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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1988.

GRIM BATTLE RAGING

FOR CHINA'S

Colossal

Japanese

VERDUN

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And

Mr. Gillie Potter

Other London Relays

HOTEL ORCHESTRA

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Hankow For

Culminate Long Offensive Birthday

HE WHOLE OF CHINA IS REJOICING AT THE TEVENTS AT TEHAN.

DRAMATIC

THE ONCE FLOURISHING TOWNSHIP ON THE KIUKIANG- NANCHANG RAILWAY HAS LONG SINCE DISAPPEARED FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH-BLASTED BY JAPANESE BOMBS AND SHELLS IN THE MOST TERRIFIC BOMBARDMENT EVER KNOWN IN THE FAR EAST.

But out of the ruins has arisen China's Verdun.

Six miles east of the heap of rubble and stone that was once a city of 60,000 people lie the battered Chinese trenches. In many parts of the front they have been reduced to a series of mud-filled craters by the incessant Japanese bombardment.

Japanese Air-Raids Continue

SHANGHAI, Oct. 11.

No-where at Tehan, however, have the Chinese defences faltered. Since September 3 not one inch of ground has been surrendered to the invaders, whose entire advance south of the Yangtse has been held up by the determination of Chinese Army that "they shall not pass."

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SHANGHAI, Oct. 10,

Radio Programme Broadcast by ZBW 840 k.c's. and on Short Wave from 1-2.10 p.m. and B-11 p.m. on 9.02 in.c's. per kecond,

JAPANESE CORRESPON-

DENTS at the front predict that the Wuhan cities would be in the hands of the Japanese on Novem- ber 3, the anniversary of the birthday of the Emperor Melji.

Japanese naval forces, according to one Japanese correspondent, have pushed their way now to within sight of Shihwelyno and Iwangshihkang, whose fall is reported as imminent Reuter Special.

CATHOLIC PERSECUTION

IN VIENNA

Authorities To Take Stern Action

0,0' Relay of the Dance Orchestra from the Roof Garden of the long- kong Hotel.

(a) I'll never let you cry; (b) One Song; (e) Believe me; (d) Lis-

to the mocking bird.

ten

6.14 Record from ZBW: Lulu's' Back In Town (film 'Broadway Gon- dolles'); In A Little Gipsy Tea Room (Lesile and Burke)....George Scott- Wood (Plano-Accordion) assisted by Guitar, Bass and Drums.

0.20 (a) Glonninn Mia; (b) I hu

(4) Waltz; (e) Olvido; Wanna.

0.34 Recordis from ZBW: Elfriede (Swift) La Capricciom (Res).... George Swift (Trumpet) with Plano Accompaniment; To Beat The Band Carroll Gibbons

Piano) and Illa Doy Friends,

0.40 (a) Medley of Old Favourites; (b) Swingtime in the Rockles: (c) East Side Kick; (d) Goodnight Ladies,

7.0 Noel Coward, Cecily Court. neidge and Musical Comedy Selec- tions.

"Seeing Store"--Selection.... De- roy Somers Band with vocal chorus; I Was Anything But Sentimental or (film Take my tip'); Birdie Out A Cape (fim Take my tip') Cfeely Courtneidge and Jack

"Careless Rapture"

with

Nove Chestra Of Nichnow the Miracic

Lane Theatre Orchestra cond, by Charles Prentice, Of Lovers....Olive Gilbert with the Drury Lane

Orchestra; "Glamorous (Hassall and Novello); The

Night"

(Noe!

I Knew; Far Away In Shanty

Welch Elisab

(Come- VIENNA, Oct. 10.

accomp. by the THE AUTHORITIES

have Theatre Orch: Parisian rury Lane announced that stringent Coward); We Were Dancing (To- measures Are to be taken Night at 8.30)....Noel Coward ace. by The Phoenix Theatre Orch., who staged the anti-Catholle wood. demonstrations during the 7.48 B.B.C. Recording-A Talk

Although the loss of Aikow, slightly east of Tehan, has threatened the entire Chinese defence system with disaster and circumvallation, the defenders of Tehan are remaining grimly at their posts. The Japanese TAKING ADVANTAGE have occupied the heights at Yangchinshan, Lishan, Laohutsien of ideal flying condi- and Fenghuangshan. Chinese reports claim, however, that the tions, Japanese military and adoption of the Japanese own flanking tactics by the defenders against the bands of rowdies London, cond. by Clifford Green- naval planes spent an active has completely altered the position. time on Sunday and Monday CRUSHING DEFEAT bombing several important centres in Central China and in Kwangtung.

