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WAR'S TOLL MOUNTS BY THOUSANDS

CASUALTIES IN LATEST BATTLES EXTREMELY HIGH

JAPAN'S DRIVE FROM CHANGTEH SAID TO HAVE COST CHINESE TEN THOUSANDS KILLED

Shanghai, Feb. 15.

Alarmed by the gravity of the threat to the vital Lunghai railway, Chinese military leaders held, an important conference at Hankow last night to discuss measures to cope with the situation.

The conference is reported to have decided to make every effort possible to hold Sinsiang, Chengchow and Kaifeng.

Foreign observers believe the Japanese may be held off from Chengchow and Kaifeng for a while yet, but. predict the early fall of Sinsiang,

The Japanese are making extensive reconnaissance flights over the Lunghai and Peiping-Hankow railway

zones.

Sinslang was attacked from the air yesterday, but only a fow bombs were dropped and there

much damage done,

was

not

Meanwhile a Berce engagement is proceeding, in which both sides hove

JAPANESE

suffered heavy losses, in the vicinity DETAIN

of Wenshang, 30 miles north of Sin- along. The Chinese claim to have entered Wenshang but this is fally denied by the Japanese who assert the Chinese were put to flight and bombed as they retreated.

In the course of raids on various

parts of China yesterday Japanese:

FRENCH

LINER

planes bombed Shaoshing, famous ALLEGED

wine-making centre near Hangchow.)

---Reuter.

Enormous Losses

PHOTOGRAPHS OF

FORTIFIED ZONE

Shanghai, Feb. 14.

Pelping, Feg. 15. The French liner President below Doumer, en route to Shanghai

The Japanese offensive

Stalin Calls for

Calls for Defensive Mobilisation

RAIDS KEEP RED CROSS BUSY

The persistent Japanese air raids in South China, mostly directed against some section of the Canton-Hanke or Canton- |

alert. The men, and women, belonging to the Red Cross sec- tions have done splendid work from time to time,Here is a party at the scene of an explosion carrying off the injured.

Kowloon railways, keep the ambulance units constantly on the Warns Japan Not To Rush Exploitation

FOREIGN HOSPITAL AND CROWDED STREETS HIT BY BOMBS AT CHENGCHOW

(Special to "Telegraph”)

Chengchow, Feb. 14..

The American Southern Baptist Mission at Cheng-

People-Of-North-

China Must Be Considered

Tokyo, Feb. 14.

A warning against excessive haste in developing North China has been Issued by Mr. J. Hirao, president of the semi-official Japan Iron Manu- facturing Corporation.

Mr. Hirao said that Japan's. Arat must be to provide for the welfare of

AIMS TO STRENGTHEN RUSSIA'S TIES WITH WORLD'S PROLETARIAT

Only Covert Enemies Would Deny Dangers of Encirclement, Says Moscow's Blunt Dictator

Moscow, Feb. 14.

M Rahmanof Stalin, Russia's undisputed dictator, broke his long silenice to-day with an important statement in the official newspaper Pravda, discussing the position. of the Soviet Union both internally and in relation to other countries,

Stalin asserts that internally the bourgeoisie has been crushed and # socialist state established, Externally, the Soviet Union is still in danger of armed attack by capitalist countries, and he urges that the international proletariat must be linked up with the Soviet people and that connections with the working

classes of bourgeois countries be strengthened. They should be so organised, he says, as to give political

assistance to Russia in the event of an armed attack upon the Soviet Union.

No German Interference In Austria

The Red Army and Air Force must bo strengthened, Stalin goes on, and the whole people.must be kept inza- state of mobilisation for armed attack..

CAPITALIST ENCIRCLEMENT

Stalin contends it is ridiculous and stupid to close their eyes to the facts of capitalist encirclement and to think that their external enemies, for example the Fasciats, would not try when the chance presented Itself to attack the Soviet.

