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PEACE ON

ON CHINA'S

DAYS

OF THIS WAR

WAR IN THE WEST

TERMS ARE NEARER Chinese Customs Revenue IS POACHERS' WAR'

May Be Powerful Lever

LONDON, April 1 (UP).—The War in the West has become the poacher's war.

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From the Moselle to the Rhine-a front of 125 miles

CHANCES OF PEACE on China's terms are believed to be nearer to-day as the Sino-Japanese War,

After a few hours of activity, the Western Front has begun on July 7, 1937, as “the China Incident" became CHINESE MARITIME CUSTOMS REVENUE FROM SHANGHAI, TIEN- quietened down as it has done for the past seven months. 1,000 days old.

TSIN, TSINGTAO, SWATOW, AMOY, HANKOW, NANKING AND OTHER CHINESE PORTS OCCUPIED BY THE JAPANESE MAY BE the silence was broken by artillery, trench mortars THE LEVER WHICH JAPAN WILL USE SHORTLY IN AN ATTEMPT TO COMPEL THIRD POWERS TO WITHDRAW RECOGNITION FROM CHUNGKING AND TO RECOGNISE THe wang cHING: WEI PUPPET ADMINISTRATION.

As it attains four-figures, the China War becomes the greatest war of the century if the World War of 1914-18 is excepted. The World War lasted 1,560 days. Hostilities in China thus break the twentieth century record of 998 days set during the Spanish Civil War.

THE 1,000 DAY WAR

1. July 1, 1937.-War opens

with skirmish near Pelping and Peiping falls less than a month later,

October 15, 1937,-Fight- lan Shanghai

100. In

and

Chinese Government prepares to

evacuato Nanking.

200. Intervening

January 23. 1938.-The 100 days have been bad for China. Shang- Itai fell in November and Nan- king on December 17. Shantung was occupied and the first puppet Government was set up.

300. May 3, 1938-The first

turning of the tide. The great Japanese reverse at Talert- chwang occurred on April 6 and Japan was still busily apologis- Ing for the attack on the U.S.S. Panay and HM.S, Ladybird.

August 11, 1938.-Japan

400. Acally pushes up the

Yangtso River and Chiang Kai-

· alek----announce that Hankow....... may be abandoned.

500. November 19, 1938.

Another disastrous 100 days for China, The Japanese invade South China and Canton falls on October 31. Three days later the Japanese enter Hankow. And the Chinese Government retreats to Chungking. In just over a year of war, Japan has docupled nearly 500,000 square miles of China,

600. February 23, 1930.-Jap-

on

anese have occupied Nanking, but their drive Changsha meets with disaster. Chling orders "No more massed fighting" and the era of guerilla warfare begins in carnesi,

700. June 7, 1939.-Japanese

800, September 16,

meet stalemate every- where in the Interior as war nears end ́of its second year. "They are forced to withdraw into bases, leaving surrounding country under Chinese control. But they occupy Swalow, and Amoy, and invade Hainan Islami.

1039.- Stalemato, in which Western antagonisea Powers by blockade of Tientsin Concessions and raids on long- kong border. European War Intervenes to end tension.

Japan

Japanese invade Pakhol`ares and

enter Nanning,

900.

1,000.

December 24,

1930.

Stalemate.

April 2, 1910---Stalo-

• mato.

Czech Volunteers Leave England

LONDON, Apr.1 (Reuter).-The first Czech volunteer force recruited in Britain will be leaving shortly for service in France.

| indication that the Sino-Japanese

At present there seems every These revenues, which have been deposited in the Yokohama Specie Bank under an arrangement between the Japanese Government and interested third Powers, are now, believed to total more than $200,000,000.

War will exceed in length the Great War unless Japan gives in to China, despite the formation

of Wang's puppet Government

in Nanking.

