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DESTROY CHINA'S

PROUDEST

CITY

NANCHANG, "city of southern prosperity," has been dynamited

and fired by the retreating Chinese forces.

The Kiangsi capital, long regarded as China's most con- servative, proud and wealthiest city, is, aflame from end to end.

HAINAN

'INDO

SINGAPORE

With footholds in Hainan, Canton and Formosa, and ts her mandated 1: land in the Ladrone and Carell we groups. Japan rings the United States outpost in the Philippine. aut renddies the route from Shitpore to Hough ong and Shanghal.

POLISH ARMY ON DANZIG BORDER

DANZIG, Mar. 27.

RELIABLE SOURCES state that a large ̄number" of Polish troops have been concentrated near the Danzig area recently to quietly strengthen the frontier posts.

They are also concentrated to the north against the possibility

of a German attempt to make a Jew Refugees

quick move to annex Danzig.

Apparently

the German press campaign for pressure being brought on Poland in connection with Danzig and the Polish Corridor is being un- dertaken by semi-ofletal sources in Germany, who have ascribed to the Poles' purported anti-German activities.

Germany.

For Far East

Shipload Departs From Germany

Mar. 27.

As the Japanese troops marched in last night, the Chinese rearguard systema- tically set the torch to strategic buildings which had previously been dyna- mited.

Throughout the night the flames licked hungrily at the proud city's buildings.

They spread from street to street.

The Japanese were helpless and watched with chagrin their rich prize turn to ashes before their eyes.

Rapidly Cutting

This morning, huge pillars of flame and smoke are visible for miles around. The Japanese report that the entire city is being rapidly gutted.

In burning and dynamiting Nan-1 chang, the Japanese claim ni the Chinese have resorted to the scorch- ed earth policy on a scale never before attempted.

The city, which once boasted a population of 1,250,000, is complete- ly deserted except for the Japanese and hundreds of famished dogs.

Military planes lying over the ruins this morning report that naj section is free from flames.

Heart In Ruins

Whole streets are disappearing in a holocaust.of fire.

soners.

Stubborn Defence

that

the

£30,000,000 FOR FRANCO

The Spanish Nationalist au- thorities are seeking to recover some £30,000,000 gold de- posited in France by the Re- publicans..

This is only an estimate. The exact amount deposited is not known.

The Bank of France holds £20,000,000 in bars. This was deposited by the Bank of Spain in 1931 as security for a loan.

Other large amounts have been deposited at various French banks. It is not yet known how much of this has been spent. The remainder will be credited to the Na- tionalist Government.

Another item is gold and silver seized, by the French Customs at Carbere. It is believed to

amount to £1,500,000.

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JAPANESE MECHANISED units, similar to those employed in the cap- ture of Nanchang, entering Kwalyln City this month.

EVACUATION OF MADRID BEGINS

ST. JEAN de LUZ, Mar. 27.

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IT WAS ANNOUNCED in a broadcast to-day that the evacuation of Madrid began this afternoon,

A Burgos message says that the Nationalists have

HUNGARIAN captured Almaden in the 'mercury mining area-Reuter,

SLOVAK

DISPUTE

"Trans-Ocean" claims that Republican troops in the Univer- sity quarter of Madrid have sur- rendered to the Nationalist troops. There are no reports of surrender being made from

New Move Along other sectors in Madrid.

Southern Front---

OMINOUS SILENCE.

Burgos, Mar. 27. The Madrid broadcasting station suddenly ceased broadcasting at noon

Missing Plane Returns

Student Pilot Spent Night At Mirs Bay

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bad the

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The heart of the clly lies in mouldering ruins.

