1938-01-12 — Page 29

HONGKONG THE

TELEGRAPH.

AMERICAN WOMAN WHO NO SHANSI WORKED WITH CHINESE

RED ARMY TELLS TALE

Hankow, Jan, 12.

Miss 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 montha and has just come from the war front on which the "Red Army" is fighting in northern Shanal. She crossed the country by the Tauyuanfu railway, though the line is under Japanese occupa- tion, and then travelled by way of Linfen and Tungkwon.

She in staying in Hankow to write a book.

Miss Smedley revealed that the 8th Houte Army, which is the ocial designation of the Communist Bght ing forer, possesses 100,000 regular troops la northern Shans, and in addition the army has trained 100, 000 farmers to carry arms and fight according to queria rules. So far the regulars and farmers have been completely successful in their opera- tions, harassing the Japanese in north and east Shansi, south Charhar und all the territory of Hopei west of the Pingon Railway up to northern Hu-

ກມ.

Often, saya Miss Smedley, the "Red" Holdiers have starved Japan- exe columns to death by evacuating all residents and foodstuffs from the towns.

Their main tree of munitions is Japanese transport columns, which they rald regularly. These troops also get help from the Central Gov. ernment:

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

FOREIGN HELPERS-

She said there were two foreign persons working with the Red Army, a volunteer German instructor and u Turkish medical doctor. She does not know the German's name, but the Turk is generally called Dr. Ma. People usually believe Miss Smedley is a Soviet staff officer. She saw no Soviet citizens working with the Red Army, she added.

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The Chinese tactics made Japanese communication in northern Shansi al most impossible. The main route of along the Japanese supplies was

railway, Shihchinchwang-Talyuan which is being badly harassed by the 8th Route Army. The Chinese had cut the Pinghan Rallway dozens of times, Miss Smedley suld. The only trouble is they cannot hold positions because of the lack of heavy arma-

ment.

JAPANESE WORRIED

COUNTER- ATTACK

Would Only Be Suicide Says General

Hankow, Jan. 12. An Interview with General

Linfeng Hsi-shun at

has

Yen been

published in which he denies that it is the intention of the Shansi forers to launch a counter-attack against the Japanese. He pointed out that this would be equivalent to suleide in the absence of the fullest support and co-operation of the Chinese troops en the Tientsin-Pukow and Peiping- Hankow railway fronts.

Large Chinese concentrations aro at present at Talku on the site of the famous Oberlin in China, which is at present removed to Sian,

Miss Smedley says the Japanese have been worried by the 8th Roule

General Yen attributed the recent Therefore two Army's activity and weeks ago they concentrated heavy Japanese withdrawals from the Tai- yuan area to increasing activity by reinforcements at Tatung and Tal- yun, planning to wipe out the Chi-Chinese partisan groups, ntse. Miss Sinedly believes their task impossible.

inten

und

She admires the work done by the famous Chinese woman writer, Miss Dingling, who leads a corps of afty elght girls in enlightening the masses, entertaining soldiers by staging patriotle plays and singing. The remarkable thing is that she puts the daily news in song.

PURELY CORRESPONDENCE

• Miss Smedley says of herself that her work is "purely correspondence." She does not do anything else, she says. But at the time of Marshal Chiang Kai-shek's kidnapping at Slan she spoke every night over the radio reporting on events and con- dueting Interpretations,

She dresses In Chinese military uniform, with a Stum Ilrown bell and green jacket under a heavy, fur over- coat. United Press.

COOK SENTENCED unemployed, was sentenced to

FOR THEFT

"Of Shansi's listen (districts) the enemy has occupied only twelve in the shape of a narrow strip along the railways-United Press.

Weihsien Reported Occupied

the

Shanghai, Jan. 12. It is reliably reported that Japanese army has occupied Wei- hsten-United Press.

TSINGTAO QUIET

JAPANESE CONSUL GOES ASHORE

Tsingtao, Jun 12. Monday night in Tsingtao passed without incident, Japanese marines armed with bayonets being posted at

must street corners,

six weeks for receiving stolen property. Detective Sergeant Nolloth said the manager of the cafe had missed the machine, which was valued at $35, on or about November 6. On Tuesday Kowloon A cook working In the Confectionary, Alhambra Building, morning he came upon it by chance wus sentenced to two months hard in a stall in Sheklung Street. It was labour by Mr. H. R. Butters at the learned eventually that Ng had re- Kowloon Magistracy this morning ceived it from the cook, Lo Kam, 32,

The behaviour of a second hand when he was convicted of stealing an and had sold it to

store, which in turn had disposed of electric motor belonging to his em- players. Another man, Ng Yin, 43.t to the stall owner.