The

Il

ve over Japanese Although technically only the Commissioner of Customs is empowered to withdraw this money from the Yokohama Specie Bank, in practice he has not been permitted to withdraw more than has been necessary for administrative purposes.

people have been saddled with heavy burden of taxation and debt And since the fall of Canton and Hankow

October, 1938, the

Japanese gains have been small, The Japanese have abandoned their

efforts to control the hundreds of JAPANESE DEFAULT.

thousands of square miles which they had previously claimed to be under

At

Shot

Fired 9 Inch Range

Indian Committed

In London

LONDON, Apr. 1 (Reuter).- Udham Singh, who was charged

O'Dwyer last month, has been

with the murder of Sir Michael remanded until to-morrow for formal committal to the Old

Bailey.

| and hand grenades.

But the firing was not follow-

ed, as it probably would have been in the Inst war, by masses of men leaping from the shelter of their trenches into a hail of machine-gun fire.

If you were in the trenches, and had not heard about the war, you ferocious might think that some gamekeepers were chasing perate poachern in' a thunderstorm, Ench side has the sume object-io

get information:

des-

They want prisoners to see what

they would reveal about conditions and troep mayements on the other

side of the line.

They want to see how the other A gun expert stated in evidence side fights: how skilfully they use that the blackening around the bullet camouflage and otherwise concent holes in Sir Michael O'Dwyer's coat their movements: whether they are proved that the weapon was Bred 21 using any new type of weupon.

their jurisdiction. The Chinese

Great Britain and the United States

Under an arrangement between Japan and Great Britain, British and belleve that only third Power loans guaranteed by Chinese Maritime Customs. revenue should hold the key that will release the been met by the money held by the Yokohama Specie Bank.

other

close range--less than nine inches

have

heart.

Heavy Artillery Fire jawny.

PARIS. Apr. 1 (Reuter).—To-day's Sir Bernard Spilsbury described the wounds received by Sir Michael and comintiníque says that artillery fire sold that one bullet passed through his was particularly heavy in the region immediately west of the Saar. The cause of death, in his opinion. Both air forces were very active.

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Japanese from their present position.

There is no question that China to-

duy is in the strongest position she

The Japanese, however, have refused to meet all foreign loan quotas. Because had been since the war began, and it Japan has seized the revenue from the Customs, Chungking has also been forced to is therefore believed that the Chinese default on her quota of the loans. Chungking, however, has set aside a sum equal Government ure not willing to consi-

der any terms which would leavejto the amount required for servicing all loans.

Japanese troops on Chinese soil.

A year ago it was a question of

In practice, the money held in the Yokohama Specie

whether China would lose face by Bank is under the complete control of the Japanese

aecepilng the Japanese terms. To day the only bar question whether Japan is prepared

lo peace is the authorities, and the Bank is alleged to be answerable to

to lose face by accepting Chinese nobody but them,

terms.

"The Japanese army have been MONEY MAY GO-TO WANG –

frustrated on

on all sides. They have

suffered successive defeats which have

ended in stalemate in Hunan, Kwang-

si and Kwangtung provinces and,

The creation of the Wang Ching-wei puppet govern-

was loss of blood due to the passage Several air fights took place, the of a bullet through the chest and sults of which are not yet known.

All our machines returned safely, abdomen,

Of

Drastic Extension

Blockade Forecast

́SPECIAL ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄TO THE "TELEGRAPH” LONDON, April 1 (UP).—It is understood, that Mr.

with the exception of the coastal inment in Nanking last week will almost assuredly affect Chamberlain intends to inform the House of Commons on

vasions of Swatow and Pakhol, they the disposal of this huge sum. tory since the capture of and Canton,

Honkow

Tuesday that the Allies have decided on

a drastic

tightening of the blockade to cripple, or perhaps paralyse, Germany's supplies of ore from Norway and Sweden.

Extension of the blockade may necessitate a

technical infringement of Norwegian territorial waters.

