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THE

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY MAY 18

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Japan's Gains Of No Great Significance

HEROIC

PINCER-GRIP CHINESE WON'T HURT FIGHTING

GAMELY

CHINA ARMY Amoy Completely

Chiang's Troops Far

Deserted

Throughout

Amáy, May 12.

Tuesday night there was an almost continuous exchange

JAPANESE LODGE NEW COMPLAINT.

Another Affront From Russia

Tokyo, May 13,

In a fresh addition to the long list of recent Japanese protests to the Soviet, Mr. Kensuke Horinouchi, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, yesterday made vigorous representa tions with M. Michael Slavutsky, Soviet Ambassador hero, against Russion report to the effect that Mr. of Tsuru Kuwabara, Japanese charge d'agaires at Kabul, had "invited" the envoy there to join the Japanese secret service."

Be machine-gun and rifle fire Soviet

Too Numerous To

Herded To Defeat

(Special b "Telegraph")

Hankow, May 13. China has despatched a number of full-strength divisions into the Kweiteh area in order to stem the Japanese advance from Tsining, and the strength of the Chinese forces on both sections of the Tientsin-Pukow railway is over 60 divisions, or approximately 400,000

men.

A deep and dramatic change has come over the Chinese troops in Shantung, where the spirit of the army is a spirit of victory. Soldiers and officers absolutely believe in themselves and in some cases, like General Fan Sung-fu, the defender of Tungkwan, believe Japan has offended against Heaven and that God carries the banners of the Chinese.

on Amoy Island.

The Japanese renewed an intensive aerial bombing at dawn on Wednesday, with

a

Mr. Horinouchi asked for the Im- mediate suppression of anti-Japanese being carried on in Rusafon with regned to the

press

propaganda

malter:

ERADIO BROADCAST

A Recital of Harry Ore's Compositions

LONDON RELAYS

Radio Programme Broadcast by ZBW on a Frequency of 843 k.c.'s and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. and 8-11 p.m. on 9.52 m.c.'s second.

BRACKEN

рег

Made in Glasgow

6.6 Beethoven-Sonata In B Flat Major, Op. 22.

Played by Artur Schnabel (Piano). 6.25 Beethoven-Grosse Fure In B Flat Major, Op. 133.

Played by The Lener String Quartet -(Lener, Sinllovits, Roth & Hart- man).

6.42 Bongs by Richard Tauber (Tenor).

Good Night, Oh! My Love! (Van 'Seyffardt-Franz Abt). Erat Hab Ich Ihr Komplimente Gemacht (From 'Venus in Silk'); O Mia Bella Napoli! (Original version of A Little Ren-

the Chinese forces gradual- ¦ was understood to have told M.dezvous from Venus in Silk").

ly falling back on Amoy City, on the western side of the island.

On Wednesday afternoon a number of largo fires appeared in the city, and the Chinese main body commenced retiring to the mainland, three miles distant. The Japanese reached the western waterfront late Wednesday afternoon, and imme- diately commenced mopping-up operations.

Meanwhile

Intensive

on

pertal

bombing continued throughout the overhead unopposed owing to lack of Chinese planes and anti-aircraft guns,

day, the Japanese planes roaring

Despite the marked superiority of the Japanese war machine, the il- equipped Chinese defenders continued

island foris and isolated units holding out throughout Wednesday,

The army is calm and has gained experience. The officers believe the Japanese have made irreparable to make a herole starul with the mistakes, that Japanese soldiers are fighting without a goal before them; but Chinese officers are not over- confident. They believe the Japanese may take Hsuchow, but that their losses will not be compensated by its capture.

A few months ago it would have been unthinkable trade divisions from army to army, commander to commander, without arousing friction and jealousy. That has all changed.

The army has practically all been recruited since the Luftouchico in- The cident which started the war. men are mostly educated and their they ого patriotism is high when ordered to defend a position either until death or rescue comes.

road-

Forget Their Pain The wounded lying by the side, groaning, forget their pain und excitedly tell how they fought.