BRATISLAVA, Mar. 27. Chinese defences lave been HUNGARIAN IRREGULARS to-day, and has since been silent. blown up, guns have been spiked, and Free Corps units are report- |

Just as three Far East Aylallon The water system has been de-ed to have entered Slovakia to operations ceased was a communique was to have taken a "Telegraph" re- The last Item transmitted before Training School planes, one of which stroyed to prevent the Japanese dny, across the southern frontier ding any individual action or inde-student, were warming up at Kal Tak from fighting the flames,

issued by the Defence Counel! forbld-porter to search for the missing It is feared that the famous, at Medzev, where they are pendent operations on the Madrid Airport this morning, the lost plane Pagoda of the Gilded Ball," the attempting to occupy frontier front, and ordering the rank and file was seen streaking for the Colony. famous

Nonchung landmark sur-villages. rounded by a ball which is said to

to follow only the instructions Issued At 10,20 a.m. George Huang. the be of pure gold, has suffered exten-the eastern frontier is reported to be did not include a final appeal to re- 3.15 p.m. yesterday,

At the same time the fighting on

by the Defence Council.

The feet that the order for the day Moth plane, after being "loat" since missing pilot, stepped from his Hornet sive damage from the aerial and ar-subsiding. tillery bombordments of the elty. Negotiations to settle outstanding is assumed here to mean

alst attacles made by the Nationalists He told the "Telegraph" that he had questions between

that the: Hungary

lost

directlen owing to and evacuation of Madrid is imminent. Slovakia began at midday-Itcuter. The stubbornness of the Chinese REICH "PAINFULLY SURPRISED" breakdown of the radio station in-

Olier sources belleve

had landed on visibility and that the beach at Mirs Bay at 4.15 p.m. defence of Nanchang is revealed by The German campaign charges that!

the fact that casualties on both sides

Berlin, Mar. 27. dientes further trouble between the He spent the night in Mirs Bay and Polish organisations are systemtically ed by special train to-day for the entire Sino-Japanese War.

SIX HUNDRED Jews depart the severest of any engagement In/neldent caused by the Polish Western

Political circles are "painfully sur-Defence Counell and the anarchists. visibility became good enough

remained thero this morning until during the past 66 hours have been prised" at the "renewed anti-GermanTrana-Ocean.

for attempting to disrupt relations with Genoa, from where they will snil Japanese communiques admit that cording to un inspired statement this afternoon between Republican swiftly that he lost his bearings

lim to take off again for Kat Tak. Lengue at the southern end of the

HEAVY FIGHTING IN MADRID

Huang set off from the Airport by the Conte Biancamano on Japanese losses have been severe, but issued to the foreign press to-day, artillery in Madrid and Nationalist

Polish Corridor" at Bromberg, ac-

Paris, Mar. 27. While heavy fighting was going on

yesterday for a short practice_flight. An official German News Agency's March 20 for Singapore, Shang-gures. report from Bromberg, charging that hai, the Dutch Indies, Indo-day's fighting the Chinese losses were

A blanket of mist descended so German women and children in the China, and Slam.

It is claimed, however, hat in one Poland are increasing.

which adds that ant-German riots in guns on the outskirts of the city, the he decided to land on a strip

After flying around for an hour Polish corridor have been attacked,

beach streets of the Spanish capital were walch became visible below. When are constantly referred to.

3,708 dead and 770 were taken pri-nuthoritatively stated that nothing is affrays between Republican troops Bay. A Warsaw message says that it is the The emigrants are mostly young er

scene of numerous shooting he landed he found himself in Mire Previously, such statements some-medium-aged people of both sexes, this morning claimed

known of any serious incident at and armed civilians, according to des- times preceded a movement to expand and all professions ore represented, strongly-reinforced Chinese defences and Poles are constantly being republican garrison is apparently re-

An official Japanese communique Bromberg. the frontiers of the Relch.

iluang was described last night as and most of them are going to on the upper reaches

patches received in Paris. Minor Indidenis involving Germans Although the majority of the Re-his " Class certificate.

an expert pilot. He is training for Shanghai. Botli the German and Polish

of the Sluported, but nothing has occurred to solved to surrender in order to avold suffered

