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May 19, 1939,

Latest China War Reports

ARITA EXPLAINS

Smashing Chinese Victory: JAPAN'S POLICY

Tungpeh Is

Re-Occupied

SHANGHAI, May 19,

CHINESE REPORTS here claim a major victory for the Chinese in reoccupying Tungpoh on the Honan-Hupch border, following 48 hours of sanguinary fighting on the outskirts of the town and in the streets, in which 4,000 Japanese were killed,

The reports claim this is the biggest victory since Taiorchwang. The Chinese troops are reported to be following up the victory by harassing the fleeing Japanese troops and reoccupying a number of nearby villages.

It is considered worthy of note that Japanese reports during the past 48 hours have been practically, silent regarding the Honan Sector-United Press.

CHINESE ENCIRCLE PO AI

Loyang, May 10.

Po Al, Important city on the Tao- kow-Chinghun Railway on the north bank of the Yellow River in northern Honan, la reported to be encircled' by the Chinese,

The Chinese encirclenient followed

The Chinese siege of Tienmen has been further tightened by the arrival of Chinese units from Yokow, on the Han River 20 miles southwest of Tienmen,

Chinese reinforcements recaptured Tungpa, on the Hanan-Hupeh border, * on Tuesday morning. The Japanese

a smashing victory over the Japanese fled to Hwalhotlen, east of Tungpa, who attacked the Chinese position at Following in hot pursuit, the Chinese Wanshanteun in the vicinity of Pasmashed into Hwalhotien, and trova Al a few days ago. The Japanese left many corpses behind.

CHINESE ADVANCING Shlubing, Kwanglung, May 19, The Chinese are rapidly advancing are on Sunwul city. Other units

Lunghow.

the Japanese away. Both towns aru now under Chinese control and the highway between them has been cleared of Japanese remnant

troops. Chinese troops which recently re- captured Tangh and Slnych, im-

BERLIN- TOKYO AIR LINE

Gormans To Start Service Soon

GERMAN Lufthansa hope shortly an airplane service

a reported interview of Lieutenant

Manila Biletin. · Negotiations with

Mr. Arita, the Japanese

Foreign Minister.

Currency Exchange

Racket' Foreigners Held In Tokyo

TOKYO. May 19, THE belief that various pending problems between Japan and the United States are of the nature that they can be settled through mutual efforts between the two nations In view of the essential relationship between Japan and the Valted States, was understood to have been manifested when the Foreign Minister, Mr. Hachiro Arita, received Mr. Joseph Grew, tho American Ambasador Japan, on Thursday morning prior to the latter's departure for home .on furlough

to

Foreign Minister Arita, it is under- stood, in of the opinion that repetition of exchange of documents between the two countries tends to complicate the relations between them,

The Foreign Office chief belleves, it is pointed out, that by extending the spirit of the letters exchanged bes fween Secretary of State Cordell Hull and Foreign Minister Kold Hirota following outbreak of the Manchurian Incident, confirming that there does not exist any problem be- tween the two countries which can- not be seliled through diplomatie negotiations, various existing ques- tions will stendily be settled if efforts are made to conduct negotiations on the basla of mutual amity and sympathetic understanding.

AN ASSURANCE During his interview with Am- bassador Grew on Thursday, Foreign' Minister Arita assured that Japan's" aspirations for a new order in East Asla are by no mearis prejudicial or detrimental to the developments and stability of the American interests in China, It is revealed.

that the

Foreign Minister Arita reportedly pointed out

misgivings apparent In same quarters of America over alleged intentions of Japan in regard to other parts of East- Asla than China are unfounded be- cause Japon's relations with these areas would be in conflict with American interests there,

While the Japanese Government

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up" the Japanese on the portant south open towns, spread to Inaugurate

uut in several directions to attack the unwui highway. As a result of a series of attacks Japanese at Pingalihchen, Huyang-m Berlin to Tokyo, according to the Chinese from Fahsien, 25 mites cien and Kuotanchen, rural towns Colonel Wolfgang von Gronau in the north of Canton, have recuptured the neighbourhood. After two days Sunkal, Wongtam, Lientong and severe fighting, the Japanese lines Tokyo, he said, have been completed All three towns and Lufthansa is attending to minor were shattered, Another Chinese coluinn forced its were recaptured,