A squadron, operating along the Hankow-Canton railway damaged railway bridges near Wulukino and Pitsun, and also strafed the Wongsha, Sitsun and Kowtang railway stations.

Another squadron raided the Tien- ho aerodrome and close-by barracks, where godowns were demolished.

Simultaneously, slx Japanese planes raided a number of cliles. In Ilunan, including Hengyan, Slanglan and Wantsui, which is in west Kiong- s).

A crushing defeat has been sustained by the Japanese 106th Division and 149th Regiment and, according to an official communique, the Chinese have recaptured all the strategic heights west of Tchan, removing the immediate pressure on the central front.

Japanese losses in the 36-hour battle which culminated in so dramatic a Chinese victory are reported to be staggering, Thousands of dead lie where they fell on the slopes of the hills, and arms and war material have been abandoned in disorderly huste.

the

successes

are

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14 Die In Air Crash On

Brussels-Berlin Route

out to those who have been identified

Bennell Eat 8.03 Songs by as having taken purt in the d turbances. All responsible quarters; Down Vauxhall Way (Oliver); have disclaimed any connection with Pretty Mocking Bird (Bishop).... the persons involved, stating that they with Piano accomp. by Gerald are known to belong to a subversive Moore; Wine, Women And Song group.

with Orchestral (Strauss).... This has not prevented the cr companiment. cutation of rumours that

Cardinal

8.15 London Relay-"Frills And Innitzer has been placed under Finery-1-Fans, arrest, that Catholle Churelies In

their many Disclosing Catholic Of the 20,000 Japanese troops comprising the two divi-Vienna have been closed,

keep or give away secrets of love; priests ordered 10 leave Viennese sions, only 200 are reported to have escaped. Over 5,000 have hospitals, etc. All these rumours han dissipate barrel dughters; and

monish refractory been made prisoners of war. At least ten thousand rifles, some been denied by the authorities.

in spread the news: Written by John hundred sub-machine guns and an enormous quantity of artil- The Incidents on Sunday followed Adency Ensdale; Produced by John

the delivery of two addresses by Richmond. lery and ammunition are included in the Chinese war booty, Cardinal Innitzer to

East of Kichum, other Japanese group, ARMONY in which chestra.

Catholic Youtht 8.35 Orchestra Mascotte and Chinese troops who evacuated

his words gave Juan Llessas and His Tauro Or Aikow on Sunday night have warships are methodically bombard-rise

Ing the hundreds of villages on

rresponsible young persons stormed Enjoy Life-Waltz (Joh. Strauss); Yungsiu, a railway town ten miles taken up new positions in the banks of the river, reducing them to the Cardinal's Palace and the Roses Of The South-Waltz (Straus) south of Tehan was raided yesterday.hills ranging on both sides of heups of rubble.

vicarage.

They demolished part of Orchestra Mascotte; Tango Mio and the place strafed by machine the highway from the city to

the furniture and valuables. Priests (Fresedo); Sierra Chica-Argentine SINYANG FALLS

who intervened were threatened but Tango-Juan Llocsas guns, but apparently ille demago

and itis caused. The extent of the Tehan and Nanchang.

to Other Japanese

none were hurt, according

the Tango

Orchestra; Die Werber-Waltz damuge caused by the other raids Upon these troops now rests the

authorities.

