1938-02-07 — Page 19

THE

HONGKONG · TELEGRAPH.⠀⠀ MONDAY, FEBRUARY

1938.

Chinese Guerillas Continue Grim Warfare

SET RING OF FIRE TO

STRONG BRITISH NOTE TO

DRIVE JAPANESE FROM

HILL-TOP POSITIONS FRANCO

Kwangsi Troops Praised For Gallant Defence of Lines

Nanchang, Feb. 6.

The semi-official publication, Wu Han Jih. Pao states that Chinese mobile units have surrounded the hills in the vicinity of Hsuenchen, south of Nanking and west of Kwangteh, and set fires which are slowly creeping towards the summits, where Japanese troops are station- ed. The Japanese positions are in turmoil.

Japanese defending Hsuenchen used light field pieces to shoot from the towers of the gates in the low city walls. Chinese troops threw ladders up to the walls, attempted to scale them but were driven back. They then sat fires in the hills and claim the Japanese are in à grave plight.

The Eighth Route Army reports effective, brought Chinese troops right ten to the gates of the battered city of than having attacked more Japanese trucks tonded with some Yuhang, ten miles west of Hung- 200 infantrymen in the vicinity of chow, of 9.25 o'clock yesterday morn- Yuanping, 80 miles north of Taiyuan, ing

The main forces of the Japanese Shansi, and to have demoralised the

The were driven from the city and have column with hand grenades.

retreated towards Bangchow. Japanese leaped from the trucks and

To defeat the maze of land mines hid behind them, and reinforcements

Inside wire came from trains at Yunnping to and charged barbed

Chinese troops have not entered the their rescue. Fighting continued two

the are closely guarding hours, the Chinese finally retreating city but westward, Japanese artillery pound-eastern gate and mopping up the invaders Japanese Fennant el their relrenting lines.

scattered in the outskirts of the city. Following their success, the main body of Chinese troops are advancing towards Hungehow and Kungsenklao,

-Crafral Nite

At dusk the Japanese returned to Younping and the Chinese followed them, surrounding the city. The Japanese are reported to be in a precarious position following the occupation of the hills around the

of

city, where fighting continued River Crossing Frustrated

throughout the night.

Japanese lost 100 killed and Chin Several

war

Anci

frustrated

"Patience Thoroughly,

Exhausted"

London, Feb. 6.

to

the

PICKABACK PLANE HAS SUCCESSFUL TRIALS

For Atlantic Route

London, Feb. 6..

RADIO BROADCAST

"Palace of Varieties" and Other London Relays

HOTEL ORCHESTRA "Radio Programme Broadcasting by The Mayo composite aircraft, zDW on frequencies of 845 k.c.'a, 9.52 known as the “pickaback" planem.e's. per second. because it consists of the small, long-range land plane. Mercury, perched on the back of the larger

seaplane Main, successfully launched the upper, plane in

ls destined for the trans-Atlantic service.

A strong worded Note expressing dissatisfaction at the repeated attacks on British shipping has been despatched

General mid-air over Rochester to-day. Franco by the British This was the first separation fight Government, following yes of this revolutionary aircraft, which terday's meeting of Cabinet.

The weight of the Mercury when loaded with passengers, mali and Although the text of the Note el, is insufficient for it to lift Itself will not be disclosed until the from the ground and the more cum- Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony bersome but powerful Main

The com- bined lifting power of Eden, makes a statement in the in the launching process, House of Commons to-morrow,innes is more than sufficient lo it is believed that it will indicate take the Mercury from the ground clearly that British patience has and launch her in mid-air. been thoroughly exhausted.- Reuter.

JAPAN PLANS AMNESTY

Tokyo, Feb. 8. The terms of the amnesty to be proclaimed on Japan's Empire Day. February 11, were decided by Cabinet: at an emergency meeting yesterday.

Before the measure is announced it will have to secure Imperial approval.

Reuter.

CAUTION FOR JUROR ABSENTÉE

Mr. Fan Tia appeared before Mr R. Edwardy at the Central Magistracy Istichow. Feb. 7.

summoned for failing to appear as a attempts by Japanese juror on Iriday. Tin said that he when the ese only 20, while the latter captured troops at Pengpu to cross the wat was on slcd leave, and

documents, River were

by alert notice was ended to his office, br supplies machine-guns and rifles, and destroy-Chinese defenders on the northern was not there.

bank on the night of February 0. el six trucks.

