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THE HONGKONG. TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21,

1988.

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CRUSHING DEFEAT INFLICTED ON JAPANESE BY GUERILLAS Chinese Successes Reported In Northern Areas

Claim Invaders In Full Retreat

THE

SIAN, Oct. 21.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

LOOTING IN WAICHOW

Hongkong Telegraph,

JAPANESE who had recently withdrawn to Kaolochen in south Shansi after a setback at Yuanku, important town on the Shansi-Honan border, To the Editor, suffered another crushing defeat at the hands of the Chinese on October 18 and are now in full retreat northwards to Henglingkwan, latest military des- patches from the front state.

LORD STANLEY BURIED

London, Oct. 20.

Lord Stanley Whe burled at Knowsley Parish Church, Lancashire today. The funeral was of a private character, and attended only by re- tatives and tenants of Lord Derby's estate,

The coffin was borno by game- keepers and forestera of the estate. Their Majestics and other members of the Royal Family, including the Sir, I saw in to-day's Hongkong Duke of Windsor were represented at Westminster relegraph an account under a head-a memorial service in ing. "Foreigner Arrives From War Abbey, attended by the Premier and Aral members of the Cabinet, and pollti- Wrecked Walchow," of which the Aral paragraph drew my special attention. cal leaders in South Africa and All the Japanese aboard the trains it reports that, in an exclusive inter-thodesia, and other Dominion High Launching simultaneous nt-

view with a S. C. Morning Post Commissioners-Reuter. tacks on the invaders from the are said to have been killed.

At Hochwang. in the vicinity of

representative, a foreign resident who cast, south and weat, the Chi-Fotowchen, a party of more than took refuge to Hongkong from Wal-

smashed through the Japanese soldiers was recently an-chow lold something about a systema- POET LAUREATE

defences and Japanese

re- nihiluted by Chinees querillas in antic looting carried on in that town. captured several important vil-ambush.Centret News.

RECEIVES PRIZE lages and heights over-looking Knolochen.

пеле

ro. the

On the following day, a general at-; Lack from the three aldea was sumed. After a sanguinary lasting several hours, the Japanese were beaten and commenced a gen- eral retrnal, leaving behind dead and a large quantity of Lupplies. While

many war

continued

400

Though not a single word "Japan-

Hamburg, Oct. 20.

for

FAOTING ATTACKED

ese" la mentioned in that paragraph, the report seemed to me to be im-

The British poet, Mr. John Mase Loyang, Tel. 21. Intensifying their activities along plicitly suggesting that the looting

University Shakespeare prize, Rallway, was being carried on by an incoming field, has been awarded the Hamburg Pelpaig-Hankow batilo Chinese gueritis launched a furlous troop.

On the other hand, I was informed amounting to £800, with the diploma the most attack on Paoting, provincial capital of Hopei now under Japanese occu- this morning by the Right Rev. H. awarded annually

Voltoria of Hongkong to the effect eminent Englishman in the field of pation, on Wednesday night.

Similar prizes are awarded annual- Fierce fighting

until that he has been advised by an selence and art.

American missionary who came to yesterday morning.

In the meantime, another Chinese Hongkong from the very town that, ly to the most eminent Hollander and

Mr. Musefleld will be invited mobile unit attacked Wangtu, zouth since the Japanese forces entered Scandinavian.

there, public order has been restored, in and drove the Japanese out of the and the town. In

have been quite in safety. The Right celve the prize.-Reuter. Fighting also occurred on the same Rev. Voltoria was very pleased to re-day at Chengting, north of Shih-convey the story to me. approaching chinchwang. Traille on the Peiping- These two stories are contradic- Henglingkwan where another Berce Hankow Railway luss now been dis-

Is believed to be imminent. rupted.--Central News Datue

villager Several strategie

une

Chinese column

to

following the retreating enemy west of Paoting on the same rallway, the Italian church and hospital visit Hamburg to lecture and to re-

hot pursuit, another is engaged

"mopping up"

operations

currounding districts.

The pursuing

Parfed, is now these, it is

the

vicinity have already been recaptured

by the Chinese units at Peichul-I

Isointed

un and Kowtowtsun, northwest of Kuntochen were also badly beaten by the Chinese on October 20 and retreated to the northwest in rent conturion-Central News.

SUCCESS IN N. HONAN

1.oyang, Oct. 21.

Temperature Down To 66 Last Night

news-

EXCEEDED SPEED LIMIT

tory. However, the one is anonymous and the other is a statement of a

A fine of $12 was imposed on S. J. Grimths of H.M.S. Tamar, by Mr. very high personality in Hongkong.