Hohne); (Lanner-orr

Espan has not yet been ascertained.

fate of the main Chinese defence of claimed north of the Yangste,

Sinyang, on the Pelping-Hankow

that the Relch Waltz It is expected

(Woldteufel).....Orchestra their Verdun at Tehan. There is Districts

Railway, has finally fallen around Canton

great danger that further Japanese Invaders. were

the Commission bickering whe Mascotte

Was

London Relay Mr. heavily raided during the Double-advances in the Aikow sector will

incident, will take appropriate Patter. Tenth anniversary, 58 planes in Ave foree China to abandon Tehan, not

0.30 London Relay Tho News. Hroups participating. During the because of any break in the Verdun

9.50 Schubert's Compostiions. morning 25 planes dropped bombs on defence but owing to the danger of

The Twin Brothers-Overture.... the city, and it is reported that a

circumvoliation. complete

The

Opera Berlin-Charlottenburg direct hit was made on the cement

Orch.

cond. by Alois Melichar; works at Saichuen.

Soiree De Vienne No. 6....Wilhelm (from Rondo Bacchus (Piano)

Op. 53).... Sonata in D Joseph Szigeti (Violin) with Nikita de Magaloft at the Piano; Moment husical (ap. 94, No. 3): Hark! Harki Wolfgang Rose (Plano), The Lark Liebrecht (Violin) Konrad;

and Hermann Wolft (Cello): Minuet And Trio ({com

om Fantasia Sonata In G Major, Op. 78)....Arthur Rubla- RIOTERS ARRESTED

stein (Piano); Marche Militaire.... San Francisco Symphony Orch, cond, Vienna, Oct. 10. It is understood that Cardinal In- by Alfred Hertz.

10,20 London Relay A Lieder nitzer, Archbishop of Austria, will

Jan Yan Der Gucht go to Berlin soon to confer with Recital by

(Tenor). the Papal Nuncio, Monsignor Cesar

The Questioner (Schubert); The Orsenigo, and then report fully to

Boy at the Brook (Schubert); The Herr Hiller on the riots which oc- Hidalgo (Schumann); The Coming curred during the week-end.

(Schumann); Serenade The Police in Vienna have closed of Spring

Welcome A

Vision

Other

villages bombed by the Japanese, with feared loss of life, included Loktung, Nganchanngau, Pakong, and Walyoung-Central News, Domei, and United Press mes- sages.

CITY IN SUSPENSE

Heavy Oghting is in progress on the slopes of Llon's Head and Old Tiger's Head mountains, last remain- ing western defences to the Tchan sector. Chinglungeht (1,500ft.) has fallen to the Alkow victors.

JAPANESE RIVER DASH

Spectacular gains by the Japanese

to

Wave after wave of Japanese measures infantry battered their way through Ocean. the breaches in the city's walls after the surrounding forts, comprising the left flank of Hankow's "Maginot Line," and been silenced.

communique

At dawn this morning a Japanese announced that the Rising Sun had been hoisted on the tower of Sinyang's custic,

DESCENT ON MACHENG

It

Saarbrucken during the

on his return.Trans-

TO PROTEST TO IUTLER

Vienna, Oct. 10. is reliably learned that Cardinal

Chinelor personally regarding the outbreaks of anti-Roman Catholic feeling in Vienna and the violent demonstrations staged by youths in Vienna during the week-end.

It is presumed that the Cardinal on three other Wuhan fronts, follow- On the north-east front the Japon- ing the piercing of China's secondese who pierced the Chinese forti-will go to Berlin for the conversa

tions-United Press. Caulon, Oct. 10.

line of defence in the north, north-cations atop the Tapich range Swarms of Japanese planes flew cast and east, have to some extent mountains are now descending on over the city this morning until there offset China's great defences in the Macheng, Chinese fleld headquarters were 34 of the invaders. They con-Teban area.

in this ares. They are reported to centrated on the municipal water-

be only 15 miles from their objective, works at Taungpo, beyond Salchuen.

which is about 180 miles from Incendiary and demolition bombs'

Hankow, were dropped but without much effect.

It is believed that the planes were from the second aircraft carrier to arrive off Kwangtung.

Do of the most spectacular Japanese galns is reported in the Yangise River whiere, following the fall yesterday of Kichuin. Japanese mine-sweepers and warships have advanced a further 15-milles up- river.