The Japanese made an attempt to cross in small launches, under cover of artillery Are from the southern banks.

Dizzy War Circle The war in northern Anhwa goes around in dizzy circles as the Chinese and Japanese play tag across Tientsin-Pukow Railway and fighting

the

Chinese forces, upon the approach of the Japanese, released a withering ball of machine-gun fire, killing about

rages north and south of Pengpu. 50 men. The Japanese attempt to

Chinese mosquito units flew south

1 crossing was repeated at and stung the rear and flank of the steal Japanese army, and according to several different points along the Central News Agency reached Men- river, but was repeatedly frustrated. isize, south of Pengpu_and_north of Central News. Linhurikuun.

The main Japanese forces attacked the Chinese positions west of Ting-1 yuan with the purpose of forcing the Chinese to abandon them and their i lines north of the Hul River. The attack was checked at Yunkancheng according to Central Newa' patches from Hauchow, mure 1,000 men of the Japanese vanguard have been cut off.

des-

than

Meanwhile, Chinese reinforcements arca, continue to pour into the striving to check the Japanese push towards Huslyuan, northwest Pengpu.

of

Defenders' Bravery Praised

All military quarters pruise the bravery of the troops on the southern Tientsin-Pukow itallway section, who are believed to be Kwangsi declare the fighting men. They Japanese will require at least a fort- night to reach Hsuchow from the

feared Bouth. However, it is

Christians Pray For Salvation

Chinese Ask British Archbishop's Support For Peace Parley

His Worship administered a tion.

used

the two

5.0-8.05 Europeen Programme. 3.05-11.0 Chinese Programme. 5.0 Relay of the Danco Orchestra from the Roof Garden of the Hong-

Hotel. kong Good-bye Jonab, (b) Remem

(n)

ber me, (c) Harbour Lights, (b) Afraid to dream.

5.15 Interval of recorded dance music from. ZBW.

5.20 (a) The Door Is Open Again, (b) The Moon got into my eyes, (c) May I have the next Romance with you, (d) Old King Cole.

5.35 Interval of recorded dance music from ZBW.

(b)

5.40 (a) I'm feelin' like a Millon, Whispers In the Dark, (c) Jealousy, (d) La Comparsita.

5.55 Interval of recorded dance music from ZBW.

0.0 (0) Blue Venetian Waters, (b) Sidewalks of New York, (c). The Tattooed

Lady. The two units, fastened together,

8.15 Interval of recorded dance took off from the water as one air-music from ZBW. craft to-day and at a height of 3,000

1.20 (a) Rose Room, (b) Swinin' feet the two pilots simultaneously the Jinx Away, (c) Cotton, pulled the release levers and the Mercury and Mala separated. They finally alighted on the River Medway as two separate aircraft,

The Mercury has a speed of over 200 miles an hour and a range 4,000 miles-Reuter,

ENLISTING PEIPING BODYGUARD

of

Peiping, Feb, ű,

young

It is announced that 360 men have been accepted for dulist ment 10 form the "Provisional Government's" bodyguard corps.

The corps is due to start training immediately.

A Japanese has been named as the head of the new Government Bureau of Censorship. He has been entrusted cau- with the editorial supervision of all

text-books.--United Press.

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Darewski,

2.45 Light Orchestral, Old And New (A potpourri of popular melodies-arr. Finck)....

Orchestra; Finck

His Herman Cavalcade Of Martial Songs (arr.

New Mayfair Novelty Nicholls). Orchestra.

6.0 Local Time Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.

8.05 Chinese

Programine-Relay

from the Ko Shing Theatre.

11.0 Close down.

Radio Programme Broadcast by ZEK on a Frequency of 640 Kilo- cycles.

8.05 Light Orchestral Music. Petite Suite De Concert (Coleridge- Taylor): 1. La Caprice de Nanette; 2. Demande et reponse; 3. Un Sonnet

GOVERNOR OF HONGKONG d'amour; 4. La taranialic fretillante.

London, Jan. 23.

"There can be no doubt at all that the deplorable weakness of all European colonics and dependencies in the Far East over since

London Symphony Orchestra cond. by Dr. Malcolm Sargent; Waltzes From Theatre-Land...Albert Sandler & His Orchestra.