While the Japanese have reached a point five miles south of the Lung- hal railway, below Tancheng, the movement has little significance as the ground has been empty of de- have fenders always. They could moved in there at any time. The their Chinese prefer to remain on northwestern flank.

movement

from

The pincer Mengcheng in the south and Tsining in the north will have little effect. then, unless the Japanese reinforce- ments come in large numbers and have been not plecercal, as they doing. As the Chinese forces are so movement is numerous, the pincer

like trying to te up a ton of bricks with a piece of string

ADVANCE

CAUSING CONCERN

Japanese Drive

On Kweiteh

Hankow, May 13.

children to the Foreign Settlement on

Mr. Kuwabara, the Vice-Minister Slavutsky, had reported that he had

seen the Soviet ambassador in the minutes during a courtesy call curly

Afghanistan capital for only Ave

in April when only formal greetings were exchanged."

The alleged report of the Soviet diplomat, Mr. Horinouch! added, was "groundless and constituted an un- friendly act towards Japan."

Commenting on this action, the Foreign Office spokesman here to- day remarked that the Soviet allega- tion betrayed "the suspicion with

ro which the Soviet Government gards its diplomatic representatives abroad."Domel

European

Trade With Far East

tra

6.52 New Light Symphony Orches- Solemn Melody (Walford Davies); (O'Neill): Jazz Nocturne ("My Silent Love"-Suesse); Buffcon (Confrey): Kamennol-OstrowOp. 10, No. 22 (Rubinstein); Liebestraume (Lazt),

Incidental Music To "Mary Bont

The evacuation of women and Stagnation Caused By Kulangau Foland, 6 miles away; Sino-Japanese Conflict and re no men were allowed to cross until

commenced on Tuesday morning, but

the evening.

REFUGEES SWAMP KULANGSU

To-day, however, practically the whole of the 120,000 inhabitants of Amoy City are crowded on the 10 square miles comprising Kulangsu. Tens of thousands of refugees are blocking every street, which have become almost impassable, All public buildings, schools and churches are full to overflowing.

The food problem is most acute, but Foreign committees ETC making emergency arrangements.

and

Me

The Girl In The

Hansom

Ever

Cab.

720 Closing local Stock Quotations. 7.22 Dance Music,

Like A Fox-Trots I'm Feelin' Million (From Broadway Melody of 1038; Caravan (Ellington-Tizal).... ....Nat Gonella and His Georgians with vocal refrain by Nat Goncilal Tangos Jalousie (Gade),...Xavier Cugat

His

Waldorf- and

Hotel

(Gart- Astoria Orchestra; Tu Sais man, Walter and Ervande)....Henry

Pierre

Orchestra King and His Hotel with Vocal refrain; Fox-Trots-- Amoresque (Phillips); Manhattan Holiday (A. Strauss and Dale)...... Jack Harris and His Orchestra; Girls Were Made To Love And Klas ("Paganini"-Herbert and Lehar)

for ...Waltz-Love Live and Rule My

Heart ("Paganin!"

Lebar)......Juck Herbert Hyllan

Hls Orchestra with vocal refrain by Bert Yarlett; Fax-Trot-Silvery Moon And Golden Sands; Quick Step-You Can't Stop

Dreaming.

Henry Jacques. (Britain's Champlon Dancer of 1934- Berlin, May 12.

30) and His Correct Dance Tempo Herr E. Helfferich, Chairman Orchestra; Comedy Fox-Trof-I'm A of the Hamburg-Amerika Line Little Prairie Flower, Comedy Waltz and President of the Far East....Jack Harris and flis Orchestra. Union of Hamburg and Bremen, Vocalist: Elste Carlisle, who has resided for several 8.0 Time, Weather and Announce years in the Far East, this ments.

8.03 Studie Professor Harry Ort's morning issued a survey on the

Pellegatti, outlook for German trade in (Cello), Composer at the Plano,

Compositions Ettores the Orient.

1. Sonata for Plano and Cello in Helfferich, was not quite so hopeless Allegretto

The position to-day, said Herr D, Op. 14; (s) Allegro moderato; (b) con espressione; (c) for German trade as it had been in Allegro moltto....Prof., Ore (Piano) 1919, after the Great War. Neverthe-Ettore Pellegatti (Cello); 2. Elegy less, he declared, circumstances in and Gavotte in D, Op. 5 for Cello, . 1919. were vastly different to those ....Eliore Pelegutti (Cello). ruling in 1938.

8.30 London Relas-Food day, both from the standpoint Thought'. of Europe as whole and of Germany

Three short talks on matters of east with any reasonable degree of in particular, it was difficult to fore- topical interest.

