1939-07-18 — Page 31

Tuesday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

July 18, 1939.

REAL STORY OF THE LUKOUCHIAO INCIDENT IS TOLD AT LAST

Japanese Deception Exposed By Famed Magistrate

(By Staff Correspondent)

THE MAN WHO started China's armed resistance against Japanese aggression is now living in Hongkong whore he hopes to remain until the day comes when he can peacefully return to the Wanping District, the venue of the now famous Lukouchiao Incident on July 7, 1937.

Mr. Wong Lang-tsai, 46 years old Chinese patriot, was Magistrate of the Wanping District in the early part of 1937. It was he who decided in the first instance that: China's policy of appeasement towards Japanese

territorial encroachment upon her

and sovereign

integrity since September 1931 should come to an end.

war

"Comedy" Ending

"The incident almost

ended

in

of his

I was he who slarted fighting.. but I, and the Chinese authori- back against the Japanese invader, ties in Peiping, remained udamont in with a mere handful of men in bls) our retusal to allow the Japanese Ito walled city of Wanping, and to enter Wanping. was his initiative which led to the at united China front in the resistance which has now entered its third year.

In an exclusive interview Mr. comedy when the information came Wong recalled in detail the whole shat the missing Japanese had beent incident, from its outbreak on July found, but the Japanese, in no way 7, 1937 to the Chinese evacuation of non-plussed, then insisted on a Joint

mime inventication into the cause in the Wanping on July 30

time the disappearance!. They insisted on the your, and it is the first story has been told by the central Immediate formation of an invest figure in the first act of the tremen-Eating committee consisting of three dous drama which has held the at- Chinese and three Japanese and I

was one of the chosen delegates. tention the entire world.

"Before we departed from Pelpingi "Everybody knows that

10 called Lukouchlao incident was net- dawn, I was invited

Yasuya Muluguchi, com- ually the beginning of the present Colonel

forces 712 hostililles in the Far East," said Mr. nander of the Japanese Wong Lang-tsal, "The little city of Wanping. This officer expressed his Wanping or Lukouchlao, only a few extreme disapproval of the forma

tion of on investigation committeci milles southwest of Pelping on the Pelping-tankow rallway, together: with the railway station of Fengtal on the Pelping-I'ukow line, were the two key positions of great strategieal Importance to Peiping.

fhe

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meet

Former Ambassador Opens Art Exhibition In Colony

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Tinned-Salmon Import K SHOES

Scandal'

Mr. Hsu Si-ying (centre) former

Denounced

Chinese Ambassador to Tokyo, photographed outside St. John's Cathedral on Saturday when he opened an vil painting charity exhibition by Misa Leung Po-chee. Mr. Hau in acting chairman of the China Refugees Re- llef Association-Royal Studios.

Chaochow Captured By Chinese Forces

LIUHUANG, July 18.

.

LONDON, JULY 12. "UNDER THE NINE POWER TREATY OF 1922, IT'S BIGNA- TORIES GUARANTEED TIIE OPEN DOOR IN CHINA. NOW, UNFØR - TUNATELY, THE OPEN DOOR IN NO LONGER OPEN: IT IS BEING BANGED, BOLTED AND BARRED BY JAPAN IN ORDER TO ENABLE JAPAN TO SECURE BRITISHI CRE- DITS FOR THE PURCHASE OF WAR MATERIALS,” LORD DAVIES. LIBERAL, STATED IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS TO-DAY..

He moved a motion urging the necessity of providing employment for Britons and of establishing indus- tries in the British Isles which, ho sald, would prove Indispensable in the event of war. He called attention to the import of foreign commodities; especially Japanese canned foodstuffs, and referred to the Japanese polley In China as regards foreign trade.

Speaking with authority for he has vislied Korea, Japan and Chino, he asserted, "Wu are bound to recognize that the whole question of Intere national trade is closely linked with problems of defence.

abandon

"We are compelled to those economic policies which, In time of tranquilly, would probably command our undivided support. Europe and Amerlen allow China's Independence to be destroyed, their trade with that country will sink to zero. It will become a complete monopoly in the hands of Japan."

Tinned-Salmon Scandal

He then referred to the Nine-Power Treaty and also alluded to the recent Japanese tinned sulmon scandal, soy- Ing. "A few days ago, we learned that it was proposed that we should purchase £1,700,000 worth of Japan-

ese tinned salmon."

Ho recalled statisties on what had

been bought from Japan during past

years and at what cost, and he point- ed out that Japanese fishing interests had refused to participate in any International fishing conference.

He accused Japanese Oshermen of | .. practising pirate salmon-Ashing off

the Pacific Coast of the North Ameri-

can continent.