CLAIM DISPUTED

uf

Hankow, Oct. 11. The Japanese claim that they have occupied "Kichun on the north bank

(Brahms);

of the Yangtse has been categorically the cathedral and banned the daily (Richard Strauss); The Pain of Part- denied by the headquarters of Murteries of bible study hours. shot Chiang Kai-shek.

Crowds

wds gathered in the vicinity in Ing (Mahler).

10.40 London Symphony Orches- the evening and Police cordoned off

tra. The denial states that fighting is St. Stephen's Square. Later they

Schubert Waltzer (Schubert).... The spectacular advance was made still going on in the town which has arrested several

persons who were possible by

heavy flood waters been demolished by Japanese bomb-shouting Nazi slogans in side streets. Conducted by Walter Gochr; Polov- which have allowed the Japanese ing.

Nazi officials fear that a riot will tal March ("Prince Igor Borodin); warships to proceed up-river with-

precipitate antagonism between the Storm Musle ("Ivan The Terrible". Church and Naxl Catholics and pre-rumbky-Korsakov) Donalden dict that the result would be

The

Snow Malden"— a reli- um glous revival.

Rimsky-Korsakov); "Love Of The Attention

drawn to the fact that Three Oranges" (Prokofieff); March attendances at all churches have in- and Scherzo; Waltz Scherzo....Con- creased, despite the fact that the ducted by Albert Contes,

11.0 Close down. Press has been prohibited from re- porting the riots which have already occurri occurred, 'and which have become known throughout the city by word

At midnight, the Japanese were Some score of planes kept the city within 55 miles of Hunkow and in suspense for three hours yester were only five miles below Kitow. day before they struck, first at Sal-strategic city on the south bank of chuen where two residential build- the river. ings were destroyed, then at Tinho on the long-discarded aerodrome, and finally at Wongsha, Twenty houses were burnt out in this vicinity and several fatalities occurred.

At midnight they were half-way Interesting was the demonstration of the effectiveness of the bamboo up Ward Reach, a stretch of water roof screen on one of the houses named after Lt. Commander J. Ward, which was bombed, The missile ex-the Brilish naval officer who carried survey of the' ploded on the tiers of bamboo and out the original burnt up the bamboo but caused no Yangtse in October, 1858-exactly other damage.

At this point the river is over a the planes went on to that city and mile wide and is navigable from bank dropped bombs to two bus stations to bank.

A

but

reppet came from Kwellin that

without eflect.-Our Own Correspondent,

out following orthodox channels. It is also denied that the Japanese have occupied Yungbsin, the denial stating that "the Japanese have not only failed to capture Yunghsin but they are not even anywhere near the town."--Reuter,

eighty years ago.

CHINESE STAGE, NIGHT RAID

HANKOW, Oct. 11. Under a moon-lit sky, a squadron of Chinese bombers attacked a conof the Yangtse, which at this point centration of Japanese warships In

of mouth.

LITVINOFF SUSPECTED

BERLIN, Oct. 10.

A BELGIAN CIVIL PLANE en route from Brussels to Berlin crashed at Lake Moche, near Soest, to-day.

Ten passengers and the crow of four were killed. The machine was a three-engined Italian Savola plane and picked up all but

ct two of its passengers

in- on board Duesseldorf. Those cluded a married couple and the

Old Resident

manager of the Rhine Metal Works, Of Hongkong

Herr Luther. All those killed were Germans, while the crew were all Belgian.

The machine crashed from amid moderately high clouds only twenty minutes after leaving

Dies In Devon

Duesseldorf. Dr. T. W. Pearce Passos According to witnesses the wings

Away At Home were broken off before the machine hit the ground. Parts of

ma- an open chine, which crashed into field, were scattered over an area 1,500 feet in circumference, A Ger- man commission of inquiry is al ready at the sceno and a Belgian commission is also on its way.

Among the dead are three children and two women-Trans-Occan.