8.50 StudioItev, C.B.R. Sargent- accuracy the prospects for the future. 34th Series of Opers; Wagner-"Die

Trade TYNA at

Д standstill Meistersinger"-concluded. throughout the greater part of the

9.30 London Relay-Tho News 9.50 Dance Records, Far East, or, at best, was for

Fox-Trot

Cat below normal, Everything was over-shadowed by the Bins-Japan. (Kuster)....Herbert Kuster and His Piano Orchestra; Waltz-I Hum A ese confllet,

Waltz (From "This is my Affair'). Victor Silvester and His Ball-Room Orchestra; Tango Lamental.

Huppertz and His Orch. 19.0 London Relay-Music-Hall. Including Wee Georgie Wood The Peter Pan of Vaudeville (By per mission of George Black); assisted by Dolly Harmer; Tesale O'Shea Just bubbling over' Mr. Flotsam and Mr. Jetsam with The B.B.C. Variety Orchestra conductor; Charles Shad-

11.0 Close Down.

Chinese military casualties were most heavy, and hospitals emergency centres on Kulangsu feland arc overBowing with wounded To-day, brought across in small launches and The Japanese drive on Kwei-sumuded who were taken across the teh from the north and south caused considerable concern last langsu are, however, only a frac night, when advices from west the Japanese, who also suffered Shantung stated that the Japan- heavilyy, are attending to their own ese advancing from Wenshang wounded on Amoy Island. had captured Yunchen.

Yunchen was evacuated by the

Chinese following a most severe Japanese artillery bombardment, re- ports declared.

tion of the Chinese casunitles, while

FORTS HOLD OUT

On Wednesday morning the Japan-

The path of the German merchant ese continued bombing and shelling and trader in the Far East since the the forts, which are still resisting Great War has been a very rough gallantly, despite the terrific hall of | one indeed," Herr Heifferich said. high explosives raining upon them.

Japanese forces from Tsining are No contacts have yet been made. also advancing along the motor road between the Japanese invaders and towards Kunghalong, and are stated the authorities of the Foreign Settle- to have captured Slungiitsi, 20 miles (ment. Meanwhile, all foreigners are north of Yutai, after the village had safe on Kulangsu.-Reuter. been destroyed by heavy shelling.

The Japanese forces advancing along the Lunghal Railway from Mengchen suddenly turned in a northerly direction towards Yung- chen, south of Tungshan.

CLIPPER

TO ARRIVE

Position Not Secure While the Japanese policy seema to have undergone a drastic change in the last three weeks, with rein- to have reported

Advlees from Shantung headquar- forcements

ters add that the vanguards of the actually left Japan, the previous

forcea have. reached unwillingness to send replacements Japanese

40 was a betrayal of the Japanese Shikungshon,

of China, who found themselves pitted Yungehen. against a superior force, operating in a hostile country and hampered by

peasantry. The con-, aroused ditions were strikingly encountered Napoleon when he in Fighting Reaches Decisive on its present course, will make a vaded Russia.

an

like

those

Chinese guerillas have inundated the land, stranding tanks, breaking Japanese into small groups and then attacking. The Eighth Route Army has moved into the southern section of the Pelping-Hankow railway, and the whole of southern Shantung and Honan, north of the Lunghai line, overflows with angry farmers, armed bandila and savage Red Spears.

Foreign military observers em-

the phaalse that unicas Bend heavy reinforcements homo their only reasonable strategy le to retire north of the Yellow River and strive to consolidate their gains. However, with reinforcements now reported on their way, this advice is not likely to be taken,

ENCOURAGING FACTS

An inquiry instituted by the Far East Union has, however, revealed some encouraging facts. As for a organisation was concerned, German trade with the Far East is on a armer basis than ever, German well. trade bases in the East have been considerably extended, and German General Chambers of Commerce at Shanghai, Tientsin, Canton, Hanitow, Manila and Batavia were now re-

miles north TO-MORROW with the Far East Union of Hamburg

The Chinese forces, it is stated, are launching a vigorous counter-attack.

Aeuter,

Stage

Hsuchow, May 13. Fighting in west Shantung and north Anhwel is reaching the decisive stage.

tho

Another Talerchwang battle is be- ing fought at Mengcheng on north bank of the Ko River, north- west of Pengpu. Though the Japan- ese are now in possession of the, city, Japanese two columns of Chinese reinforce- fromments are making an attempt to re-

capture it.

