1938-03-14 — Page 17

LIVELY FIGHTING ON LUNGHAI FRONT

Hankow, Mar. 14,

Trains on the Lunghai railway are still running in spite of the continued shelling of Chinese positions at Tungkwan and Shenhalen by the Japanese forces. Since the Lunghai railway runs close to the bank of the Yellow River, the Shenhsien and Tungkwan trains usually make the trip at night, headed by armoured trains which have been replying to the Japanese gunfire.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY,

INSURGENT ADVANCE NOW SWIFT

Many Prisoners And Guns Captured

on

"

Joe Saragossa, Mar. 13, The Nationalist advance

thoi Aragon front is described here 0.8 An area of 1,075 miles was captured in four days and the Nationalist vanguard is now only 60 miles from the Catalan coast.

apparently becoming a walk-over. The situation in the vicinity of Hanchen on the south bank of the Fen River is reported to be tense, due to repeated Japanese attempts to cross the Yellow River at that point, into Shensi.

Heavy Chinese reinforcements are, fire. due to arrive on the west bank of the great waterway to strengthen the Chinese defence there.

300,0000 VILLAGERS MOBILISED "{

Chinese

troops hidden in nearby villages, did not reply until the Japanese infantry were within close range.

Throughout the fighting. the Chinese relied mainly on the use of hand-grenades-Central News.

JAPANESE SUFFER REVERSE

Slan, March 14.

In the northern sector of the Tientsin-Pukow railway front, the Japanese forces appear to be making preparations to clear up the Chinese mobile columns which are operating at Taishen, China's sacred mountain, east of the Tientsin-Pukow railway.

Following Be evacuation Tainan,

Capital of the Shantung of Kingcheng and Wenshul south-

Tsingtao Admiral province, and of

In a series of guerità encounters with the Japanese forces in Shanal, Chinese troops fighting in the vicinity

west of Tulyuan, have killed more

Shen Hung-lie, former Mayor of han 1,000 Japanese during the past Tsingtao, and newly-appointed Gov-two weeks.

com-

Villages are being captured which were never in the Oghting zone before, and many prisoners and much two complete material, including batteries, are said to have been token. General Monasterio's cavalry is especially active in rounding-up prisoners.-Reuter.

INVESTIGATES PROGRESS OF PARKS PLAN

Mr. W. N. T. Tam, pursuant to instructed by the high command to ernor of Shantung, has organised

"In connection Meeting to-morrow: 300,000 villagers in East Shantung harass the Japanese southward ad-notice, will ask at the Urban Council into mobile columns. These columns Chinese forces have cut the

vance along the Fen River, the with the scheme to provide two parks, one on the island and the other have been operating in the hills cast of the Tientsin-Pukow rallway and mention line between Kiaocheng on the mainland, to be known as King along the Kiatsi railway. Their and points south. Five thousang George V Memorial parks, will the object has been to harass railway Japanese, it is stated, have been de-chairman kindly state what progress

Lained in Wenshui because of the has been made in the matter?” interruption.

communications.

On the other hand, the Japanese forces appear to be determined to clear the rallway zone of Chinese forces before launching a drive south along the Tientsin-Pukow railway towards Hsuchow-Reuter.

Actively employing guerilla tactics,

the hard-hitting and quick-moving authorities in Important localities, Chinese forces in several encounters while pacification work is under way. with the Japanese have

damaged

Close contact is being maintained with Chinese troops fighting on Western Cheklang.

mor

more than 100 of their motor trucks and seized 1 large quantities of arms and ammunition, askie from inflicting heavy casualties.

JAPANESE SUFFER SERIOUS REVERSE

First

to destroy the high- Hsuchow, Mar. 14.

way communication south of Tal- Completely outmanoeuvering the yuan, they actually reached the out- Japanese forces, Chinese defenders skirts of Talyuan in the middle of of Lint in castern Shantung on the

on the last month when they were again in- right wing of the north Tientsin structed to move south. Central Pukow line routed a strong force of News. 13,000 Japanese troops in a sanguin- ary battle last week and are now marching towards Hochlachuang in

pursuit.

which

CHINESE CONTROL DELTA Ningpo, Mar. 14. The Kiangsu delto, an area of 6,000 During the terrific engagementsquare miles covering Fenglisten, Nanwel and Chwansha in the south- corner of the province, is now under the complete control of the Chinese forces.

All the Chinese magistrates nt Fenghsien, Chwansha and Nanwei are now on duty in their districts.- Central News.

“WEAK-MINDED" THIEF TO DO HARD LABOUR

at

A Chinese youth, attired in smart European clothes through his sollal tor pleaded for leniency when he was charged before Mr. R. Edwards the Central Magistracy this morning with the theft of $130 Shanghal cur- rency from Chuk Wah, at the Star Ferry wharf, Connaught Road Cen- tran

Mr. J. M. D'Almada Remedios appeared for defendant and pleaded guilty, saying that defendant had been ill for some time and had A wenk mind. He had committed the offence on the mement's impulse. Counsel also mentioned that his client com- mitted a larceny of some clothing about two years ago, and that again was oned his worship to deal with of the moment. He asked his defendant lentently.