8.30 Hubert Elsdell (Tenor). Come, Sing To Me (J. Thompson); Sing

Me To Sleep (Bingham

Davis).

the Great War has been a special inducoment to Pan-Asiatic, anti-Greene): Good Night (Shelley foreign agitation," said Sir Cecil Clementi, a former Governor of the Straits Settlements and of Hongkong, speaking to the Royal Empire Society.

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His

&

8.40 Natan Mlstein (Violin). Consolation (No. 3) (Liszt); From My Homeland (No. 2) (Smetana); Polonaise Brilliante In D Major (Wieniawski Op.

Romance "I would hope, therefore, that there may be in future-and

Conterto (Second Movement from Cor the time is very short-the closest possible co-operation be- tween all countries concerned, especially those who have posses-No. 2-Wieniawski, Op. 22).... Pinno sions there, and I am quite confident from my own knowledge accompaniment by Leopold Mittmann.

this matter 8.56 Latest Variely. Records.

Orchestra-Chopin Melodies; By Hankow, Feb. 0. that nowhere will there be closer co-operation in

than between British authorities in Malays and our Dutch The Fireside-Romance (Hippmann) Inaugurating "Pence Week", Chiln-

..Frederic Hippmann ese Christians in the Wuhan district

friends in the Netherlands Indies," added Sir Cecil. for national

Orchestra; Vocal-Die Fledermaus- held special prayers salvation to-day,

Referring to Sir Francis Lind-force, and the command of a Ger-

Hohne). Margarete Siczak (Soprano) Foreigners and numerous white-

of the Legations at Pekin and there and Erich Zhamermann (Tenor) with present warfare between China after the Chinese people who, surpliced Chinese girls sang by ley's statement that when the man Field-Marshat, raised the siege Operetta in Brief (Joh. Strauss-art. at the services.

and again has Chorus & Orchestra from the State Berlin; Orchestral Where experience time Wang and Japan is over, the world ext

a close shown, will yield everything to force Opera, Railway sections, Chung-hun, and General Feng Yu- might expect to BCG

On Saturday and nothing to peace-gave up for Did Robinson Crusoe Go With Friday those

Night (Lewis-Young- ine, which hslang. The latter called upon his solidarity arise between of the Tientain-Pukow

Meyer): You Made Me Love You Crusade against

a time their anti-foreign machina-On Shantung and Szechuen troops are hearers to fight a

two peoples, Sir Cecil said that tions.

the

(McCarthy-Monaco)... Harry Roy's holding, will be more dificult

Vocal & Plano Tiger-Ragamuffins: maintain in spite of the elaborate

Generalisalmo Chiang Kai-shek, he agreed with that view.

Alliance, which for Goodnight To You All (Denby & Rose fortifications.-United Press.

who is himself a Christian, in a

twenty years stabilised the situation Watson): Moon At Sen (Pease. message to the Christian Chinese of

in the Far East. It was of immense 2 Stocke)....be

Les Alien with Novelty (Lauri Day and Jimmy und visible sign of co-operation on urnbull on two pianos); Orchestral terms of equality and friendship be

-Cabecita-Tango; La Ultima Can- twren an Astatic and a European cion-Tango......Heinz Huppertz &

His Orchestra.

northern defence sections of the Tientsin-Pukow

Speakers inchided

to China's invaders.

Attack On Wuhu Imminent

Mr.

Wuhom, said: "Let us strive to serve our country and nation in a Christ- 1e spirit of love and sacrifice."

Tsingyang, Feb. 7. Wuhu, bone of contention between Chinese and Japanese forers along the lower renches of the Yangtse, will be the scene of another fierce bury, requesting his intercession in

battle when Chinese troops

have

The Chinese Christians have tele- graphed the Archbishop of Canter-

an effort to gain world-wide support completed their arrangement for a fer a London Peace Conference

United Press.

fresh assault from three sides.

Taking advantage of the muddy terrain following a torrential rain, al Chinese brigade stole a crossing of

the left) and flanked the Yangise wing of the Japanese troops nt Wuhu yesterday morning.

D

determined Simultaneously, counter-attack was launched by the Chinese forces at Lukang, seven miles Token west of Wuhu on the river. unawares, the Japanese at Lukang were driven from the streets and re- treated towards the hills beltind the

town.

