Street. It was labour by Mr. H. R. Bullers at the learned eventually that Ng had re-

this Kowtomy Matury

morning ved it from the cook, Lo Kan, 32. a seed hand when he was convicted of stealing en and had sell it tu electric entor belonging to his emptor, which in turn had disposed of landing party was very polite and ploy ra. Another man. Ng Yin, 13. the stall owner.

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JAPANESE INSPECT RUINS

Tsingtao, Jan. 12. The waterworks volunteer pollee rds were withdrawn yesterday. Meanwhile Japanese officers have been taken on a tour of the ruins of Japanese milla by special police to inspect the full extent of the damage done by the recent burnings and dynamite explosions.

It was noticeable that a small num- ber of Chinese police were on duty

WEDNESDAY,

JANUARY 12,

1938.

YOUNG OFFICERS

TO COMMAND BRITISH ARMY

London, Jan. 11.

In pursuance of the principle that army officers receive ap- pointments solely in recognition of their peculiar Atness for the post, instead of by seniority and good record, a principle which brought about the recent changes in the Chief of Staff Com- mand by the War Minister, Mr. Leslie Hore Belisha, several Colonels, most of whom were temporary Brigadiers, have been appointed to new posts.

Major-General H.R.L.G. Alexander becomes Commander of the First Division, Colonel D. G. Johnson be- comes Commander of the Fourth Division, Colonel S. C. T. Paget will be Commandant of the Staff College at Camberley, Colonel H. R. Pownall becomes Director of Military Opern- tlons, Colonel T. R. Eastwood has been appointed. Commandant Sankhurst, Colonel P. Neame as Com- mandant at Woolwich, and all, with the

of Major-General exception Alexander, have been granted the temporary rank of Major-General.

ફાર્મ

granted the

R. Hainin have been local rank of Lieutenant-General.

It Is stated that although several of the newly-appointed officers' rank is low from the viewpoint of age, their promotion is not intended finally to block the seniors' hopes of advance- ment.

The

Major- establishment Generals has been flied up tempor- have been arily, but officers who passed over may again be ron- sidered for the posts when they full

vacant three years hence,

Major-General Alexander is the Major-General W. D. S. Brownrigg.second youngest Major-General in the Sir Ronald Adam and Major-General British army-Reuter,

LONGER TRAINING

PERIOD

New Japan Army

Regulation

Tokyo, Jan. 12.

Plans for lengthening the period

Girl Soldier Tells Story Of Campaigns

Fought At Nonni

fur!

With

River With Goneral Ma

Hankow, Jan. 12.

the everyone talking of

of military service to two years, and

military system a compulsory youth schools, has been approved by The Cabinet before whom thus ma sures were brought by the Marquis Chinese girl soldiers, a Government. Kolchi Kido, Minister of Education spokesman to-day introduced corres- and General

a typical Chinese girl Suglyama, the War pondents to

warrior, Miss Yao Jui-fang, who Minister.

The Bill providing for the exten- tiver battle, where General Joined the army as long ago as the sion of military service for all branches of the Infantry will be sub- Ma Chan-shan attraded the world's nitted upon the re-opening of the attention for his herole defence. That was shortly after the Mukden Diet on January 22.

The two-year conscription system incident in 1931, and General Ma, und because the 18 Miss Yao, one of his soldiers, fought was decided upon

months period which is at present stubbornly for many days against the custom is now considered insuf- | heavy odds. ficient for training under modern conditions.

Miss Yao is little over twenty and

Branches other than the infantry a native of Heilio, on the Amur of River, and was educated in Shanghal. already have a two-year period service. Those who entered the In-She has nothing of the warrior's look, 1937 though she has campaigned in Feng- fantry on or after December must therefore remain in the army tien, Jehol, Chuchar and Shanghai in She has rosy for two years according to the revis-the past seven years.

RO Cosmetics. ed regulations, whether or nor they cheeks, but she uses have finished their regular courses at She is healthy and friendly, and very the youth schools.-Reuter,

neat in her gray cotton uniform and her badge with Marshal Chlong Kai- shek's image.

U. S. Woman

Missionary

In the streets with the Japanee Under Fire

patrols,Reuter.

FURTHER

TALKS

OF PEACE

New Conjectures

Tokyo, Jan. 12. The Imperial Conference went into recess and it is expected that a statement will be made in a few days. Meanwhile officials are pledg ct to silence.

The latest conjecture by authorl- tative opinion is that China is willing basis of to negotiate for peate on the terins already submitted by Japan and that Chiria has approved of Herr Hiller's mediator to establish the negotiations-United Press.

GAMBLERS TAKEN

IN RAID.

Wong Wa, 30, unemployed, was Aned $25, or in default three weeks' Imprisonment by Mr. R. Edwards at the Central Magistracy this morning for keeping a common gaming house nt 197 Hollywood Road.

Twelve athers were charged with gambling. Two who were detained were fined $1 each, while the rest had their ball of $3 each estreated,

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In Smith at Tsining Shantung. has sent a message that the Amerlean 'Mission was bombed on January 10, extensive damage being caused.

The gatekeeper at the mission was killed. but the missionary herself in safe-United Press.

REPORT CONFIRMED

Tsingtao, Jan. 12.

The Chinese spokesman made a mystery of her to-day, and called her a "girl hero."

Bashfully, she told how she had her tlashed to Nonni River from home on the Armur to join General Ma's army in 1931. She had crossed the Great Wall dozens of times while serving as a military oflcerelle be- tween the volunteers In Manchuria and-their-supporters-in-Felping, she

She told how she escaped arrest by the Japanese inside Mukden, how she fought 500 Japanese cavalry in the first war adventure in Manchuria, and how she served in Shanghal in 1932.

Chinese women, she went on, are anxious to do their part for the nation's salvation. She herself would go to the front from Hankow as BOOK as possible. Her work is two-fold: re-organising guerilins and doing pro- paganda Jobs for the army.—United

A Reuter message confirms the port that the Baptist Mission

'sining was bombed on Monday by Japanese aircraft. A Chinese watch- and was killed necording to the re- port made by Gertrud

Smith.

inember of the mission stuff, who also stated that there were no American ca maltics-Reuter.

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