More than 400 Japanese bodies detalls before sending its first cabin way to Kongisun, 11 miles north of Canton, where they heavily damaged were counted by the Chinese who re-plane to the Orient to Inaugurate the

Patered Tangho. Hundreds of other service. the railway rails, bridges and

dead and dying are reported Japanese graph wires.

to have been carried away in trucks A Chinese counter-offensive on upon the Japanese retreat from the town. Further casualties are under- stood to have been suffered on their the route of Air France. The in Japan coming Into possession of ter Arita voiced the earnest hope that over 25 policemen formed a cordon around his hore near this city, in

as they were waylaid at retreat

other points by Huyangchen and Chinese guerilla and armed peasant units Central News.

tele

Taipingthong and Shenkong, south of Tsungfa, in in progress. FIGHTING RAGING IN SUIYUAN

Hingtsi, Shansi, May 10. Fierce fighting between Chinese and Japanese forces has been raging at Tashuware, south of Puotow in Sulyunn the past few days with both sides suffering heavy casualties. JAPANESE FALL. TO LAND

at

Chinese In Hsuchow

An Undisclosed Place, North

Klangsu, May 19, With guerillas who had flitered into the city creating disturbance inside a Chinese mobile unit smashed into Hsuchow, important junction on the Lungital and Tientsin-Pukow Rall

Shluhing, Kwangtung, May 19. Two Japanese war vessels steamed opened upriver near Hakshan and are to cover Japanese bluejackets in several rubber boats to land Wongpokon!

morning, Yesterday

stubborn Chinese troops staged a defence and repulsed the enemy,

CHINESE NIGHT RAID

Fowliang, Klangsi, May 10. The Chinese staged a night raid on Maping, southeast of Hukow in north Klangal, on May 16. After a night- long battle, the Japanese were do-Central News. Leated and retrealed to Kiufuling, .cast of Hukow-Central News.

CHINESE DRIVE DOWN

HAN RIVER

SHASI, May 18.

at

Following up their success Yokow, strategle town on the lan Hankow. River 70

above miles

Chinese forces ar pushing northward to Tienmen.

Preparations are reportedly made) by the Japanese garrison to evacuate. of military Thirteen truckloads

supplies, including three field pieces and other heavy weapons, were cald

In north Kiangsu on Tuesday They set fire to the Japanese head- quarters, ammunition depot and the otees of the bogus municipal govern- ment. The Japanese were into utter confusion.

The route will be from Berlin

to France, and from there to Saigon and Hongkong, following lines will extend to Formosa and to Tokyo.

TOKYO.

OSAKA,

tho belief that they were closing in on a gang of desperadoes.

local Dashing into the

polica slation just before noon, the lunatic Karped out an amazing story of two of his brothers, who had just been britally butchered in 'cold blood by gå gang of over ten bandila. The men, he said, had broken into his house and brandished pistols, rifles, long subres and even spears

A Korean lunatic whose one Joy in life,t seems, is to see police IN an effort to end the so-called do not believe the eficiency of inter-men dashing about, had a particularly good fino a few days ago when "exchange racket," whereby persons national conferences, Foreign Minis-

aurrenicles, cheques and negotiations

Would directly be foreign

China money-orders, lake them to

two coun- conducted between the for conversion into yen at rates al-trics concerned, for the settlement of most twice as as the "pegged"

pending American-Japanese issues in Lt. Col. von Gronau is the new air rate in Japan, police officials are in the light of the traditional friendship attache to the German Embassy intensifying their efforts to apprehend between the two nations, and on the Tokyo, and passed through Colony recently. He first came out foreigners and others suspected of basis of proper understanding of

taking advantage of the situation. Japan's fundamental policy East during September 1827 on his according to the "Asahi Shimbun."

his

establishing a new order in East Asia. -Domei, famous round the world flight in flying boat, the Greenland Whale.

The Tokyo Police Board re- Since then he has made several good- will fights to South America

and veals the detention for more points on the Continent.

GERMAN AVIATRIX COMING HERE

the

for

than two weeks of two Belgian VIOLENCE

nationals and the questioning of

three foreign missionaries, in

search of information regarding IN HARLAN

German auch matters. Frau Julle Rosemeyer, thrown

avlatrix, will take off from Berlin ini a few days on a fight to the Far Eust, according to a message received in Tokyo yesterday.