CHINESE TROOPS completely recaptured Chao- and demanded that I should take chow, important city at the northern end of the Immediate measures agalust any per- suns who might be responsible for Chaochow-Swatow Railway, "yesterday.

planes into netlon, the Japanese soldier's disappearance,

The Chinese started a fresh, artillery und All this before an investigation hadi

the even started!

counter-drive on the city on burling tons of explosives on

Chinese positions. Owing to the Japanese Cunning

"When I made it clear that I would Sunday night. Closing in from fierce onslaught, the Chinese have sat comply siih his demands,| "The Japanese seized Fengta in Colonel Mutaguchi ordered eight three directions, they engaged withdrawn to a new line in the neigh

turned larry loads of soldiers to Wanping 2000 Japanese, who offered

In heavy fighting with some bourlond. their attention to Wanping, and at and he told me they intended 10 first they announced their attention take matters into their own hands. stubborn resistance behind their of purchasing a vast area of about 1 left Peiping immediately and on strong defences. 6,080 acres between Fengtai and the journey to Wanping, at a point

Steadily pressing back the enemy, Wanping for the construction of an oiled Solang on the right flank of the Chinese broke into the city by ormy barrecks and airdrome. If a railway bridge about two thirds| was magistrate, at the time, and of a mile northeast of Wanping, we the northern gate at 5 a.m. yesterday. times by the Japanese regarding the approached me with a map of the ese plain-clothes guerillas who had Some 1,000 Japanese bodies were the Government intended to take in was approached inore than twenty were halted and a Japanese officer Bloody street fighting ensued. Chin

September 1938

and then

LES

more

"The result is that Japan is able to dump salmon on the British mar-

He concluded in asking what steps

order to encourage the importation of Canadian salmon Instead of the Japanese-inned fish.

Counsel Of Moderation

The Bercest encounter took place last Saturday morning when than 2,000 Japanese, using armoured het by unfair competition with Cana- cars as a spearhead, launched a big dian exporters," Lord Davies assert- ed. Japanese salmon was labelled pash on the Chinese positions.

Bitter hand-to-hand combats deve- with the intention of deluding British loped and after about three hours buyers into thinking the fish came fighting the Japanese were repelled. from Canada. Altered into the elty beforehand, as counted on the fleld and many purchase of the land, which I al-Wanping district in his hands.

well armed Chinese volunteers, Japanese were taken prisoner. ways refused.

"Behind him I saw 1 Japanese

from assisted in cornering and deelmoting

Thie Japanese retreating detachment drawn up in formation the Japanese. Huge fires were start Yushe and Wislang, which have been with machineguns and trench mured, razing cows of houses to the recaptured by the Chinese, are fleeing tars trained on the little city. The ground.

in great disorder towards Tinhsien ollicer told me that the situation had

Unable

withstand the flerec in the south. to become so critical that they had Chinese onslaught, the Japanese Bed,

Contact between the Japanese decided to resort to military action by the south cale. They were attack- if the incident was not settled satis-fed by Chinese guerilins outside the forces-operating in southeast Shansi that any proposal to restrict.exports

has been severed. As a result, the factorily.

Japanese have been using planes at Their demands for a 'satisfactory city and sustained further losses,

Ampow, Lungwu, Linchow, Powpu, settlement were, complete evacua-Payeung and other points along the Linfen to bring supplies to their comrades at the front-Central News. tion by the Chinese troops in Wan Chaochow-Swatow have

also been

Guorillas May Launch Attack ping. Japanese entry through the recovered by the Chinese.

On Shanghai castern gate' and negotiations to be The situation at Chungahan is re-. Icarried out by representatives of both ported uiet. Tho Japanese war- isides for a frul settlement,

ships anchored off Chukchow and Matun in the district of Sanwal have departed.-Central News,

MR. WONG LANG-TSAI

Attacked At Dawn

Chungking, July 18. Rumours are rife in Shanghal that the Chinese guerillas operating in the outskirts are preparing a large- scale counter-attack on August 13, the anniversary of the hostilities in Shanghai.

Increasing petivity of the guerillas has already been witnessed in the

Lord Templemore dealt with possi- ble retallatory action and pointed out

certain countries of raw materials | for armaments would provoke, at the very least, vengeful action in the economic field,

It would also make the prospect of securing peure in the world even more doubtful than it is at present.

into two camps which would have "An attempt to divide the world

no normal trading relations would

make war almost inevitable," he said.

As regards salmon, he quoted statistics showing that annual con-

Canada

"When I expostulated and insisted

Shansi Fighting that the investigation committee had been appointed to ncgollate a satis SHANGHAI, July 18. More than

sumption of this food reached n total factory settlement, the Japanese 100,000 Chinese troops are reported ofileer angrily declared that the to be crossing the Yellow River into

of 2,250,000 48-pound cases per year. supplied approximately 1,250,000 cases and coulit not readily gates of Wonping must be opened South-eastern Shansi in an attempt past few days.

The Japanese are tightening pre-supplant Japan in supplying the own life stood Into and that my

the prevent

encirclement aunger if i would not comply with Chinese troops in the Talung moun-Cautions at Chapel and on the borders Voited Kingdom with salmon, Lond

between the Chinese territory and the Templemore concluded.-avar. tains by Japanese forces.

Settlement and the

the demands.

of

Chinese

despatches

Japanesa

are

Is Hitler More Amenable?