It Is needless to say that opera have influence upon the public. H. R. Butters at the Central Magis- if the report in question which ap- tracy this morning, when he admit

με peared in your paper to-day gives led that he had gone through the Queen's Road East on his motor car on October the public, especially those in, and controlled area

in the vicinity of, Canton, an im- 16, at a speed between 20 and 28 pression that the Japanese forces tuoted in Walchow, unre

I am afraid it miles per hour,

Trafile-Sergeant F. G. Appleton

may stir up a feeling of unrest among those people, with the result that the prosecuted. Colony may have an increased influx

Chinese successes on various sec-i The lowest minimum temperature of refugees to its great disadvantage. tors in north Honon are revealed in since May 10 was registered lust latest military despatches Just re-night, when the thermometer dropped your paper will take come proper, following:

Linchang, east of Tzelsien on theto 66 degrees. Yesterday's maximum steps to clear up the matter.

I shall be very much obliged it occurred on October 13 was as the

ceived here.

Honan-Hogel burder, was reoccupied by the Chinese on Wednesday fol lowing a surprise night attack. The Japanese were badly beaten and re- treated to the north in confusion,

On the Shaoyuan sector, west

*launched Chincre Taiyuan. the shinvitaneous attacks on the Japan

ese from the east and south on

17 and defeated them, infileting 000 ensualties. At present, the town of Shaoyuan is elcared of Japanese troops.

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temperature was 79, although day was fue and sunny.

the

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TOYOICHI Nakamura, Consul General of Japan. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

com-

to

£1

At that night a Chinese patrol came near the border Gate of Macno patrol end red at the Portuguese wounding a Portuguese officer. The The weather will remain cool, ne-

Portuguese Patrol did not reply, so wording to the Royal Observatory,

could not wound much less kill any which forecasts:-North and north-

of the Chinese. east winds, fresh; Ane generally,

Such unusual incident was This moralog's temperature

which will proceed 174 and the humidity 58 per cent., and

Y.F.L.S.-Obviously impossible to mulcated to the Chinese Govern-

ment once again no rain was recorded for include every town in Kwangtung rigorous investigation in order to

British War Ofice map

presented their anticipated apologies period of 24 hours. The rainfall is in the map.

nearly 27 inches below average of Hongkong and South China (Grid punish the guilty and have already The Royal Observatory weather No. 2), purchascable at Messrs. Kelly to the Government of Macau. report states that

I request you the favour to publish typhoon is and. Walsh, shows Sheklun, which is „Esituated about 200 miles south of a town twelve miles north-west of in your paper the content of this

of Canton-felter for the knowledge not Paklo, where the

joined by the readers.

ALVANO BRILHANTE LABORIN!{O.

Consul For Portugal.

day, the Chinese intercepted Tokyo, moving N.N.E. It will

detachment withdraw affect Hongkong.

from ing to the cast

Tsiyuun at Feslangchen. The enemy suffered heavy lossen.

Meanwhite flerce fighting between the Japanese and Chinese forces is in progress at Wushan, a height in the outskirts of Tsiyuan.--Central News.

MERCURY RETURNS TO ENGLAND

London, Oct. 20.

Walchow highway

Lamshek highway.

main

Nos are on to carry out your sug-

of time sometimes renders

your

gestions; whenever possible we give STILL PUBLISHING distances of places mentioned from well-known cities or centres.--Ep.

"A Chinese Reader": Your letter

The plek-a-back acroplane Mer-is acknowledged with thanks-Ed.

cury arrived in Southampton from Cape Town to-day.

The journey stages.

was done in casy

MACAO INCIDENT

Sir,-WIth reference to a news item which appeared in one of your recent issues to the effect that the Kwok Wait Po of Canton had suspended TROOP TRAINS DERAILED

publication owing to shortage of Hankow, Oct. 21.

paper supply, am requested by the Two Jpanese troop rains have

proprietor of this Canton paper to been derailed respectively at Polow- The Captain of the craft stated appeared in your paper of 19th Octo- inform you that this is not true na ehen and Pingyuan, south of Tientsin that from a technical viewpoint, his ber 1938, under the title "Reported his paper is continuing publication. along the Tientsin-Pukow Railway trip to South Africa was entirely Attempt to Storm Macao border" According to this Canton publisher in the past few days, as a result of successful, and that he was quite have been requested by His Ex-he has a larger paper stock on hand damages done to the track by Chinese prepared to do it again.-Reuter. celiency the Governor of Macao to than any of his contemporaries. guerillas, states a Tientsin report.

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