Although the amounts Involved The Chinese retired at daybreak.-

Labourites' Amendment

To Budget

London, May 18. The Parliamentary Labour Party to have been moved by the Japanese has put down on amendment to the Tsaoshin, motion for the second reading of the forces nt Tlenmen to further north on the Hankow-Ichong Finance Bill on May 23, declining highway Central News.

Japanese Thrust

assent to the second reading on the round that the bill "continues a ground series

of unbalanced budgets, and shelves all the major financial pro- blems."

The amendment adds nearly £400,-

LOYANG, May 18-Military in telligence reports the arrival in Kihsten, east Honan lown 18 miles south of Lanfeng, of 1,300 Japanese 600,000 to the national debt, fatis from Kalfeng and Lanteng.

The Japanese forces are said to be to exact from the wealthy an ade- thrusting northeastward towards the quale contribution to meet the emer- measures are being taken by the spreading the burden equally among Weltal liver. Strict precautionary Beney, and under the pretext of all classes, imposes additional taxes, defenders-Central News.

some of which will press severely on the very poor.--Reuter Special.

off

Air Raid Thwarted

Chungking, May 18. Air force officials here said nine Chinese planes to-day fought Japanese bombera bound for Chungking early this morning, near Kuella at the head of the Yangise FOTKEL

Two Japanese planes were shot down. United Press.

Guerillas In North

report

Japan Conscripts Labour

Tokyo.

have not been revealed, the police state that many persons récelving "+com- are payments from abroad Frau Rosemeyer will pilot an M-muting" between Japan and Shanghai 188 Typhoon monoplane, and will to cash their cheques, and those of call at Hanol and Hongkong.

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Shots Exchanged In

U.S. Coal Dispute

HARLAN, May 18.

THE FIRST serious outbreak at the attractive yen-rate of violence in the coal strike eling there, despite warnings

Her plane has a total length of only 20 feet and a wing-span of 33 and the subsequent imposition of occurred here to-day.

Captain Vernon Sunders, command- feet. With its 240 hp, engine, rigid currency control regulations, develops a maximum speed of 180 making it practically impossible to ing National Guards at High Splint suddenly m.ph. It is a four-seater air-liner obtain American dollars, sterling or mine, said about 25 men

franes in Japan for the purpose. appeared over a hill near the mine. with retractable landing-gear.

We are going to close the mine."

·RESTRICTIONS-TIGHTENED

they threatened,

Frau Rosemeyer is the widow of a noted German motor-ear champion.

Dockyard Police Arrest Two Chinese

when

Captain Sanders said pickets then The restrictions were tightened further inte in April

the opened fire and the Guards replied, Japanese Ministry of Finance "ad-shooting above the pickets heads. vised" banks and travel agencies to The pickets then retreated over the refuse to sell foreign currency and hill and disappeared, travellers' cheques to persons intend- Ing to viel Shanghai

About 50 shots were exchanged but no injuries were reported.— United Press.

More Troops Sent HARLAN, May 17-An additional

Japan's Bond Issues Total £954,250,000

TOKYO -***

JAPANESE Government bond issues at the end of 2038, as announced by the Agkistry of Finance, totalled Y222.- 728,000 (£954,230,000) which financlog organisation held *ifovern- Y8,701,921,000, or 53%.

mental institution 2,593,-

000, or 27.7%, and cluding private person

in- temples"

and shrines, X3,028,213 900, or 18.7%

The total shows an increase 4,329,775,000 £254.200,- 600) compared with December 31, 1837.-Reuter.

"Conchies' Will

Be Protected

No Imprisonment For Principle

Issuing an emergency call, the entire local police force went into action. The Chief posted his men at strategic intervals to cut off the retreat of the malefactors, while the lunatic looked on in secret glee they attacked with drawn. swords.

Bursting into the house, they found the lunatic's wife quietly wash- ing dishes, humming a Korean ballad.

Router.

U.S. COMMODITY PRICES

LATEST CABLED QUOTATIONS

New York, May 18,

New York Cotton

Opening Closing

July October

0.80/00 7.60/60

8.70/79

7.02/02

December Innuary March

7.00/60

7.72/72

7.62b/05a 7.08N

7.01/01 7.01/02

Moy

7:59/59 7.5BN 9.70N

New York Rubber

15.91N

LONDON, May 18. THE MILITARY Training Spot

ing a total of 1,200.