Commercial aviation Governments have dented reports of}

River have crumbled in the centre Justify the language of the Berlin useless bloodshed, the troop movements in the Corridor tional societies for the aid of Jewish day the Japanese were within four

Alded by the different interna. and it was stated that at 8 a.m. to statements.--Reuter.

considerable Communist

deler this emigrants, each carried a handbag nites of Wuning, the former Chinese

HUNGARIAN OFFENSIVE vent capitulation by using force able to leave Kal Tak for Bangkok

elements seemed determined to pre-morning owing to bad visibility.

The Della and Delphinus were not with a few belongings.

BRATISLAVA, Mar. 27, G.H.Q.

A reilable report from Perjes states:

Trans-Ocean.

"United Press" states that it is until 10 am. At 10.15 the Boeing that the Hungarians have launched officially announced that General Clipper was still riding at anchor off Sobrance cector.

weather before departing for Manila Bombing plunes and artillery are

Other Nationalist forces advanced on the return Bight to San Francisco being used.

12 miles on the Toledo front to the

CLOUDS. CLOSED IN The Japanese communiques admiti Slovak

This offensive coincides with the south and then turned eastward, that the Chinese resistance has Budapest for peace negotiations. delegation's departure

Huang left Kai Tak at 3.16 p.m. The Polish

to reaching the outskirts of Yepes. has officially denied any knowledge of

for a flight which was to have lasted been surprisingly stubborn, the mistreatment of the

The fact that there is no direct at- until 4.15 p.m. Shortly after taking At no point have the Chinese abun-well organised. The bombing planes continues, indicates the hope that the closed in and he soon lost his bear- The reports state the offensive was tack on Madrid, where a tacit truce off, the clouds below his machine German minority in the Polish corridor,

doned their well-fortified trenches and artillery first pounded the Slovak city will surrender has not Ia excruciating pain when she was and the Japanese advance has been defences after which They have also re-asserted

blinded with pepper thrown into her made possible only by the virtual advanced but were repulsed by She their readiness to

been logs. He circled for some time, the infantry abandoned. fight if the. Pola Minshall, of 207. Prince Edward tions with point-blank artillery fro

eyes, an amah employed by Mr. 8. E. Wiping out of Chinese defence post- Slovaks.

hoping for a break in the clouds. frontiers arc endangered.-Untica

When it became apparent, however, Press.

Road, was the victim of a brutal day- and low-flying bombers.

It assumed here that this was

that there was no possibility of the Light attack this morning.

made as a last effort to advance the The Chinese Third, Sixteenth, 53rd Hungarlon occupation as far as pos-

saw a long strip of yellow beach fog lifting over the harbour, Huang flew in wider circles. and eventually The amah,, Yue Yuk, was walking the Japanese altack,

and 77th Divisions bore the brunt ofį slble in Paris, Mar. #7. along Prince Edward Road when sho

case the pegollutions are

below him. The special security measures de- Was attacked by three men, one

The Sixteenth Division, which was army holds-United Press. ·

based primarily on the territory, each cided upon by the Polish Government whom threw the pepper into her eyes. In the Battle of Tehan last October, of reorganised following severe losses are being carried out with great To men threw her to the ground has again sustained heavy losses in secrecy, reports the "Paris Solr this and after robbing her of about one the defence of the Wuning area, evening.

dollar in small cash, decamped. Polish newspapers have been for- and chased the robbers. They were Three people' wiincased the attack bidden to reveal or comment froop movements,

on joined by Mr. Minshall. a and mobilisation striver, a Dairy Farm coolle and

The Japansee are now in complete measures, and foreign correspondents Police Constable,

Jorry control of Nanchang, the Rising Sun the have been instructed not to report on The alleged amailants were arrested

Dag being hoisted above the Castle Gate at 0.40 p.m, last night. the military situation, or

The President has given General Johan Tsernius, the Chief mention of rumours -Trani-Ocean. In Couri to-morrow.

to make withla five minutes and will appear |

Thus, for the first time in history, of Staff, the task of forming a new cabinet, Nanchang's 800-year-old walls, 22

area.