His

Do you mean your client ship:

weak-minded medically? Mr. Remedias: I don't know

MARCH 14, 1938,

POLICY OF ISOLATION WINS MORE ADHERENTS

World Events Shape Opinion in U.S.

Pin Faith To Mighty Navy

Washington, Mar. 13.

in Austria detonated a bomb- Adolf Hitler's lightning thrust

shell under the Roosevelt foreign policy as legislative leaders of all groups, isolationist or other- weak-minded morally or wise, united to warn against any medically; my instructions from his "marriage of any sort" involving Alsters only said that he was weak-the United States deeper in in- minded.

His Worship: Shall I remand himternational affairs.

for medical examination?

Mr. Remedios: 1 leave the matter Senator Hiram Johnson, Republi- entirely in your Worship's hands. can of California, veteran of the Four previous convictions were re-biller League of Nations fight in the

to four months' hard labour and two venied, and defendant was sentenced years' police supervision.

Inspector Whelan prosecuted."

CABLE REPAIRS UNDERTAKEN

A notice issued by the Harbour Department states that cable repairs are being carried out in the cable re- serve between Kowloon and Victoria.

The vessels employed will display the regulation signals.

BRAG-AND WIN

(Continued from Page 6.)

announced he would support the Senate after the Versailles Treaty, President's $1,000,000,000 naval ex- pansion programme in order to assure that the United States "be kept American for Americans."

At the same time. however. Senator Johnson vigorously attacked the Administration's foreign polley, which he said had become more and more confused in the past year as new crises developed throughout the world.

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lands indicated that Britain had|tionist sentiment and a considerable In support for the naval

The veteran orator said he heard joined the movement for Japanese increase that Mr. Cordell Hull, the Secretary supremacy in the Far East. He de- programme shortly to be put to the

to steer anounced the reported move to settle test of House, and Senate debate, of State, hod intended course parallel with that of other the dispute by providing for joint

President Roosevelt's majority in Democracies until the recent cabinet control of the islands.

Congress is such that the naval pro- crisis in England.

Representative Taylor, Democrat gramme, with its huge expansion in of Tennessee, said that the only na-ships of the line and cruisers, was CHAMBERLAIN CRITICISED

tion the United States might con- always considered safe, but the mid- "Then," he added, "Mr. Chamber-celvably fight was Japan, and be West agricultural legislators and lain went off on a tangent to deal Heved that relation between the two other groups traditionally anti-Navy with dictators.. Idealism and the countries already were on the mend. were expected to force lengthy de-

Ro Japan had that

designs on This possibility wind neighbour policy went out the As evidence he elted the assurances bate and possibly some modification.

was believed American islands in the Pacifle, and night to have been greatly lessened.— the withdrawal from the Alaskan United Press.

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JAPANESE RAID STATIONS

Hsuchow, Mar. 14. Various important stutions on the northern section of the Tientsin- Fukow railway have been subjected ist who claims his annihilation of to severe aerial bombings by Japanese time and distance is more likely to during the last few days.

drive carefully and skilfully than Numerous civilians were killed and recklessly. in endeavouring to wounded, while many

Senator J. Hamilton Lewis, De-fisheries. houses were justify his words he gives the maxi- demolished.

mum concentration to the job in mocrat of Illinois and an authority on

that the WILL OPPOSE APPROPRIATION The sportsman who tells all foreign affairs, predicted hand. Three bombs were dropped on a and sundry of the infallibility of a European conflict eventually would "I am not going to vole a billion Cutting off the Shanghai-Hangchow theological seminary established by favourite bat or club will strike the unite Italy, Germany and Japan be-dollar appropriation to gratify a few WORLD BRIDGE OLYMPIC highway at Fenghsien, 10,000 Chinese un American missionary at Tenghsien, ball with that supreme

confidence hind Japanese dominance in the admirals and greedy munitions men," troops, fully armed and equipped, while four landed on Germany which sends it where he wills.

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The World Bridge Olympic will be seriously threaten the Japanese) Catholle Church. Over 20 people

Political observers here believed held on April 20. It is anticipated forces at Klashing and Hangehow.

He man who modestly were reported to have been killed or

the British the net result of the Austro-German { that arrangements will be made in A number of public safety bureaux wounded at these two points-Cen-attributes his success in buying and attitude in the Anglo-American dis-development in the United States Hongkong to enable those interested have been established by the Chinese tral News.

selling to "luck" will privately take pute over Canton and Enderbury is- would be a strengthening of Isola- to compete.

definitely saved the situation at Lini, described as the gateway of eastern eastern Shantung, the Japanese suf- fered no less than 4,000 casualties.

Chinese defenders, using effectively roachine-guns and hand grenades during the close range struggle, lost approximately 2,500 killed and wounded.

The Japanese opened their assault on the city with devastating artillery

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