Tenston between the United Mine-the House of Commons .to-day, May worker

pickets

Brid the non-with a vote of 337 against 180, July unionlats Increased after it was an-

workers'

On April 18, the Tokyo police ar- rested Father Raphael Collard, 30- year-old Catholic missionary. 400 troops have been sent here, mak-Bill was read for a third time in charges of violating the new change regulations, and two days later took into custody Baron Marcel Bacyens, aged 70. Belgian correspo dent of the Paris newspaper "Figaro," nounced that all the major pro and it will now be sent to the September who had just returned from Shang-ducers, except the Harlan Associa- House of Lords, who will pass December

tion, had signed the Union agreement. it through all its stages next March Both have been questioned exten--United Press. this morning alvely since, it was revealed.

Two Chinese were arrested by the Royal Naval Dockyard police yester. day when they landed from a sam pan at the Dockyard, carrying two large canvas bags.

Before. Mr. R. Edwards Central Magistracy

nt the

hal.

Chiu Tim, 35, compradore, of HMS. Heuter.

Folkestone was charged with the theft of 12 dust cloths, 24 tea cloths, len napkins, one table cloth, two

pepper pots, four ica spoons, one

of

Stock Exchange Is Cheerful

London, May 16.

Stock Exchange activity was res- tricted to-day owing to the Ascension

Japan Swells Industrial Production

Tokyo,

week.

Spot

10,00 700 10.03 /06

18.05b/10a 16.10b/15

Chicago Wheat

Total Sales:-1,000 tons. Leslie May July September

Labouriles cheered Mr. Hore-Belisha, Minister for War, when he promised to introduce a bew clause in the bill to safeguard from imprisonment conscientious objectors, who, having lost their appeal to the Tribunal, still persisted in disobey- ing military orders.

15.07 /08

15,00 700 16,006/03a 10.047 -

10

70 1701 -7314/7317414/14

734/73% 74 /73% 13,097,000 bushels.

Wednesday's Sales:-

May July...

Mr. Ernest Brown, Minister of September Labour, introduced a new clauso

May whereby conscientious objectors do

October

table spoon, one fork, one yard of The Japanese Welfare Ministry cloth, three canvas kit bags, one and PEIPING, May 18-Traffic on the has decided to implement Article 4 half yards of canvas, one yard of

A been of the National General Mobilisation cleaning cloth, one colander, ninc Priping-Sulyan railway has resumed after constant interruptions Law, providing for the conscription pounds of soap, from H.M.S. Folke

enterprises essential to for several days past by guerilla of labour for

stone. He was alternately charged дла national between Kaltan destruction

mobilisation, according to with receiving the articles.

Day holiday in several continental A report issued by the Japanese six months werk of national import- July "Asahi Shimbun," which expects the Kucibus.

from the necessary Imperial Ordinance to An unconfirmed

Tsul Fal, 47, cool

allowances H.MS. centres, but gilt-edged boldings were Ministry of Commerce and Industry ance, or enter a training centre, 45 rellable sources states that some be promulgated, by the end of June Folkestone, was charged with the strong on investment demand, while reveals that the value of Japan's receiving the same

millamci. fighting has been going on in the at the very Intest.

theft of 19 pounds of soap, three and foreign investments further improved industrial production for the year

This was agreed to without a continued European 1938 reached Y16,412,000,000 (nearly the Jchol province between eighth roule According to the "Chugat Shogyo," a half yards of canvas, one pad-owing to

£1,000,000,000) as ogainat Y12,257,- division.

clauro leading Anancial dally, the proposed lock and one canvas kit bag, from quietness.

A new army troops and Japanese forces.

accepted In central Hopel increased guerilla Ordinance will aim of the mobilisa-H.M.S. Folkestone, He was also Industrials, after being dull, be-000,000 (£721,000,(30) for 1937, on of Y4,185,000,000 (£244,-

whereby British · subjects' abroad BILLINGNE strength is reported to have caused a ton of a minimum of 6,000,000 per charged with receiving the articles. came brighter, showing several due increase

falling to answer · tho general withdrawal of Japanese song between the ages of 16 and 17 Mr. J. M. d'Almada Remedios ap- gains.

would be able to punishment troops, which advanced into guerille years. When placed in mobilisation peared for Chiu, and May 23, 2.30 Kaffers were quiet, but, coppers! Statistics compiled by the Ministry

whenever they return to Britain. territory early in the spring.

was fixed for the hearing of were mainly stronger, enterprises under Government com- p.m.