According to Reuter there were 16 passengers and they were all killed. Workers in the fields saw what they described as "an aeroplane with only one wing suddenly shoot down from the clouds which were in places as low as 900 feet. The theory is held that the plane broke up in the air,

Yugo-Slavian Parliament Dissolved

Belgrade, Oct. 10, Prince Paul, Regent of Yugo- Slavin, issued a decree to-day order- Ing the dissolution of Parliament and colling for a general election in December.

old Many

residents ot ecuth China, particularly in Hongkong and Canton, will learn with deep regret of the death of Dr. T. W. Pearce, 0.0., father of Mr. T. E. Pearce, of J. D. Hutchison & Co., which pe- curred on Sunday fast, at Exmouth, Devon, according to a memage just

received.

Dr. Pearce, who was 82 years of ago, served with the London Mis- sionary Society for over 50 years before retiring ten years ago.

Ho spent 11 years in Canton, and work

ed in

in Hongkong from 1802 unul.hid retirement, during which period he several times served as Director of Beveral un

Education and on the Board Education. In addition he was ap- pointed to the committee to revise a version of the Bible outlined by de legates to a general conference of missionaries held in New York in 1000.

He was made an Hon. LLD., of the Hongkong University, and before His retirement was awarded the O.B.E.

He was keenly interested in spoch especially cricket and tennis, and although he lived in retirement in Exmouth and London, he constantly maintained touch with China and the Chinese.

KÄILWAY CLEARED7.

Hankow, Oct. 11. The Peiping-liankow Railway now entirely cleared of Japanese' 55 MILES FROM HANKOW

south of Singang,

The Vatican is expected to protesti according to

strongly, while the Osservatore, Although the Japanese naval dash Chinese despatches,

Japanese troops which occupied taken the matter up in is editorial Vatican newspaper, has already has reduced the distance between the invaders and Hankow to only 65 Lluling Station have retreated to-

the north-east, following columns.

It is established that Cardinal In- miles, the Japanese warships are now wards entirely unsupported on both sides repeated. Chinese assaulta.

One body of Japanese troops hos nitzer was not in his palace during the Yangtze River belween Wuhause, in flanked by high hills bristling with crossed the callway and is at pre- the riols but was visiting a monas foreign Commissar, M. Litvinoff, and

Chinese artillery.. and Tienchiachen on Sunday night. Although the warships con-

Ines Ic!

VATICAN CONSTERNATION of the railway. the machines Bwooping low

menced to bombard Kitow, they are The spokesman also said that since

parties, and the ranks of the Governman of the former Yugo-Slav Peopler loose lons of explosives on the being subject themselves to intensive the railway tracks have

Rome, Oct. 10.

ment been

supporters are thus expected to Party, liave been promised Cabinet enemy Vessels, inflicting heavy artillery from the Chinese on the damaged in the vicinity of the Lluling "Consternation” at the attack on dignified protest and offer to Car-be swelled by the addition of some appointments. damage. They dropped a number of hillatios, and it is believed that the

Station,

train northbound

200,000 voters. from Cardinal Innitzer's palace is express- dinal Innitzer, the Archbishop of leaflets advising the Japanese soldiers ships may be forced to retire to-Hankow are unable to reach Sin- ed in the Vatican organ Osservatore|Austria,

It appears that the Premier, Dr. our profound condolences

Earlier in the day It was learned to abandon their dream of driving wards. Kichun unill army reinforce- yang, but the through service, is Romano, which; says; :

for the outrage to his person- and

that two Right Wing men, Anton Stoyadinovitcha, la peekian, to, cons towards the Wuhan cities-Central men's can be brought overland to expected to resume as soon as re- “In fraternal union with Catbolles through him to the religion and the

Marchtrovitch, Mayor of . Makaskar,,|solidate his Governihent us a broader Newa.

clear the banks.

pairs have boen. completed --Reuter, In Austria we make a Christion and church of God,fum Reuler, A

and Dr. Svetislaus Hodschers, Chair-basis-Trans-Octem

sent

.

Dudapest, Oct. 10. It is reliably reported here that officials of the OGPU paid a visit to the apartment of the Savlet'

removed a lorry-load of papers Trans-Ocean.

It is announced that big changes i Dr. Pearce is survived by his son, will be made in the Yugo-Slav Mr. "Tam" Pearce, a daughter, Mrs?" Cabinet. It is already known that Griffin, and four grandchildren. the People's Party has entered "Into

an election pact with the Government