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CHIANG ATTEMPTS. DARING STRATEGY

War Budget Approved By Japan's Peers

Tokyo, Mar. 12. The House of Peers has approved the special military budget of

Hopes To Wipe Out 74,050,000,000.- United Press

Japartese Army

In Shansi

Hankow, Mur. 13.. A new strategic drive to encircle and annihilate the Japanese forces now operating in Shans has been worked out by Marshini Chiang Kai- slick and orders have already been ziven for it to be put into effect, It is learned.

WOUNDED SOLDIERS .

Tokyo, Mar, 12.

The Japanese Cabinet is asking the Diet to appropriate Y40,000,000 for the purpose of taking care of wounded Japanese coldlers. It envi- sages the establishment of a Wound- ed Soldiers' Protection Board, whose provide medical duties will be to care and later

employment for the Japanese soldiers wounded in Chinn wir-United Press.

JAPANESE MISTAKE

Hankow, Mar. 12. The first part of this plan has been

Official Chinese opinion here re- to send reinforcements to the Chinese

Once the Japanese War defenders on the south bank of the gards Yellow River and give these defen-pamphlet commemorating the war ders orders to hold the Japanese dead and Insisting on the long-drawn out character of the China war as a advance Into Honan at all costs.

Japanese admission that the Japan- ese have under-estimated China's strength-United Press.

At the same time Chinese forces operating along the Pelping-Hankow railway have been ordered to advance in two directions: one column to push

west into southern Shansi, where the of the railway, Japanese artillery Japanese Investiture is thinnest, the, nt Fenglinglu continued to pound the other column to push up north along | oppoulte bank of the river, but most the railway and then veer west and cul the Japanese retreat.

At the same time Chinese rein- forcements have been drafted intu Shens to hold the Japanese advance on that flank and if possible to push the Japanese back.

The plan to erietrele the Japanese is completed by orders that have to the Chinese forces been sent operating inside Shansl to collect in the north of that province and to push down south.

The whole movement is designed to be completed within a fortnight.

Infantry units are reported to retiring northward.International,

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CHINESE RETAKE PUCHOW

Hankow, Mar. 13. Indicative of a favourable turn for the Chinese, several Important towns have been recaptured. These in- cluate Puchow, the southern terminus of the Tatung-Puchow railway, Tawuchen, north-east of Lishih, 60 miles west-south-west of Taiyuan and 25 miles from the Shanti-Shensl border, and Kofeng in west Shansi, -Central News.

CHINESE ADVANCE

Hankow, Mar. 13.

Railway,

Hankow is optimistic us 10 the Having recaptured Puchow (Yung- success of this new strategy.~~~Router. | chi) in south Shansi on the terminus

of the Tutung-Puchow Chinese forces to-day fallowed up their advance by counter-attneking Fenglingtao, south of Puchow on the north bank of the Yellow River.

JAPANESE RETREAT

Hankow, Mar. 13. The

Sakni detachment, which moved northward from Linten and was met by Chinese troops, suffered heavy losses on March 9 and was forced to take refuge in Huohsten on the Tatung-Puchow Railway about 40 miles north of Linfen.

A Chinese report claims that over one thousand prisoners were taken. Huohslen is now surrounded by Chinese.

Puchow (Yungchi) on the terminus of the railway in south Shansi reported to have been recaptured by Chinese, who inftleted heavy casual ties,

is

The Japanese units are retreating northward, leaving behind 300 dead. Simultaneously Chinese troops on the south bank crossed the river to join in the pursuit of the enemy,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY,

STOCK MARKET DEATH OF

REPORT

The Hongkong Stock Exchange issued on report official summary Saturday says:

Market continues slcndy 'and prices are being maintained. Bus- ness was done in Wharves at $140 ex. div., Providents at $3%, and Docks at $344.

payers

Hongkong Bank $1,50 Union Insurance #540 Union Waterboats $9.30 IT., & K. Wharves #1381⁄2 x.d. 1K. & W. Docks #34 Providents (014) 5 Providonis (New) 1.45 1. B. Hoteln $0.99 1.K. Lands #30.03

►

H.K. Lands % Debentures 3:09 Humphreys 95%

1.K. italties 5.65

Chinese Estates $93

1.K. Tramways

13

Peak Trams (Old) $7

Star Ferries 4042

China Lights (Old) $12 China Lights (New) $0.50 II.K. Electrics 400 Sandakan Lubis $13% Telephones (Old) $37% Telephone New) $10% Cements $10 Dairy Farms $20

Watsons $6.00

Ewo Cotton $13%

Construction $1

Wallace oper

Marsmans (1K) 4/*-

Brleti

J.K. Fire Insurance 42471⁄2 Raubs $3.00

I. & S. 1otels $7.10 Lane, Crawfords $94 Maramana (..) 473-

Hales

Hongkong $1,000/5 Union Insurance $540 China Underwriter $2.25/20 I.K. & K. Wharven $130/140 II.K. & W. Ducks $3755 Providenis (Old) 3.45/50 Providents (New) $1,45 11.K. Landn '$375 Humphreys 88% JI.K. Tramways $15% Yaumati Ferries $20 H.K. Electrica $0.23/35 Telephones (08) $21/N Cements $18.20710 H.K. Ropes $4.95 Watsons $7

Ewo Cottone $13 Mersmana (..) - Aniamoks P. 52 Atoks 24

Baguio Cold 20 Benguet Consel. 0.70 Coco Grave 50

Cunsolidated Mines 011 Demonstrations 30 I. X. 1,70

Paracale Gamaus 22 San Mauricio .44 Suyor Consal. .16% United Paracalco

The Talung-Puchow Railway south WINTER OLYMPICS

NOT FOR JAPAN

Cairo, Mar. 13.

of Taiyuan was severed at eight dif- ferent" points, thereby isolating the Japanese forces along the railway towns. The cutting of the railway counter-offensive presages Chinese from the enst and south.

