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No. 15470

一拜禮 號一廿月三英港香

MONDAY, MARCH 21, 1938..

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The SECURITY LA DURABILITY

DUNLOP FORT 90

ARMIES LOCKED IN BITTER

BATTLE

CHINESE STRIKE Poles Condemn Lithuanian Settlement

AT INVADERS FRONT AND REAR

TIENTSIN TROUBLE

THREATS

Hand-to-Hand Struggle Shops Won't Handlo

On Road to Hsuchow

Hsuchow, Mar. 21.

Grim hand-to-hand fighting, with casualties on both sides running to hundreds, continues to feature the struggle between Chinese and Japanese forces in the vicinity of Tenghsien along the northern Tientsin- Pukow railway line.

The Japanese forces, numbering 3,000, who managed to reach Tenghsien and Lincheng on the railway in their

New Bank Notes

Peiping, Mar. 21.

The Mayor of Tientsin, Mr. Pan Yu-kwei, arrived here yes- terday, to report on conditions in

Tientsin.

He said that shops in the foreign concessions at Tientsin were refusing to accept the notes lof the Japanese sponsored

Federated Reserve Bank,

He added that Communists were extremely active in Tientsin, and

cently-United Press.

drive towards Hsuchow, are now surrounded by strong many of them had been arrested re-. Chinese units to the south-east of Tenghsien.

Repeated attempts have been made by the Japanese

to break through the Chinese cordon. Close range fighting is raging on all sectors of the line with the

Ordered To Purchase

Newspaper

Pelping, Marcl. 21. The Hsh Min Pau has published an

Chinese using with great effectiveness hand grenades order to all Government organs to and bayonets.

compel officials and employees to sub-| scribe to the paper so that they may | become properly imbued with the "sin Min spirit and principles.”

The lagging circulation of this semi-official organ has jumped by

Fierce struggle started on the evening of March 19, when the Japanese invaders were challenged in their advance by a strong force of Chinese, simultaneously over 50 per cent.--United Press. from front and rear.

A distance of only flily yards separated the Chinese and Japanese lines. Determined to storm the Japanese positions, the Chinese troops at great sacrifice succeeded in occupy- ing the first Japanese line in a furious assault,

sault, using hand grenades

and light machine-guns.

.In counter-attack the next morn- ing, th

the Japanese forces, with the help of twenty tanks, failed to

disperse the

Another

last

orge the Chinese troops..

report received here late night states that the Japanese

been

invaders have

driven back

several kilometres from the original

apex of their advance.

The Chinese forces, the report anys, are advancing northward along the Hanchwang-Tolisien line. Central

News.

MOBILISING FRANCE'S MIGHT

Defence Bill To Be

Debated

Paris, Mar. 20.

"Freeze Out" Threatens Trade Rivals

WAR GAMES ARE HARD WORK

ENORMOUS GAINS BY INSURGENTS.

Being Made

These men of the Rajputana Rifles, trench digging

"somewhere in the New Territories," know war games are not all sport. They are part of the day's work in preparation for any emergency which may come either to Hongkong or to some other locality where they are serving. During the week-end every member of the Colony's defence forces was actively en- gaged in the manoeuvres designed to test Hongkong defences.

Readjustments Now Schuschnigg Embarrasses Nazi Chiefs

San Sebastian, Mar. 20. Readjustments to General Francisco Franco's front line continue on the Aragon front, while the army owalts orders to resume the advance.

To Do With Him- ·-

Published results of the advance Do Not Know What -state the Insurgents captured 93 --- villages, gaining 2,360 square miles, containing a population of 160,000, and that they also captured 10,000 prisoners, 76 cannons, 56 tanks and Innumerable Brearms, and brought down 35 coroplanes in the course of the past fortnight's attacks Reuter, BRITISH PROTEST TO GENERAL FRANCO

London, Mar. 20.

CLOUSTON SETS NEW RECORD

SEIZURE OF KOVNO VETERANS' DEMAND

HUGE FIGHTING FORCE MASSED ON FRONTIER

Warsaw, Mar. 20.

Tanks and planes and 50,000 troops have been massed on the Polish- Lithuanian border in a huge war rehearsal, bringing with the demonstration fears that it is a step towards forcing new concessions on Lithu- ania. Nearly 100,000 troops remain along the border.

The

manoeuvres em-

phasised

that motorised units were capable of reach. ing Kovno, Lithuanian capi- tal, in two and a half hours,

The Rightist newspaper, Dziennis Narodowy complains that Lithuania's capitulation gave Poland virtually nothing. It is demanding that the Government force a Polish-Lithuania union,

England-New Zealand Narodowy complains that Lithuania's

In Four Days

Vienna, Mar. 20.