This intention may be an-1

NEAR RIOT IN YAUMATI

have gained hurdly an inch of terri-; An eight-point financial policy for the Nanking regime was enunciated yesterday by the puppet Minister R. A.F. Specialists of Finance, Chou Fo-hai.

In Australia

One of the eight points is that the Wang Ching-wel SYDNEY, Apr. 1 (Reuter). The Government will recognise foreign debts and "will Hon. J. V. Fairbairn, the Australian determine payment according to the nature of the debts."nounced to Norway directly in

It is almost certain, however, that the Wang Ching-wei Government will refuse to repay debts to any foreign Power not affording it recognition as the legitimate or do facto Govern ment of China, but will refer such countries to Chungking.

Since Japan is in possession of the major part of China's venue, and already holds an

Minister for Air, announces that 48 specialists from the RA.F. have arrived here to help with the Empire

| Air Training scheme,

Seventeen are officers who are specialised in armaments, engineer- Ing. signals and equipment.

Cool Reception For The Nanking Puppets

SPECIAL TO

THE "TELEGRAPH"

LONDON, April 1 (UP).-Britain's attitude is very cool towards the new "National Government of China."

Official circles here emphasise that Britain will recognise only one Government in China-that at Chung- as Chiang Kai-shek resists, thus king.

obviating any early evacantion of Hainan.

They express surprise at re- ports from Washington that Sir

Robert Craigie's speech in Tokyo

last Thursday was interpreted as a change of British policy in the Far East.

Fronch Far East Policy SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH” Paris, April 1, (UP)—The French

Now York Opinion SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH"

re-

a Note to be dispatched within the next two days.

Britain will cita the Altmark and other cases as evidence

In the course of the engagements

on March 31, one of our fighter patrols encountered much superior enemy

forces. Two of our single senters were brought down.

LATEST

S'hai Soldier Escapes The Gallows

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”.

SHANGHAL Apr. 2 (UP).—Sir

A GENERAL melee which neces-Archibald Clark Kerr, British Ambas- that sitated the calling out of police sador to China has reprieved Private Germany is disregarding the rights officers from the Yaumati police J. F. Eckford of the Seaforth High- of neutrality and that the Allies are station occurred near the Jordon anders, who was sentenced to death in therefore no longer able to remalo Road Ferry whart yesterday.

it is

pass/tood, too, that diploma-jand another has been detained by the the murder of L/Cpl. James Davis. accumulation of Chinese Mari, tic, moves will precede any possible ponceding to the police report a hard labour for life,

time Customs revenue exceeding $200,000,000, Wang Ching-wel is provided with a powerful weapon | against third Powers which con- tinue to recognize Chungking.

Powerful Lever

As head of the Chinese "Govern-

As a result two men are in hospital the Shanghal court on January 10 for The death sentence passed on Fri- vate Eckford has been commuted to The British and French naval Chinese earth coolic, Li Wai, em-

After the Supreme Court had con- plans are

naturally being kept ployed on Stonecutters Island, svicted and sentenced Eckford to death, secret but semi-dmclai sources attacked by another Chinese. During

action. naval

deny that Britain Intends to police the fight a chopper was produced and an appeal was made against the ver- Norwegian waters or attempt to Ll received Injuries to his arms. The diet, but this was dismissed.

A public appeal was then made and capture any Scandinavian ports. attack on Li resulted in about fifteen the Anal decision as to the fate of the

the fight, during} men joining in Norwegian Confirmation SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH which Li's alleged assailant was also British soldier lay in the hands of the British Ambassador, whose decl- wounded. OSLO, April

1, (UP)-It is ment" recognised by Japan, he can, learned that the British Note is ex-the vicinity, attempted to stop the

Traffic Sergt. Brown, who was in slon in irrevocable.. of the race of the Japanese, dispose pected here shortly.

It is belloved to be unlikely that disturbance but was unable to do so Norway, will accept the Eritish moned from the Youmati Police proposals on the grounds that they Station. As soon as the reinforce- are not interested In who is rements arrived the crowd dispersed. ceiving their shipments of ore.

the Chinese Maritime Customs revenue as he sees it.