Sanguinary batties have been rug- The International Olympic ing south of Linfen for the postgress passed resolution to-day Some allowing the Olymple winter games three days south of Linfen.

to be allotted to a country other than that which is holding the summer games in 1940.-Reuter.

Heavy fighting is still going on in of the Japanese troops who retreat the north-west of Yuanchu on the ed northward to Choochen were dis- north bank of the Yellow River cast armed.--International,

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FAMOUS U.S. ADVOCATE

Chicago, Mar. 13. The death is announced of Mr. Clarence Darrow, Chairman of the National Recovery Review Board, in his 21st year-Router.

Mr. Darrow, who was called to the Bar in 1870 was attorney for the North-Western Railway, and counsel

MARCH 14, 1938.

MADRID SCENE

DEPICTED WHEN

DUMP BLEW UP

Street Crowds In Terror; Death Toll Known To

Be Above 700

Hendaye, frontier, Mar. 7. The terror that gripped MR-

case, the that killed more Anthracite-Conl Strike arbitration in persons on Jan. 10 has been Pennsylvania in 1902, and several

in a number of Labour cases, includ.drid following the subway blasts than 700 ing

the Debs

Strike

ligations. One of described belatedly but by reli-

Lather important cases was that inable sources to the United Press.

his last

which he was counsel for Lieut.

The

explosions

ammunition

Massie in what became known as the dumps occurred all along the Royal

Honolulu Cose in 1932.

The late Mr. Darrow WUS an author of some note, and in addition

On crime, to some volumes

had published number of short stories.

of

lue of the subway Diegodelcon stretch, This line had been barred tu ordinary trame since -November, taken over for 103, when it was underground storage of munitions to protect them from air raids.

The noon hour was close. The streets were seething with humanity.

SIAM GIVEN NEW From out of nowhere, it seemed. n

RUBBER QUOTA

London, Mar. 13. According to a communique which is to be published to-morrow, it is recommended that Slam be allotted the following basic quotas of rubber production for five years from 1039 to 1943: For 1939, 54,500 tons, for 1040 33,300 tons, for 1941.55,700 tons, for 1042 50,000 tons and for 1943, 60.000 tons.

The percentages of the basic quotas were

fixed by the International Committee, and they apply to Siam under the condition that minimum tons Is export of 41.000 anunt guaranteed.

The minimum area for new plant- ing of 31,000 acres is to be allowed Skim during the five years-Reuter.

BRAG-AND WIN

(Continued from Page 6.)

detonation broke the hum of netivity like the sound of a tidal wave, coming from the direction of central Madrid. More violent explosions followed thir one, halting the march of pedestrians and vehicles.

FRIGHT FALLS OVER CITY

After the first explosion, there was great confusion. The excited people started jabbering in mumbled under- tones, almost afraid to be heard.

"What's that? Where did it come from?"

When someone suggested that it was a shell, they refused to belleve

It wasn't

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long, however, before Soldiers at Goya station tried to calm the truth was known. A big muni- the maddened crowd that tissembled. Women and children were evac-

Coahoma, Tex. tions dump, with wares stored in a

possible. Fearful

Wes Warren miraculously escaped, subway station in the Ventas district uated as fast as

and desperate women clung to their injury when his automobile was de- of Madrid, had exploded.

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milling children as the aged persons, sent

Texas and Pacific Iarongs racing to the scene of the stricken, were left behind.

passenger train at a grade crossing tragedy. There they saw tall col-

women, who had lost their children, near here. The locomotive engineer umns of smoke pouring forth.

refused to leave, their hair dis- applied the brakes and the rails were The sircels were littered with

hevelled, their faces tear-stained-- su burned by friction that they had

for scanning the crowd frantically

to be replaced. their offspring.

Many arabulances traversed the

fallen trees.

A neutral zone" writer arrived ust in time to see a frantic crowd

ist who claims his annihilation of stampeding from the station. Their

num

mum

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ONE FAMILY INCIDENT RELATED

woman past 75.

Since all electric power had been oc- destroyed when the explosign curred, firemen worked by the light of

their

automobile generators brought to the mouths of the tunnels. Four grief-stricken women begged Many places along the tunnel could writer the use of his car to rescue not be reached due to cave-ins, so their paralyzed grandmother who that the netuni number of dead and had been left behind. They got past injured remains in doubt.-United

permitted Press. the guards, who readily

time and distance is more likely to begrimed faces reflected agony and streets behind Terrijos, loaded with entry to an apartment house in the drive carefully and skilfully thun fright. Their eyes were filled with the wounded and the dead. Bells and danger zone and found this aged

lo smoke and tears. Heavy whirls of fire cagings clanged Incessantly as endeavouring recklessly. justify his words he gives the maxi-black, choking fumos billowed from the are apparatus poured streams of

water on the smoking debris. to the job in the underground opening. concentration hand. The sportsman who tells all

MANY VICTIMS MANGLED and sundry of the infallibilty of a

Many of the victims were black favourite bat or club will strike the

confidence from head to foot, their faces so ball with that supreme

where he wills, which rends

bloodstained and torn that they were The business man who modestly unrecognizable. Some were shrick- attributes his success in buying and ing hysterically, und others moaned selling to "luck", will privately take in pain and could scarcely hobble out, into account every conceivable fac- tor that might cause his luck to desert him. The woman who says her intuition never lets her down in her judgment of character will be meticulously observant, of every word and action that might be in- significant in its revelation of hid- den qualities.

Perhaps we have become too wise, 100 sophisticated, to tolerate wholesale bragging of former

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