Rebel C. in C. Killed

Shot Dead In Round-Up JERUSALEM,

Mar. 27. ABDUL RAHIM, the so-called rebel comman- der-in-chief, was shot dead while trying to break a cordon thrown round a village near Nablus to-day.

Another report says that the first shooting outrage for some weeks resulted to-day in the serious wound- ing of a Jew in the Muarara quarter of Jerusalem,

A 48-hour stay-at-home order has been imposed in the area,

Another Jew was shot dead in Tiberias, and the curfow îtnmediately imposed.

Wils

A third outrage occurred at Halfa where a Jewish supernumerary con- stable was fatally wounded when shots were fired at a mall van- Reuter Special

LATEST

City Quiet

Madrid, Mar, 27. At present there-in-no"sign" of thờ threatened offensive,

The city la quiet except for the sounds of anti-aircraft guns firing at IZ Nationalist bombers which are cruising over the elty. The planes have so far dropped no bombs

Police headquarters are crowded with people applying for passports, and the road from Madrid to Valencia 19 lined with refugees. Reuter.

Seo Back Page For Furthor Late Nows

Dissension In Cabinet?

Tory Conference On Thursday

Triplagehan and Tanghutow are Japanese during all-night fighting. The party was conducted to the claimed to have been captured by the an offensive in the Michalovce and Yague's troops have occupied V the landing field, awaliing favoumble not taken seriously in well-

on

near

Italian border by German oflelals. Reuter.

The Germans have also categorical- ly denied any plans to move Danzig or the Corridor in the future, although responsible quarters express the belief privately that Po- land sbould net cautiously when dealing with Germany.

Government

GREAT SECRECY

Pepper Attack In P.E. Road

No Surrender

Unique In History

(Continued on Page 4.)

Jonueva.

Military authorities emphasise that the Cordoba and Toledo fronts. the Communists are predominant of

state that all Republicans will be in Well informed elrcles in Valencia General Franco's hands by nightfall. A flight of 14 planes, left Manises

(Continued on Page 4.)

LITHUANIAN SHAKE-UP

KOVNO, Mar. 27.-The Lithuanian Cabinet has resigned. This forms a climax to the political crisis which resulted from German occupation of Memel,

It is understood that the utmost will be done to form government uniting all parties.--United Press.

LANDED IN BIAS DAY! Ile landed on the beach wlibout. miahap, but discovered that he was In Blas Bay.

Realising that he was in Chinese territory recently ocoupled by the Japanese, he declared, despite the poor visibility, to take off grain. Without difficulty, he

Bew. to British territory in Mirs Bay where he made another successful landing decided to spend the night at Mirs just as it was becoming daric."

Visibility was still bad and he (Continued on Page 4).

LONDON, Mar. 27. CONTINUED REPORTS of dissension in the Cabinet are informed Parliamentary quar- tera, "Router" learns.

Consultations regarding the de- claration on aggression are proceed- ing normally, and the Cabinet is solidly behind the Premier on this matter.

No pledge has been given France on the subject of conscription, and no dissension in the Cabinet on the question is apparent,

The foremost matter for considera- tion at the present is a review of the voluntary national register promised for the end of March.

There are Indlestions that now developments will result, and that a comprehensive scheme for com- pulsory physical training of youth is a possibility,

Ministers intend to pursue every can be atted into the Premier's aspect of national organization that pledge that conscription will not be Introduced during pence time.

of the Party, will attend the meeting of the Central Counell of the National Mr. Neville Chamberlain, as Icader

March 30, and will address the and Associations at Westminster on Union of the Conservative Unions

delegater-Reuter,