A high Chinese official told the "Telegraph" this morning: "Tho Chinese Maritimo“Custains revenue held by Japan will undoubtedly be the most powerful weapon in Weng Ching-wel's hands.

Closure Of Narvik LONDON Apr. 1. (Router).—A

without assistance, which he sum-

$650 Loss

LIEUT. T. Bateman, of 100 Water-

"It may well affect the entire out-statement from authoritative Nor- NEW YORK, Apr. 1 (UP)—In an come of the war between China and weglan sources says that the export loo Road, has reported to the police of Swedish iron ore via Norvik to the loss of $650 between the Hong- editorul entitled "Grent Illusion in Japan. Nanking" the New York "Herald "I believe that there will be sensa-Germany since the outbreak of war kong Hotel and his residence. Tribune" to-day said: "It means tlonal developments within the next is only a fraction of the peace-time nothing but one treaty violation.".

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more

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of

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traffe. Japanese few weeks,

"Third Powers will need to be on! The statement continues that the their guard, for the Japanese un-closing of Narvik for. the transport of The performance in Nanking can They will receive French army Premier to-day gave an audience to safely be inbelled a pretty feeble bit doubtedly intend to use this money iron ore will not necessarily entail as a lever to force recognition of an essential decrease of the total ex-

port of iron ore to Germany. rates of pay but while they are being Dr. Wellington Keo, the Chinese Am-of Oriental make-belleve." assimilated they will keep the ranks bossador.

The New York Daily Newa" sold: Wang Ching-wel."

It la estimated that probably over ማከር

United States is high on the they held in the old Czech army.

nine-tenths of the total iron ore ex« It is understood that at this mom- Japanese military

casic'a Immediately the war broke outing's meeting of the Supreme Council, Powers to humbled ไก the

Japan is aziz mer seat, be shipped from Lulea and other It is officially estimated that ports from Sweden to Germany could many Czecha in Britain volunteered France's policy in the Far East was great task of imposing Japancio for service. They registered with the examined and it was decided 10 culture on the world. We con put a of the total Chinese Maritime Swedish ports.

Customs revenue, which in 1939

Holland Anxious.' Czech National Committee in London, follow: Washington's example in not terrible, and probably fatal crimp, on

amounted to $331,823.040.

AMSTERDAM, Apr. 1 (Reuter) recognising Wang Ching-wel's re-these schemes by clamping an gime.

jembargo."

Shanghal contributed, 50.34, of the Holland is anxiously awaiting Mr. entire revenue, The possibility of French recognl-

as compared with Noville Chamberlain's speech in the SYDNEY, Apr. 1 (Reuter).-—Large

"Yorkshire Post" Commant

33.38 per cent in 1938,' and was House of Commons to-morrow. crowds turned out yesterday to cheer tion of the new government was fur- 1,200

the announce

LONDON, Apr. 1-(Reuter),The followed In order of importance by Political observers are of the opin- naval men who marched ther removed after

devoted Tientsin, Taingtao and Swntow, (allion that the tightening of the Allied throughị, the strocis hero. The ment Tokyo that the Japanese Yorkshire Post" yesterday

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PLEASE Turn To Pago 9. Governor-General Tööle, the salutė.

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Further Late Nows'

NORWAY PROTESTS AT MURDER SEA WARFARE

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" "

OSLO, April 1, (UP)—It has been revealed that the Nor- wegian Government on March 26 issued a sharp protest to Ger- many against the sinking of the Norwegian freighter Steinstad, which was torpedoed on February 15 off the west coast of Ire- Innd.

The protest charged that the Norwegian crew were not given suf- folent time to take to their boats. As a result 13 of the crew of 24 were drowned.

The protest adds that the Norwegian kilp was en route to Norway from a neutral port in Turkey.

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