-Reuter. A few isoisted towns cast of the trol, they will be paid the same the cases.

Wall Street was slightly Kinhan railway are still held by the wages they received before they They were allowed ball of $50 Reuter Special. Japanese, but the area under Japan-were drafted.

personal bond, and $500 in security. ese control has not been extended-

Mr. P. F. Brown, of H.M.S. Folke- Reuter.

stone, Acting Master at Arma, the complainant.

Further Successes ICHANG, May 19-The Japanese Division has suffered heavily Third during fighting in north and central Hupeh. Two of its detachments have been nearly totally annihilated, despatchda state.

Held

The Chinese are alcadily pressing castward on the Kingshan-Chung- slang highway and the Hankow- Ichang highway. The Japanese lines at Tanostih, on the latter highway 60 miles, northwest of Hankow, are reported

to bo wavering under heavy. Chinese pressure,

Chinese troops hate meanwhile broken into Tienmen, strategic town 35 miles southwest of Tanoshih. The bulk of the Japanese force has been withdrawn to the outskirts to avoid being trapped, leaving a limited unit to engage the Chinese;

Administration of the measure will be placed under the Welfare Ministry, -Router.

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BISHOP TO FACE A CRIMINAL CHARGE

LONDON, May 18.

THE BISHOP. af, Paphos in Cyprus, who had been entrusted with the administration of the Grook Orthodox Church in the island since the death of the Archbishop of Nicosia, will shortly be arraigned before the criminal court at Limassol on a charge of endangering public peace and order, by inciting the population to revolt against. British rule.--- Trans"Ocean, "C

ig

OPC,000),

show that the number of factories firmer.in Japan totalled 109,005 at the cload of 1030, an increase of 17% com- pared with the preceding year. The

Impressive U.S. Manoeuvres

Washington, May 18.

TTIN

Chicago Corn

60%/50%

504/80% 51%/51 51%/51% 51 %/0146

Winnipeg Wheat-

8112/04/2

64%/04h 052/65% -05%/05% 00%/60%

ADVICE TO NURSING MOTHERS

It is very important, doctors Bay, not to overtax your system

percentage annual gain is a new high Gold Flows Across immediately after the birth of a

recard in many years-Reuter.

Kiangsi Railway Re-Opened

The United States Department of War to-day announced the greatest

Yungslu, Kiangel, May 19. manoeuvres since the world war will take place this summer,

While efforts are being nude by The manoeuvres will involve more Japanese military, engineers to than 300,000 regular troops plus open the whole length of the 303,000 officers and men of the kang-Nanchang Railway, National Guards, Reserve of Ofleers have been in between Teban and

-effected; to the Yungalu

IC-

Kiu- repairs 27

The Atlantic

child. When you are feeding baby yourself, you should take plenty of casily digested nourish ment....

doctora

CHERBOURG, May 16-Gold to the value of 100,000,000 francs wor

For that reason, shipped by Belgium to the Voltest States by the Queen Mary on throughout China recommend Wednesday.

Horlicks. They have proved that gold to the United A sizeum of States, crom other European coun- Horlicks stimulates the appetite, tries is also reported to be in pro- prometes sound bleep and gress-Trans-Ocean,

strengthens the whole system. Also Horlicks Increases the supply of maternal milk and LONDON, May 18-According 16 ensures the success of breast training camps.

means that the Army will The first train left Kluklang mit 7gures given in the House of Com-feeding.

lighting strength.

Nu... The Chinese troops la retreating posed in this financo bill, the inal

Get Horlicks to-day from yo The manoeuvres will be spread before the advance of Japaneso al- stage of which will be taken in the store. aver the entire summer, at various most completely wrecked the railway, House of Commana next week, la Jocations-United Press.

removing rails and sleepers-Domet, direct-British Wireless.

7e practically, the entire Initial o'clock yesterday morning for Yung-mons 02,3 per cent of taxation, PEO-

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