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STOP PRESS Peace Feeler From Peiping

Peiping, June 20

A pence fceler which, It Is generally believed, as Japanese In- fluence behind it, has been issued by .the Provisional Government in Peiping, la the form of a statement on the horrors of war.

The statement says it will take a fully century for China to recover from these horrors, and ends with an appeal to Hankow leaders, including Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, to acknowledge defeat,

MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1938.

4,786 CIVILIANS KILLED, 9,027 WOUNDED DURING RAIDS UPON KWANGTUNG

Canton, June 19. Semi-official statistics released for publication on Saturday afternoon show that, for the period from September 1 last year to June 14, Kwangtung Province was raided on 1,430 occasions.

During this period a total of 425 raids were carried out. un Canton.

The number of Japanese planes, ty different parts of the city have participating in the raids totalled teen struck by bombs. more than 0,000, and they dropped A total of 9,384 bulidings have 10,480 bomba,

been destroyed throughout Kwang- In the whole of the province, 4,700 tung province, civilians have been killed and 0,027

The Generalissimo and other Hau- kow lenders are assured that posterity will "Torgive them it they acknow-wounded. ledge defcut."

In the city of Canton alone, 1,027 civilians are known to Wang Keh-min, in Issuing the have been killed and 6,720 to have statement, refers to the sacrifices by been injured One hundred and nine- the Japanese and the sufferings of the Chinese in clearing Chins of undesirable elements and adds:

"Our view is that the war must cense immediately. The Kuomintang statement 13 bas run amok. Our made as a stepping-store for them to regain their senses, zo end may be put to this unnecessary disaster.Reuter,

that no

Terrible Toll In Railway Accident

Miles, Montana, June 20, The dead the Chicago, Milwats kee & St. Paul train disaster include the engine-driver, fireman, madi clerk and baggage snan.

At least 07 persons have been sent to hospital in Miles Chy Another 50 tere missing.

Apparently A cloudburst flooded Custer Creek, under-mining the call way trestle and causing the truth to plunge into a Creek,

It is believed that all the passen- Here in a Pulimen which plunged in

drowned tu the crrek were tiated Press

CHARGE UNWORTHY

OF COMMENT

Hankow, June 20.

|

FLOODS STILL SPREAD

No Relief Until After Late Rains

Priping, June 20.

River

Flood waters of the Yellow have reached Chouchlakou, 74 miles from the old course of the stream.

Meteorological experts express the opinion that seasonal summer rains, which will aggravate the foods, will this your. They not arrive earlier

Sixty per cent, of the civilians injured in the air raids are disabled for life, the majority being without one or more limbs-Special

A

Determined Resistance Maintained

Loyalists Report

Few Gains

Madril, June 19.

by the communique Issued

Spanish War Ministry on Saturday night states that on the Levant front severe fighting still continues in the neighbourhood of Villareof.

The Loyalist militia successfully on the repulsed Insurgent attacks are expected some time in Augu villages of Micha and Palou, south- so that the floods will area and depth for months,

Increase in least IWO

west of Villarent.

The Insurgents are said to be press- north of Japanese engineers are pessimistleg strongly at Atalajn,

Oude regarding their efforts to ereel new dykes fifty miles south of the river. In an effort to divert ils course to the old bed along which i dowed to the sea prior to 1802.

The Yellow River is barely flowing at Tsimum, indicating that drarly al of is millions of gallons are flowing Beross the country throt the Chinese official circley described | Breaches in the dykes near Kaifeng. the statemen of the Reformad Governmet!, charging

Japanese engineers are seizing the Central Govertiment had engineered opportunity afforded by low waters the Yellow River doods, as unworthy to repair the long railway bridge one of the longest in the world blown up by have

retreated from Tsinan.

of comment.

Such

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they oriously expose the consterna- etrries ! their tion in Jupinnese plans for a drive on Chengelaw and Hankow having received a serious setback.-Reuter,

SOVIET

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Moscow, June 19.

In the Ukrainian Soviet Republic, one of the major Repubiles of the Soviet Union, were revealed to-day

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party

officiels

Nine responsible active in the great Soviet purge have themselves been denounced by Prtuda as enemies of the people.

and

Yegorov Include They Prumnek, secretaries of the party und Kieft and Donez, regional party commitler lentiers-Reuter.

AMERICAN-OWNED

SCHOOL BOMBED

Peiping, June 20. It is reported from Tsingtao that Japanese naval planes dropped four bombs on the property of the Ameri- nt Pingtu, in can Baptist Mission Shantung. Wednesdny.

they

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German Spy Suspect In Canton Cell

Military Authorities Keep Silent On Intentions

In the Alcorn sector the Loyulists mercedent in capturing several lm- porlant positions north-west of Salto de Caballo, The position remains unchanged Trans-Ocean,

on the eastern front.-

BARCELONA RAIDED

Barcelona, June 19.

Three Insurgent air raids were carried pul on Barcelona in the early hours of this morning.

Fifteen people were killed and 13 were injured.

Most of the bombs were dropped in the second raid, and fell on the bench and along the coust. The southern district of the city suffered, however, In the last raid, when four people 'were injured.--Reuter,

LOYALISTS SENT HOME

Paris, June 19.

Loyalist soldiers of the 43rd Re- 'publican Division, who sought refuge in France, rcording to an official alutement issued here to-night, have Levacuated from French territory.

In conformity with the destres ex- were transported to Barcelona, while 643 were sent to insurgent Spain.

pressed by the men themselves, 8,537

A flock of 20,000 sheep brought by the soldiers to France has been sent

to back

Loyalist Spain, It

Canton, June 19. Kwangtung military authorities are

the strictest silence estimated that a further flock of malutusig regarding the fute of Karl Hein, the 20,000 sheep, as well as several thou-

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Karuizawa, a small scat- tered town, is situated 3,080 feet above the sea and has been known for many years as the sum- mer resort where more

German médical student who was sand horses and mules which were foreigners go than any travelling through Canton on a train sent back to Spain this week other place in Japan. It

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