A Chinese drive northward, past Tancheng, with a wide sweep from the west towards Taloon, now can- not be carried out, it seems.

Japanese The best estimate strength at present on the Tientsin

A Japanese unit has penetrated to of Yungcheng, 40 the vicinity kilometres north-weat of Mengcheng.

10.30

cognised by Germany. All these Chambers worked in close harmony

and Bremen, as well as with the German Economic Chamber.

The

prospects for German trade in the Far East are not as bad as it would seem under present condi- tions," the speaker declared,

Heinz

And

For

Mouse

G.O.CION WAY TO SHANGHAI

Hongkong is temporarily without "There are weighty problems to ita General Oncer Commanding. W. be solved by the countries' in the Yesterday, Major-General A. Orient, problems that will have no Bartholomew, accompanied by mem- . ultimate solution until centuries bors of his staff, sailed by the P. and

have passed.

O. Iner Carthage for Shanghof, to "At present, German traders must carry out a routine inspection of the

The Pan American Airways Clipper to Manila to-day flow from Guam and, provided the typhoon continues

round trip to Hongkong to-morrow.

The plane is expected here about

a.m. and will remain only an. hour before taking off on the return fight to Manila. Should the plane be further delayed at Manila by the typhoon the round trip will be debe content to await events and hope British forces in North China. Iayed until Sunday.

for a speedy end of hostilities in He will be away until June, 10.

with the General Officer "Both China and Japan are friends ng were Brigadier A. V. The Imperial Airways plane due of Germany and my carnest hope-Thomson, M.BE., (A.A. and Q.M.G..)

н. one which is shared by the Fuchrer Captain

5.

Hopkinson, P. to-day is running 24 hours latonis that peace will be established (GS.A.3.,) and the A.D.C., Captain will not now arrive until to-morrow evening.

soon between the two great countries P. J. Howorth, RA, of the Far East.-Trans-Ocean,

Home Mail Delayed

on the Anhwel-Honen border. The US. RAILWAYS TO

SLASH WAGES

their

Chinese military authorities, ever, are not perturbed by daring advance, believing that they

enn be rounded up without much. dimculty. Chinese troops have reedy been dispatched to engage them.

New York, May 12. Railways throughout ine

United States have notified employees that, Fakow railway, front is 120,000 abandoned Yuncheng, but reinforce- by 18 per cent.

In west Shantung the Chinese have as from July 1, wages will be reduced

ments have arrived roady for B The reduction will 'affeét' over a counter-attack. Kinslang is now the million workers-United Press, chief point of contention. Under a barrage Japanese infantry units

United Press.

DANGER TO SHIPPING

heavy

are furiously attacking the town.

The Harbour Department has re- The Chinese are putting up at Shantung, yesterday, and the day ceived a report from H.M., Dainty resistance, repulsing one Japanese before.

There was no major change on both Mark overturned junk, at latitude 22. onslaught after another. mod de miile, north and longitude Japanese air-squadrons heavily the north and south sectors of the

# 10 mins East The junk bombed Hotsch, Tinglao and Chuyeh, Tientsin-Pukow Rallway yesterday. mark to navigation, d

towns in the south-west corner of Central News.

China.

FILM EXECUTIVES COMING HERE

Mr. J. S. Hummel and Mr. H. S. Dunn, Hollywood film executives, will reach. Hongkong to-morrow morning on board the Italian liner Conto Blancamano.

Mr.

Accompanying the party were Mrs. Thomson and Mrs. Hopkinson.

Brigadier F. W. L. Bissett, D.S.O., M.C., will be in command of the

return.

Hongkong garrison until the G.O.C's

DECREE NISI.......

GRANTED

A decree is, to be made absolute Mr. Hummel is General Foreign in six months, was granted by the Sales Manager of Warner Bros. and Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor, Dunn is the Far Eastern to Mr. Henry Colbert, in his petilon supervisor for the same organisation. For divorce against his wife, Mrs. The general manager for Warner Marguerita Golbert. Mr. Charles Bros. In the Far East, Mr. AL. Juvet was named co-respondent Caplan, who is at present in Hong-The pallion was not defended, Kong, will join the Conte Blancamano HG Menamers, Instructed b for Shanghai.

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