"There was nothing more I could Bitter Bghting is now in progress. International "Then the Japanese resorted to do to persuade him of his mistake, It is reported that the Chinese are French Concession.-Central News. their unnal cunning. They carried und with the other members of tho successfully holding up the Japanese out military manoeuvres almost investigating committee I drove on onslaught and it is claimed that every day on the outskirts of Wan-lo Wanping. No sooner had we en- that 3,000 Japanese were killed in ping. Despite offcial Chinese pro- tered than the Japanese subjected the past week, tests they carried out field exercises the clty to a davn attack with Meanwhile, with Increased vigour and later they machineguns and trench mortars. declare that the extended their nelivities to nicht reported by telephone to Pelping, planning a big offendive in Central manoeuvres, but we always took but it was clear to ጆሮ that the China before the end of July.

It is asserted that five Japanese Arcat care to remind them that they Japanese were determined to take were not allowed to enter the elly) the city.

divisions are preparing for a move of Wanging.

"So I ordered my mere handful against the Yangise port of Ichang. "On July 7, 1937, al about 10 of soldiery to reply to the Japanese while three divisions intend to strut across the Klangal province towards Are. o'clock at night, without previous} "Fighting commenced and

Changsha, capital of Hunan, con- the Chinese authorities,

It is predicted that altogether, tinued for several hours with casual-

3,080 Japanese from will be engaged-Reuter.

warning

n company of Japanese suddenly ties on both sides, Reinforcemente more than 100,000 Japanese troops

commenced Geld exercises. I had previously warned my soldiers

arrived

luke the strictest precautions against of Chinese under Colonel Chi Sing-|

to Fengtol and Pelping and a battalion

Said To Favour Negotiation

DANZIG, July 17.

Hitler To Build New Chancellery Pilsen Mutinies Denied

BERLIN, July 17. HERR Hitler has disclosed that the alte of the new Reich HERR Foerster, the Dan- Chancellery is to be at Koenigso- "At 3.30 p.m. that day the Japan- Sanguinary fighting has been rag-Zig Nazi chief, and Herr latz, near the Reichstag. The the elty, for we had reason to be ese Colonel sent me a message by a ing around Changchih and Kaoping Zaske, propaganda chief, now Chancellery will be complet

atarling any 'incident', and on this

.particular ocension I took the added wen.

preenution of closing the gates of

Florco Fighting-

Tangkwan, July 18.

lieve that the field exercises were Chinese civilian again demanding in a southeast Shansi during the past returned to Danzig to-day ed in 1950.

This was the main topic of con- being carried out with live ammun- the evacuation of the city. Again I few days.

The Japanese have brought their after visiting Herr Hitler versation in political quarters to-day.

tion.

"The next thing I knew was, that the Japanese had informed the Chineso authorities at Peiping that one of their soldiers, engaged in the MRADCUVTES was missing, alleging that he was either killed by Chinese zoidlers or by the people of Wan- ping!

"I immediately ordered a search of the city and outskirts, but we found no trace of the 'missing" sol- dier, but the Japanese were not satisfted and demanded to be al- lowed to enter Wanping and conduct n search themselves.

"When I refused their demand, they fired a few shots at the city. Later I was summoned to Peiping. By this time it wa midnight of the Seventh but I went to Pelping and negallations were held immediately with the Japanese in the Head- quariera of their Special Servicel

PLEASE Turn To Pago 4.

Ex-King Zog Fools His Enemies

STOCKHOLM, July 17,

THE STEAMER AEOLUS, on which ex-King Zog of Albania had booked 20 rooms, arrived here on Monday from Riga without the former King and his suita.

Ex-King Zog had' again changed his plans because ha feared an attempt on his life, allegedly planned by the "Albanian Opposition".

Ho-now, intends to travel via Reval and Haisinski. Trans-Dooán,

at Berchtesgaden.

They reported they found Herr Filler in an optimisilo mood, and he was said to have indicated his view that the problem of Danzig could well be settled by negotiation between Fóland and Germany "If there was no cutalde interference,"

At the same time, it was indicated that military preparations in Danzig will continue na the problem is suli regarded as urgent, but for. the moment the flow of arms Into Danzig has ceased,

About 50 elder members of the Danzig police force were, arrested during the week-end, but the reason for the arrests la not known.

A new Nazi broadcasting station on a hill on the outskirts of Danzig howV functioning is so powerful that popu« Iar sets can no longer receive foreign: stallons--Reuter Special

where the political news market waa extremely dull.

Reports that Herr von Ribbentrop

well was to go to Bulgaria, as foreign reports of alleged mutinics in Pilsen, were denied.

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The German press is maintaining reserve regarding the Danzig question and the Moscow negotiations, and there is evidenco that Germany 14 deliberately concealing herself behind a vel of secrecy in connection with these two events.

Attacks on Britain, however, con- tinue, and there is criticism of General Sir Edmund Ironaldo's visit to WarsawTrane-Ocean.

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