HORRORS OF WAR

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 40, 26 November 1937, Page 5

HORRORS OF WAR

BRIDAL COUPLE KILLED. HOTEL BOMBED DURING A WEDDING. TWO HUNDRED CASUALTIES. (United Press Association—Copyright.) (Received This Day, 10.55 a.m.) SHANGHAI, November 25. A bride and bridegroom were killed and 200 others killed or wounded when an hotel at Changsha was bombed during a wedding ceremony.

CRITICAL SITUATION.

RUSSIANS AND JAPANESE. SOVIET AID TO THE CHINESE. FIGHTING ’PLANES AND SUBMARINES. (Received This Day, 1.15 p.m.)' LONDON, November 25*. The Shanghai correspondent of the “Herald” says an extremely critical situation has developed between the Russians and the Japanese in the Far East after the arrival of large numbers of Russian bombing and fighting ’planes at the Chinese headquarters Soviet submarines are also .reported to have been taken overland in parts to Vladivostok, where they are being assembled, the work proceeding day and nipht. This is regarded as Russia’s reply to Japan’s action in massing 500,000 troops on the ManchukuoMongolian frontier. OCCUPATION OF WUSIH. JAPANESE PREPARING ADVANCE AGAINST NANKING’S MAIN LINE. (Received This Day, 10.55 a.m.) SHANGHAI,' November 25. The Japanese announce that they have occupied Wusih, after seven days’ bombardment. It is claimed that the fall of the city is the first stage in the collapse of the Chinese “Hindenburg Line." Once’ this is smashed the Japanese will face the main defences of Nanking. Apart from fitful engagements on the Wushing and Wusih sectors, fighting is temporarily suspended while the Japanese prepare to resume the advance. NO TERRITORIAL AMBITIONS.

CHINA MUST NEGOTIATE. .. - ■ i ' TOKIO, Nov. 24. “If China again refuses direct negotiations, things may take a course neither she nor Japan desires,” said General Ugaki, in a Press interview. The Japanese Government sti(l adhered to its frequent declarations that Japan has no territorial ambitions in China, but if the warfare is prolonged there might be changes in the national aspirations of the Japanese. If Japan / were driven to greater efforts and sacrifices the demands of her people might correspondingly increase. The time was about come when China must admit defeat. LARGE-SCALE INVASION FEARED. MENACE TO THE SOUTH COAST. LONDON, Nov. 24. The “Daily Telegraph’s” Hongkong correspondent says that fears have been increased that Japan is preparing for a large-scale invasion of the South Coast. They were heightened by a report from Amoy that three divisions of Japanese troops are aboard warships off Formosa, awaiting orders to invade the Canton area. This will be viewed most gravely owing to the danger of incidents involving British interests. “While I was flying to Hongkong from Saigon,” says the correspondent, “I saw Japanese warships, steaming almost under the guns of the new Stanley fortress. Among them was an aircraft carrier, from which Japanese ’planes were sent to attack Canton.” ANGLOPHOBIA IN JAPAN. BASED ON UNFOUNDED BELIEF. LONDON, Nov. 24. The Tokio correspondent of the “Daily Telegraph” states that General Ugaki said he attributed the antiBritish sentiment in Japan to the belief, quite unsubstantiated, that Britain was aiding China. This was probablv due to the Chinese resistance being stronger than was expected, so outside aid was suspected.