Blenheim, N.Z., Mar. 20. Dr. Kurt von Schuschnigg: may

Flying Officer Clouston and to re- the proceedings Agure in habilitate Otto Blanettu, the corporal Mr. Victor Ricketts landed here who shot the late Dr. Engelbert Dall

· 4.67. n.m. · G.M.T., thus į fuss and was executed as a result, it at

is belleved a new trial may be held establishing an England to Now

that the Planetta trial was a mis-

in an endeavour to establish a verdict Zenland flight record of four

Problems which the paper insists must be tackled, include guarantees

the status of Vilna, many Poles de- manding its formal recognition us Polish cily, and outlet to the north- eastern Baltic, Poland's objections to the Lithuanians' friendship with Russia, and finally the question making the frontier normal.

seven Veterans'

i3

of

war

Japanese Bid For Tobacco Monopoly

Demand Annexation Pelping, Mar. 21 The Japanese Tuo Tobacco Com-

Of Lithuania Thousands, including A bill to complete the organisation pany is negotiating to buy the only

The British Government has in- of the total strength of the nation in Chinese cigarette factory in Tientsin

mass raceting in the time of war will be debated in the and is offering the lowest possible structed its ngent at Salamanca to carriage of justice, for which Dr. von days eight hours and

National University courtyard, under price under threats of a "freeze out" address a communication to General and also that Major Fey participated Jean Batten's 11 days one hour Radical Movement, heard speeches

Schuschnige was largely responsible, minutes, compared with Miss Chamber on Tuesday.

the sponsorship of the National unless the business is sold.

Franco expressing Britain's horror The bill provides for the mobilisa-

on Barcelona, and in the shooting of Dr. Dollfuss.

condemning the settlement, and de- tion of the fighting forces by the A source connected with the trans- at the air raids

pointing out that air ralds

Meanwhile the authorities are em- {and 25 minutes.

mands for the immediate military co-operation of the civil and milltary action said this was the first step in civilian populations are contrary to barrassed as to what to do with Dr. authorities under a single war com- now completed plans to establish all principles of international lawned to send him abroad, but it is be-back for England to-morrow, the Foreign Office clamouring for the von Schuschnigg. They first plan- The fliers propose to start occupation of Kovno. After this, the Chinese forces, 20,000 strong, which mand, and the mobilisation of indus-North China, with the Tao Company

demonstrators attempted to march to Japanese tobacco monopoly in Reuter. Japanese sources claimed had been try under a specially appointed surrounded by un encircling move-Minister of Mobilisation of Defence assigned the Tientsin-Pukow orea

when their machine has been annexation of Lithuania. ment from Wuhu, Hongchow

They clashed with and overpowered and against Aircraft.

the "Manchultuo Tobacco Monopoly

overhauled, and they hope to the police until the latter played on Luchow, are still unaccounted for.

given the Peiping aren.

beat the record for the round them with fire hoses, and arrested 435 trip-Reuter.

of the demonstrators.

Claim 20,000 Surrounded

Shanghai, Mar. 21.

The underlying principle of

the

It is said that plans of the Japanese STOP PRESS

& statement issued late yesterday Bill is that everybody must aid in by the Japanese Expeditionary Force the defence of the nation, and that include the ousting of the British- Headquarters, here, states: Chinese forces have thus been trap-ar must not be a source of profits-American Tobacco Company competi ped, and are now facing the dilemma

The

Reuter,

of having to choose between being crushed

or

surrendering to

Japanese."-Router.

Chinese Blow Up

Railway Bridge

Shanghal, Mar. 21.

the

In an effort to stem the Japanese advance to Hauchow, it is learned from Chinese sources that the Chinese dynamited the Tientsin-Pukuw rall way bridge running over the Grand Canal at Hanchwang, where the Japanese are now temporarily halted.

-Reuter.

Chinese Recapture Taokow, Neihwang

Loyang, Mar, 21. Following up their recent successes north of the Yellow River, Chinese forces have recaptured Taokow and Nelhwang, two im- portant towns in north Honan,

Over 5,000 Japanese troops with- drew westward to Hsiuhsien from Pingto, Maotsingu and Changtien- chen on the north bank of the Yellow Nuver on March 15 and 16.

Linpao, in west Konan on the Lunghal Railway and the railway itself, are now elcared of invading troops.

Largo quantiles of military sup- piles and provisions of the Japanese (troops; which were stored in Pingio were burned by evacuating, Japanese. "Cosstral; News.

Japanese

Assault

d

19,

WUS

on the evening of March repulsed by the Chinese here.

The Hsuancheng-Kwangleh high- way is now cleared of Japanese forces.--Central News.

