1938-11-07 — Page 26

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

Cabinet's 'Pleasant Surprise' For Premier

MR.

TR. CHAMBERLAIN surrounded by Cabinet Ministers, who, in the words of Mr. Ernest Brown, had decided, between themselves, to go to Heston Airport "' to give Neville a pleasant surprise" before he left for Munich, Several Dominion High..

Commissioners were also there to see him off.

ELECTION

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1938.

350,000 CHINESE LOSSES CLAIMED Casualty Figures Issued By Japanese Spokesman

TOKYO, NOV. 6.

NO LESS THAN 350,000 casualties including 119,000 bodies loft on the battlefields, have been suffered by the Chinese Forces in Central China in the past three months since August, the Army De- partment of the Imperial Headquarters announces,

FEVER MOUNTS IN U.S. AS PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT MAKES FIGHTING SPEECH

:

Hyde Park, Nov. 5.

In a fighting pre-election radio broadcast to-day President Roosevelt said: "Democracy, in order to live, must become a positive force in our daily lives. I am pressing the realistic necessity. We may roject the merely negative purposes proposed through the old time Republicans and Com- munists alike for they are the people whose only purpose is to survive against any other fascist threat other than their own."

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Throughout his speech the Pre- the United States and the Philippines, Eresident Roosevelt's administration sident stressed the necessity of according to the consensus of opinion to the conflict between democratie continuing policies of the national among international obcrvers. philosophy and totalitarian ideas,

Foreign affairs would become

Any set back to the New Dealers

government.

were.

who

Major Battle Imminent

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The Japanese forces have defeated 130 divisions, including 800,000. In Central China, and are at present. pursuing the defeated Chinese forces, the communique snys..

Three thousand two hundred Chinese troops have been taken prisoner. The Japanese forces have captured 90 motor-cars, 340 pieces of tirtillery of various kinds, 1,277 light innchine-guns, 8,028 artillery shells, 8,715 band-grenades, and large num- bers of rifles and rounds of rile ammunition.

The Japanese losses in the Central China fightings in the period under review are 4,153 killed, the com- mantque adds.

the course of the Japanese occu- pation of the Wuhan area, the Chinese forces left 1,436 killed in addition to 5,270 taken prisoner, according to an official dispatch received from Hun-

The Japanese booty including 100 heavy guns, 221 Beld-runs, 15,070 Held-gun shells, 90 anti-tank guns, 14 anti-aircraft guns; 282 trench-mortars, 12 Infantry-guns, 387 heavy machine- gns, 1,237 light machine-guns, 21,000 riftes and 8,295,800 rounds of am- munition, the dispatch states.-Domei.

Defence Of Hainan

1

CONFERENCE AT HONGKONG

An invitation is to be sent to all oversea Hainanese bodies to attend a roast meeting to be held in Hongkong in December when the Hainanese Chamber of Commerce of Hongkong

discuss will

the question of defending Haing: Island.

How Hainanese industry and agriculture may be developed also be considered.

Will

The Japanese Foreign Ofice kesman in a statement on Thurs- Cay hinted

the possibility of Japanese occupation of Hainan Island es a reptical against the continued low of munitions to China through Indo-China,

Muskeg Burns 3 Years

Loon Lake, Sask. After being annoyed for three years by a smoke pali from continu- ously burning muskeg near by, Loon Lake residents have asked the pro- vincial government for ad. Om- cials are consittering flooding the area, The smoke hinders trame and increases lighting costs.

Chinese after hours of fighting, they allegedly resorted to the use poison gas in the afternop.

of

To avoid unnecessary losses the Chinese abandoned Several hills. However, Chinese reinforcements have been called in and fighting is continuing in the mountains. Central News,

JAPANESE STEAM LAUNCHES SUNK CLAIM CHINESE Shiokwan, Kwangtung, Nov. 0. More than ten Japanese steam Jaunches carrying arms munition were shelled by Chinese in the East River near Walchow Thursday,

and am-

the

Nine of the vessels were captured with over 1,000 rides aboard. Heavy casualties

were inflicted upon the Japanese when they

resisted Chinese attack.

On

the same day several Japanese steam launches loaded with military sunk in the Pearl River by effective Chinese sheling-

CONVERGING ON YOCHOW

Tokyo, Nov. 0. Following capture of Kinyu, im

and pre-supplies were

He said: "Too many of those who relatively unimportant Luctor in the in the coming election would tend to prate ifbout the saving of democracy election rampalitar beet use Presacht encourage "the isolationists"

Both Sides Ready are really only interested in saving Roosevelt in recent weeks has gained dishellove that things as

the philosophient they

Democracy favour

from the "preparedness" contention should be an adjunct to

For Next Move should not concern itself with this elements though his etive efforts the general policy-United Press. as they were. Democracy should for rearmament. concern itself with things as

DEMOCRATS TO WIN they Simultaneously he has huned

NANCHANG, Nov. ought to be,"

New York, Nov, D. the criticism of the paellicist groups

the Chinese The President

Mr. James Farley, United States called for theby his successful interccalon in the Postmaster-General, forecast at the Japanese are making preservation of The sucial and European crisis.

