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MUNITIONS

SEIZED IN

SHANGHAI

Big Haul Aboard Portuguese Ship

THURSDAY, ・ DECEMBER 1,

Japan's Reply Spurned

Not Acceptable. To !Britain

JAPANESE RETREAT NEAR SAMSHUI

Hard-Pressed By Counter-Attackers

1938...

CHUNGKING, Nov. 20. JAPANESE TROOPS, who under Chinese pressure recently evacuated Samshui station on the line, are east-

SHANGHAI, Nov. 30, TOME 5,000 ROUNDS of rifle ammunition, and two mausers, vith about 50 rounds of mauser

LONDON, Nov. 30. ammunition, were seized off the THE BRITISH'railway sund aboard the Portuguese GOVERNMENT cannot Canton-Kowloon teamer Faro by the police, accept as valid the Japanese retreating farther ccording to evidence given in the Chinese District Court, when argument for maintaining ward, Chinese reports state. some Chinese appeared as pri. closure of the Yangtse River Chinese attacks In the soners in the dock for being to British shipping, stated direction of Canton concerned in smuggling ammuní-Mr. R. A. Butler tion aboard the Faro.

a written

ini

reply to

tinuing.

are con-

Chinese. marching from A writ of detention was issued by question by he judge upon the request of the

Commander Tsinghua, are reported to have Municipal advocate.

A. Marsden (Cons.) in the heavy fighting.

advanced beyond Shenkan under- The Chinese were arrested by a House of Commons to-day. Customs Inspector, who noticed two

aspletes bundles of bedding on the Further representations.ed further reports have been

T'wo more

frem 131- Hunn-Hup:h fronts. Operations there apparently Game so a stand-

Jetty

A search of the bundles re- had accordingly been made border vealed the ammunition.

were located aboard the by His Majesty's Ambas- u. Both parties are consolidating Handles

in a wicker basket were found two. militery-type mauser, with rounds of tanser ammunition,

aran

Reuter,

sador to Tokyo.

19 Replying further to Commun.

Tek

occupied pusitions.—Trans-Ocean.

SEE-SAW BATTLE

Yuntyun, Dec. 1.

10

It is believed that the ammunition der Marden and Mr. A. B. L. was destined for brigands and pirates Chorlton (Cons.) with regard to Taipingchong, 35 miles northeast of A sec-saw battle 15 Fag.ng t operating at Tsungming Island, and the alleged attempts of

north of the Yangtze Japanese naval mission at Teing forcements are exerting efforts

Canton, where heavy Japanese rein-

tao to control British exports | check the advance of a sirong Chutse

column from China, Mr. Butler said that

toward the Kwangtung provincial capital, The system had been enforced,

under which in addition to the vantage points

Chinese recaptured Bumber GI on Tuesday and usual customs formalities, launched fanking attacks to threaten traders had to obtain export the enemy's wings, The Japanese permits from the Japanese naval suffered heavy ensunities. Two of mission.

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The British Government had not admitted the right of the Japanese naval authorities to insist on this

requirement,

Their tanks were destroyed and more thum 10 light and heavy machine- guns were seized by the Ch mese. The Chinese lost about 200 men.

Reinforced, the Japanese started a general counter-offensive yesterday They had sent representations to morning. Their heavy arillery pist, was robbed of $4,500 by three the Japanese authorities in cases directed concentrated fre on The armed robbers who entered his where interference with British ship-Chinese positions while their afterall

they residence yesterday and held up his ments occurred, and would circled overhead, dumping bombs continue to do so when ccension and opened heavy machine-inun fre. required. Mrs. Yip was alone in a room of their home in Li Kwan Avenue, Tai, Mr. Butler would do something and bombardment demolished

Mr. Hugh Dalton (Lab.) asked it The terrifle artillery and aerial Hang,

many of about 0,20 a.m. three men, one of whom held a re-

when have definite action token,

the Chinese defence works. But Lic volver, entered and demanded the,

Mr. Butler replied: "We are doing Chloese are firmely holding their

ground.Central News, keys of the safe from her. While he our best in dimeult circumstances. Replying to Mr. Chorlton with re kept guard over her, the other two gard to the Japanese naval mission at ringtho recently preventing a British The men were in the room for 20 steel samples to their agency in there from shipping a case of minut. Besides taking the money, Shanghai, Mr. Butter said that the which was in rolls of $500, $100 and Foreign Secretary had received no $10 notes, the robbers stole six gold-oficial Information with regard to bound children's raitan

bangles, this particular case, but he was valued at $0.

Įmoking enquiries --Reuter,

men opened the safe and rifled its contents.

Servants were downstairs at the time of the affair, and knew nothingi of it until the alarm was raised.

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London, Nov. 30. The position with regard to the restriction which prevent Chinese workmen employed in British foc- tories from going to work in a tram or destroyed, all supplies of wine

The retreating Loyalists carried off, TOMORROW remains unsatisfactory, said Mr. and all which are the chief products A. Butler, during question-time' in

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the House of Commons to-day. Ite of these regions.

Indded that the British Government would continue to press the matter Jon the Japanese authorities.

One of the Loyalist detachments, which was boring holes into wine

Mr. A. C. Moreing asked if Mr. casks in a cellar was neatly drowned Butler was really satisfied with the insurgent artillery, struck the cellur wine when a shell, Gred by Government's attitude, and added and blocked the exit, the soldiers that he had raised the point time being trapped-Trans-Öcean. and again, and that Mr. Butler had told him on July 25 that protests

were being made to the Japanese

Imperial Airways plane, bringing authorities. He asked if there was by trams, but a question about the delayed air mail, made an overnight nothing else the Government could workers. stop at Ventiane and, according radle messages to Kai Tak, should about the rights of British subjects? was aware that many industries were Sir Percy Harris asked if Mr. Butler arrive here at 2.45 pan, to-day.

to do. Could not something be done

Mr. Butler repeated his regret that being ruined, which belonged to Dri-

s en say emish owners, and would he not minke Wats understood to say that em- leven stronger representations ployees of a certain company were before.

how allowed to travel in trams to a

ertain spot.

Mr. Butler said that his reply to

Mr. Moreing commented that that the supplementary questions in- was almost addine Insult to Inturydicated the inportance attached to It was not a question of travelling the matter.-Reuter.

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