Tokoto Recaptured

Siom, Mar. 21. Tokuto, important elty on the northị bank of the Yellow River in south Suiyuan, which fell into Japanese hands Inst November, has

been recaptured by Chinese troops under, General Ma Chan-shan. He attacked on March 17.

tion through forcing this concern to pay high import duties while the Tao and Manchukuo organisations

will

be allowed to enter products duty freeniscal Press,

Japan Seeks Control Of Universities Of N. China

RIFLE FIRE AUDIBLE

IN PEIPING

on

-

Hankow, Mar. 21. Foreign reports reaching here state In the heavy engagement, which;

concentrated ride fire was heard in lasted two consecutive days and

Tokyo, March 21. several parts of Pelping yesterday. with nights,

the enemy forces

The management of universities by

Questioned by press representa- stationed in the walled city, the the Japanese in North China was tives, a Japanese military spokesman were General Mn, captured over Chinese troops, personally led by forecast yesterday by Marquis Kido, said that Japanese troops nifty Minister of Education, when answer manoeuvring-Central News. Mongolian and "Manchukoan all-ing a question in the Diet. tary officers and 100 troops, and seized large quantities of milltary Marquis⭑Kido sald he would take supplies and provisions.

was

the necessary steps to despatch to The Chinese national dog, after North Chinn, experts to compile text five months' absence,

aguin books and to maintain close contact holsted on the government building, with the Japanese authorities on the

Central News.

Expot.

Nantung Captured By

Japanese

Hauchow, Mar. 21. Nantung, important city on the northern bank of the Yangtze River has fallen ipto in east-Kiangsu, Japanese hands.

Japanese bluejackets,-

assisted by

alx military planes, made a landing

on March 19. Despite the resistance

[offered:by the wexic Chinese defence

He added: "I will also give atten- on to the management of universities

in Central China."Reuter,

HITLER DISPLACES DUKE OF WINDSOR

Vienna, Mar. 21.

In the main lobby of the Hotel.

Bun" | "forse, there: the city was entered by Bristol, Vienna, the portrait of Herr

From the Japanese forces on the same. Adolf Hitler has replaced that of the

Duke of Windsor United Prest.

(Further Stop Press Newse-on Page 17.)

lieved that Dr. von Schuschnigg op-

posed this, and refused to give an undertaking to abstain from political activity.--Reuter.

Five Drown When Junks Capsized

Two Still Missing

In H.K. Waters

A sudden squall near Lung Ku Tan, between Castle Pouk and Deep Bay, about midday yesterday, was res- ponsible for the overturning of two hing junks, causing the deaths of five members of the crews through drowning, and the disappearance of two others.

persons,

The dead and misssing who include the wife and son of the junk master, were all from junk No: HD2243. Five bodies were later re- covered by a Water Police launch.

None of those on board the other junk, No. HD1972, was lost, though a few suffered injuries.

START RETURN FLIGHT.

Blenheim, Mar. 20. Flying Officer Clouston and Mr. Victor Ricketts left here for Sydney at 9.31 am. on the first leg of their return flight to England. They seek to estaba a record for the round trip, having already made a new re- cord flight from England to New Zea- land.Router.

re-

Army On Border Meanwhile the troops have mained on the border, and it is

earned they will remain on a forting for at least ten days.

announced that Polish fleet has been ordered to carry out normal manoeuvres close Lithuania.

It is

also

wor

the

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The Government is silent regarding the continued concentrations in the vicinity of Vilna. However, it is oyldent that in the event of diplomacy falling to settlo maiters, they are pre-

OIL COMPANY REFUTES pared to invade Lithuania.

ALLEGATIONS

nor

London, Mar. 20.

A further message states that a result of the acceptance of the ultima

Warsaw hos, for the first time

tum,

in 20 years, relaxed its boycott on Lithuanian dishes and the national

The managers of the Mexican Eagle drink of Krupnik.--United Press. Oil Company, in a statement to-day) | declared that the company had never adopted,

such encouraged, methods as supplying money, arms and ammunition to assist rebellions In Mexico, as alleged by President Lazars Cardenas yesterday.

The statement says these tom- pany's sole occupation has been to The polleo are still searching for benefit of the nation, employees and develop properties for the maximum

shareholders.-Reuter.

the missing persons.

KUOMINTANG

TO MEET

Shanghal, Mar. 21.

According to Chinese reports, an

emergency congress of · Kuomintang

The statement was issued following Mexico's seizure of foreign oll hold- Ings.

BULGARIAN 'STATESMAN

DIES ON PLATFORM G

Sofin, Mar. 20.

M. A. Malinoff, tended

| delegates' has been convened for

March 29 in Hankow in order to | Bulgarian Democratic Party make important decisions regarding: Fresident of.. the

tho

LITHUANIA'S SACRIFICES

APPRECIATED

Kovno Mar. 20: A spokesman at the Foreign Office stated to-day that Lithuania, had been ad- vised by a friendly power to agree to the Polish ultimatum, and added, that Lithuania sacrifice for peace:

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