76th Democratie Party Congress economic stains of liberalism in the Mr. Cordell Hull's reciprocal trade other Democratie sweep" in the forth-parations for the next Central News. coming elections. He reminded policy has been widely but rather coming elections. eltizens of She "terrorism and ineffcehally criticised chiefly from

major battle on the Intolerance"

other

Furthermore he said "the junds. He the midwestern agrarian retions, majority of states would elect De- Nanchang-Kiukiang warned that unless democracy where the displeasure in partly offset mocratle Guvernurs, "This is "moves forward as a livng force" by Mr. Henry Wollice's restimulated other Democratic year. Even an-way to be fought around fascism and communism will grow in farm niti programmes, including the most optimistic opponents concede Yungsiu, which lies 64 subaldisation of wheat exports and that. The people are definitely com- miles south of Tehan and 40 lie pledged non-interference with plans for the rellef of farra commed.!- mitted to continuance private enterprise, provided he could fes surpluses through two price forward-looking and liberat policies miles north of Nanchang,

of the advise when such should besystems both internally and external-of President eliminated.

He appealed for the vicction of New Englund and Pennsylvania are Governor Lehman, pointing out uneasy regarding the terms of the candidate Dewey's youth.

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"Governing New York requires political opposition to the pact has kill which comes from long ex-been allayed due to the terms of the perlence," he said. "The major part pact not being published, consists of largely of philosophie and The Sino-Japanese situation hus comparative discussion with the not precipitated any clear cut division T.7. Lonton

Government. In tense and dangerous in partisan opinion here as the Demand situations, democracy will save itself popular sympathies appear to be TT, Shanghal with the average man and woman generally with Chinn, hence the in- T.T. Singapore by proving it is worth saving."

dependent pro-Republicans criticise T.T. Japan

T.T. Iudla

The President expressed his plea-the proponents of neutrality. sure at the railroads decision to President Roosevelt is personally T.T. U.S.A. abandon the wage cuts.

sponsoring the study of United States T.T. Manila "Everybody in the nation is luppy trade relations.

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Batavia at the railroads deels.on to WILBY- In view of the probable opposition T.T. Bangkok draw the wage reductions. 1 Jain from the Farm Labour party, the TT. Saigo with the management and employees possibility of enactment of the TT. France in hoping we can develop and put Philippines programme will probably T.T. Germany through a constructive programmine depend President Roosevelt's T.T. Switzerland during the next session of Congress, continued decisive control of

U.S. ELECTION ISSUES

Kresy.

Con-TT. Australia

Buying

A decisive triumph for the New Observers express the belief that Deal in Tuesday's election would President Hoosevelt's continued 4 m/s L/c London mean an intensification of the Good sympathy with the Jewish refuged 4 m/c D/p do. Neighbour Polley towards Latin problem will be helpful to the 4 m/s L/e U.S.A. America, the amplification of defence Democrats in the cause of the New 4 m/s France measures, and the extension of long-York State electoral fight, in view of 30 d/s India ferm preferential relations between the active political attention given by U.S. Cross rate in London

Rail-

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portant point on the south bank ut the age 60 miles above Hankow, and Puchi on the Canton-Hankow Railway and Yochow, Japanese army and halfway between

Sterning

naval forces are converging on The contending forces are Tochow along three routes, one by now facing each other on the the waterway, another along the. north and south banks of therallway and the Inst, by the high- [Slu River. Japanese

naval way leading to Changsha, fed dis- vessels have been active

patches indicate. Wucheng to the north-east of made attempts to counter-attack on Large forces of Chinese troops Yungsui.

Puchi, but were repulsed with heavy Japanese building pontoon bridge losses in southerly

ensterly nnil

near

18, 2.27/32 Cross the Siu River at Chiutsin to directions, front advices further in- 170 Nom the northwest of Yungalu were re-diente.Domel,

53 pulsed yesterday by the Chinese.

100 Over 1000 Japanese horses and mules carrying ammunition and provisions

o near Chilutsin were also driven away.

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JAPANESE REVERSE

Tsingyang, Nov. 7. After suffering a serious Jon Saturday. 15,000 Japanese troops

launched another attack Chinese positions at Wangchlashan, near Kweichih, on the south bank of the Yangtze River in Ashwel, under the cover of terrific artillery aerial bombardment, yesterday.

Fighting against great odds, Chinese have succeeded in holling the invaders at bay.

and

the

NEW JAPANESE CAMPAIGN

IN SOUTHI

SHANSI Lingpho, Honan, Nov, 0. The Japanese troops at Chichsien 7314 in mouth Shans have launched .12912 fresh campaign aimed at clearing up The Chinese guerillas entrenched in the Chungtino Mountains lying to the carrying ammunition and provisions Four Japanese warplanes yealer .1/3.3/32 south-east of Chichsten.

day bombed the Chinese positions at 1/3% Supported by about 20 feld Changanfeng, Yuanposhan and M

.30 pieces, 2,000 Japantse started į kanslian (Coal H) near Kwelchih. 11.80 on offensive on the Chinese positions At Chatiganfeng, more thion 20 .81% |thers from three directions on Friday Chinese civilians 4.7518 morning. Failing to dislodge the wounded, Central News,

were

killed and

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