Changtch in Honan Province is con- from Kobe, was stopped by the chow has been- bombed three times and four Chinese tion, and in exploiting North China's to which, It has been represented, tionists would try to destroy

launch Japanese last night at Rokuren,

tinuing successfully and the Japanese appear to be preparing to

vince,

semi-oficial according to reports reaching here.

another offensive Into Shansi Pro-just after crossing the Shimono

In the course of five days' fighting

seki Straits,

Some members of the crew of thei

patients have been wounded by shrapnel.

hos

CONCESSIONS BELIEVED MADE BY HITLER

It would be useless and ridiculous Vienna, Feb. 14. to deny that on the slightest excuse the regions and the Chinese popula The exact nature of the concession for armed intervention, the interven

the Hitler resources and developing its indus-Herr

agreed at the Soviet system in areas occupied by tries full attention must be paid to Berchtesgaden meeting with Dr. Kurt them, and to restore the bourgeois. the interests and desires of the Chi Schuschnigg, is now apparent from Only blockheads or covert enemies statements in official quarters and who wished to camouflage their The foreign staff at the rission includes Dr. S. E. nese people.

"It would be the worst thing the inspired press cominent.

hostility by bragging, and who tried While it is probably true that Herr to demobilise the people, could deny the Japanese advanced 40 miles from French liner are alleged to Have Ayers of Atlanta, Ga., Dr. C. L. Pennybaker and his son, imaginable to treat the question from Changtch to points

The Japanese, however, are report- the Straits,

wer of Chisen taken pictures of the fortified zone in of Grand Lodge, Mich., Dr. D. Hanley, of London, the Japanese point of view alone," he Hitler declined to publicly disavow the danger of armed intervention and

declared.

the Austrian Nazis, he has evidently attempts at a restoration while the ed to have faced only the worst of

Mr. Hure, who once headed the given a positive guarantee that Reich capitalist encirclement / existed. China's fighting men up to now,

The French Consul-General, M. England, Miss Grace Gibberd of London, Ontario, and Ministry of Education, returned to Party quarters will refrain directly Reuter, those who belong to General Sung de Peyre, and the Kobe agent of the Miss Pearl Reid, another Canadian. All of them dodged Tokyo yesterday evening from Pel- from encouraging legal activities, Chch-ydan, who were ousted from! Messageries Maritimes, liner have

ping the Felping area, and former Man-arrived at Shimonoseki, and are now the shrapnel bursts and were uninjured. churian troops.

negotiating with the Japanese for the The casualties on both sides have release of the ship-Reuter. been heavy, but the Japanese claim to have slain nearly 10,000 Chinese'

in (vo, days,—Router,

Preparing To Attack

Dr.

A small bomb fell beside the hospital while Hanley was operating and he did not pause in his work. The whole side of the building was peppered with the burst and the windows were smashed.

NO NEWS IN SHANGHAI

Shanghai, Feb. 15. Early this morning the Messageries Maritimes offices here had not heard any further information regarding Chinese reports state that there are although the

the plight of the. President Doumer, Sold Dr. Ayers: "We were out- signs of an imminent Japanese delve them that he would send the fullest decided to go in. At that moment master had assured jalde when the plones came over and into Shanal from Linfeng.

detalls.

It appears the vessel was on the bomb fell and glass flew all ever

Shanghai, Feb. 13.

Japanese reinforcements are mov

ing south from Taiyuan and over 40 point of leaving Rekyren when she and wounded three of our patients. planes have been concentrated at Tal-was

boarded by Japanese port "We immediately tramported them Juan.—United Press.

officials who prevented her departo a safer place." ture-Heuter.

R. A.F. Planes

To Continue AVIATION

Police Work

Prime Minister To Make No Promises

London Feb. 14.”