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The Japanese Consul, General Solaka, landed, yesterday morning, but has not yet called on the foreign consulates.

the Japanese landing party was very polile and well-ordered.United Press.

JAPANESE INSPECT RUINS

Tsingtao, Jan. 12.

The waterworks volunteer police guards were withdrawn yesterday. Meanwhile Japanese officers have been taken on a tour of the ruins of

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 fitness 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 Horo 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- coines Commander of the Fourth Division, Colonel 5. C. T. Paget will be Commandant of the Staff College at Camberley, Colonel H. R. Pownall becomes Director of Military Opera- Hons, Colonel T. R. Eastwood has Commandant at been appointed Sandhurst, Colonel P. Neame as Com- mandant at Woolwich, and all, with the exception of Major-General Alexander, have been granted the. temporary rank of Major-General,

Major-General W. D. S. Brownrigg, Sir Ronald Adam and Major-General

LONGER TRAINING PERIOD

New Japan Army Regulation

granted the

R Hainin have been local rank of Lieutenant-General.

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

of Major- The establishment Generals has been filled up tempor- have been arily, but officers who passed over may again be con sidered for the posts when they fall vacant three years hence.

Major-General Alexander is the second youngest Major-General in the British army-Reuter.

Girl Soldier Tells Story Of Campaigns

Fought At Nonni

1

River With

General Ma

Tokyo, Jan. 12. Plans for lengthening the period of military service to two years, and #compulsory military system for youth schools, has been approved by the Cabinet before whom the sures were brought by the Marquia Chinese girl soldiers, a Government Koichi Kido, Minister of Education) spokesman to-day introduced corres- and General Suglyama, the War pondents to a typical Chinese girl warrior, Miss Yao Jul-fang, who Minister.

joined the army as long ago as the Nonni River. battle, where General Ma Chan-chan attracted the world's attention for his heroic defence. That was shortly after the Mukden The two-year conscription system incident In 1931 and General Ma, and 18 Miss Yao, one of his soldiers, fought was decided upon because the months period which is at present stubbornly for many days against the custom is now considered insuf-heavy odds. Acient for training under modern conditions.

Hunkow, Jan. 12.

at the With everyone talking mca-

The Bill providing for the exten- all service for sion of military branches of the infantry will be sub- mitled upon the re-opening of the Diet on January 22.

Branches other than the infantry already have a two-year period of service. Those who entered the in- fantry on or after December 1937 must therefore remain in the army for two years according to the revis- ed regulations, whether or nor they have finished their regular courses at the youth schools-Reuter.

Japanese mills by special police to. S. Woman inspect tire full extent of the damage

done by the recent

dynamite explosions.

burnings and

It was noticeable that a small num-

Missionary

ber of Chinese police were on duty Under Fire

in the

streets with the Japanese

patrolsReuter.

FURTHER

TALKS OF PEACE

New Conjectures

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

The latest conjecture by authorl- tative opinion is that China is willing to negotiate for peace on a basis of the terms already submitted by Japan and that China 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 at 197 Hollywood Road.

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

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

REPORT CONFIRMED

Tsingtao, Jan. 12.

Miss Yao is little over twenty and is a native of Helho, on the Amur River, and was educated in Shanghal. She has nothing of the warrior's look, though she has campaigned in Feng- tlen, Jehol, Charhar and Shanghal in the past seven years. She has rosy cheeks, but she uses no counelles. She is healthy and friendly, and very neat in her gray cotton uniform and her badge with Marshal Chiang Kai- shek's image.

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

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

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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 Shanghai in 1032.

Chinese women, she went on, are part for the do their anxious to nation's salvation. She herself would go to the front from Hankow as soon as possible. Her work is two-fold: A Reuter message confirms the re-organising guerillas and doing pro- port that the Baptist Mission at paganda Jobs for the army-United Tsining was bombed on Monday by Japanese aircraft. A Chinese watch- man was killed according to the re- Smith, n port made by Gertrude member of the mission stni, who also stated that there were no American casualties-Reuter.

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