KILLED INDIAN

Struck By Kowloon Locomotive

An Indian was knocked down by

Then

in 1902 there

came

value because it was the outward

Power.

LACK OF VISION

9.30 London Relay-The News 9.50 Songs by Margherita Perras (Soprano).

'Die Entführung aus dem Serall' (Mozart): Ach, Ich Lieble; Martern Aller Arten,

10.0

Sir Coell said he thought that, before very long there would be a rapprochement between China and Japan, particularly lu foreign politics, and when that happened, if it did happen, the cry of "Asla for the Aslatica" was bound grow more and more vehement.

refore it is very necessary "Therefore

"It came to an end in 1922, owing stand together and especially that that Europe and America should they should so secure their possc to lack of vision on the part of Bri- sions in the Far East that no Panttish and American statesmen. Since

run Aslatie fanatic is likely to the then the situation in the Far East

has steadily deterioruled. risk of attacking."

London Relay-'Old Folks at Referring

the to

Netherlands

"When I went back to Hongkong Home.

10.40

the London Relay For Minister's (Count van Stirum) states Governor in 1925, I found the

Indies

feeling anti-foreign

again rife Colonial Service,' ment that the Netherlands

Talk on matters of Interest to were preparing to guard their house, throughout the land, Sir Cecil said that Britain is doing "During the period of my Gov- Government Servants In the Colonial

were Service, we in Hongkong kewise "and not a moment too soon,

waging war with the for in my judgment there has never been a more hazardous situation in

Chinese

Government. My police the Far East than to-day.

stations along the frontler had to "It is necessary,

be protected with barbed wire and machine guns, and one of my first for the

nels was to send a British regi- ment to drive the Chinese out of territory whit

which they had Invaded. "The Canton Government bad in- vented the slogan 'Make Hongkong a

11,0 Close down.

SNATCH THIEF

TO BE CANED

Wod

therefore, that K.C.R. locomotive, and died later Ameries and Europe should stand to-

received yesterday Injuries

gether

protection of their In- their To the right of Wal, a delach-from

terests, their pussesalons und troops, having afternoon.

that. ment of Chinese

The unfortunate man, Shell: Abidean in the Far East. I say obtained effective cooperation from

in the dullah, metal and coal overseer although when I first went out to the main forces operating

Kowloon Wharf

Sentence of a month's hard labour vicinity, opened an attack on the in- employed by the vaders from Kweitan. At Chrosze Company and residing at No. 53onglong as a young cadet in 1890,

great attempt to throw foreigners out pursuing a policy of driving the Bri-infilleted on Sin Winn. 23, unemploy- kang nine miles south of Wuhu, Pilker St., was walking towards China then stood on the brink of desert Island, and it was definitely end eight strokes of the conc

the railway

of the Far East.

Lish and all foreigners out of China. ed, by Mr. R. A. D. Forrest at the Chinese troops are extremely active Chatham Rond across

timin. Being

Government "The National

nent Central Magistracy this morning, BOXER RISING harassing Japanese positions pending reserve shortly after

China has since become not the Old when Sin appeared on apparently unaware of the approach of locomotive No. DB, he proceeded

That was the year 1900, when the Ching, but the New China. Ten charged with the theft of a handbag a point just to cross the line at opposite Mody Road and was struck Legations were besieged by so-called years have passed and now, writhing containing $5.00 and a jade-mounted Boxers, behind whom stood the Man- in the grip of Japanese revolu gold finger ring from Tam Suct-Lan, Queen's a 21-year-old woman, at by the engine.

and many Honaries, the Chinese think that The driver immediately stopped chu. Empress Dowager.

perhaps, after all, there is some Road West near the Taiping Theatre the locomotive and assistance, was Chinese officials of the old school.

"At that time, however, Europe advantage in the existence of Euro- on February 4. Inspector W. Mair, -Kinbwa;-Feb7-summoned. Abdullah was conveyed

previous conviction. A fierce battle in a heavy snow, in to the Kowloon Hospital, where he and America did stand together in pean Treaty. Ports and a British who prosecuted, said Sin had

Far Kestern mallers: an international Colony on the const." which Japanese artillery fire was in- died at 4.30 p.m.

the opening of a concerted attack from all sides-Central News.

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