Asked in the House of Commons to-day whether, as an example to

HISTORY

IS MADE

AUTOGIRO FLIES INSIDE BERLIN BUILDING

.Berlin, Feb. 14.

ather nations, he would give assur- It was claimed to-day

ncos that the Government would that for the first time in his prohibit the use of bombing plants for police purposes.

in territories tory an acroplane has been

BOMBS IN STREETS

Kowloon Train

Delayed When

TrackWrecked

More than 100 bombs were dropped and the Pingħan-Lunghal railway

Owing to bombing allacks on the station was demolished. The post railway linh, last night's train from office was set afre, and the Flowery | Canton which should have arrived. Peace Hotel, which is still burning, | about 11 pm, did not reach · here: and many bombs crashed in the main streeta which were jamined with milling people.

At least 100 were injured and the wreckage still' buries many bodies.

This is the first ime Chengchow has been bombed and the sttack was coincident with my arrival. I was chins Travel Service hostel whose very lucky to have abandoned the noors are cracked wide open. I ran, from the station and hid in a pen- sant's hut of mud while the bombs

Under British control, the Prime successfully flown inside a crashed into the station building and Minister, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, closed hall.

@destined.

the sky was filled with smoke and The claim was mado when an wher

debris, which fluttered down, every

He said he was not prepared to autogiro designed by Professor

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art of an international agreement

V DE Government, be added, would Detitschland ITalle flow along. prepared to give Buch, amarances Inside the building, turned

Bigtits the fuld lasted about an

2.27 10-day. The line was bombed earlier at Wanzlik and Pingtongwal, and there were craters on the main line and loop fine to be filled.

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where General Terauchi offer- and smuggling of propaganda, sup ed him the post of supreme economie piles and money across the border adviser to the Japanese garrison. will cease.

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drafting plans It is believed that instructions to

ANOTHER high armY OFFICER REMOVED

Moscow, Feb. 14, The removal of Ygakov Alkanais, Force,

He asserted that in riopment of this effect have already been issued as chief of the Soviet Air North China, Manchulcuo and Korea, to the Nazi Party in Germany-whese arrest was reported several components of a single sidered as Reuter.

"Some rash people think that! economie activities should be launch- ed in North China the minute mill- tary activities cease," he said. "They forget that economic development of any arca costs money and well con- sidered plans must be drawn up.

"The Government must be given time to deliberate its plans for the development of China, and the pre- paration of much a programme must be carried out with 'extreme caution. "Japan must give full attention to the feelings of the Chinese. There is no need, however, for her to pay excessive heed to the moves of third Powers"-Reuter

GOODWILL MISSION

Tokyo, Feb. 10, Lieut-General

Nanao Matsul brother of General Iwane Malaui. commander-in-chief In China, is leaving for Peiping on February 10 at the head of a students' goodwill mission. The party will include sixty students from thirty univeral- ties throughout Japan,

The mission's avowed object la to promote friendship with students of Chinese educational institutiona Reuter.

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GUNBOAT PASSES RIVER BOOM

#The first ship to leave the Pearl River-when the, boom, was illled this morning, HM.A. Tarantula mrrived in

whong bringing the offices.com

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·JAPAN'S - EMPEROR NOW RECOVERED

Tokyo, Feb. 15. The Emperor has fully recovered from the cold from which he has been suffering since February 1, 11 as officially announced to-day-- Ecuter.

·(Pherihar, Stöyi:Pyère Nosen On

weeks ago, was to-day confirmed by Izvestia. This newspaper does not mention him directly but gives the name of the now air force chief 'as General Tokilopov, as being the pallbearers at the funeral of the vic- tims of the wrecked dirigible which was making tests for a polar flight.

Alkonsis was one of the last two of General Voroshlloff's five com- missors of defence who survived the recent purge and he apparently `en-. joyed the Kremlin's favour until just before

the elections of the Arat Soviet parliament in December. He was then removed from the list of registered candidates and replaced by Another man-Reuter,

U.K. TRADE REACHES NEW HIGH

London, Feb. 14. The latest overseas trado figures recorded the highest totals, both imports and exports, for any January since 1930.4

The aggregato was £12000,000 Is than December, but was £11,000,000 above las January, cult

Imports amounted to 285,000,000 And exports to A $1,000,000 compared with 05,000,000 End: €44.000.000 respectyl

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