LOSS OF SHANSI.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 137, 13 June 1938, Page 7

LOSS OF SHANSI.

JAPANESE ADMISSION.

Burning: and Flooding Become Military Need. THOUSANDS HOMELESS. United Press Association. —Copyright. (Received ll.no a.m.) LONDON, June 12. "The Times" Peking correspondent says a Japanese spokesman has admitted the loss of Shansi province to the Chinese, adding that the Japanese, after the fall of Chengchow, will mop up the Chinese brigades occupying Shansi. Meanwhile, military necessity lias compelled the burning of villages and cities. The Japanese have closed two schools and the Catholic University because the principal German priest refused to allow students to participate in the celebration of the Japanese victory at Hsuchow.

A Hankow message says that floods, due to the Japanese breaking the Yellow River dykes, submerged 100 villages west of Chengchow and rendered homeless thousands of people, besides threatening the area between the Hwai and Yellow Rivers. The Japanese have begun a drive along the Yangtse River toward Hankow, says a message from Shanghai. They have requested foreign warships and I merchant vessels to withdraw from the | 200-mile stretch of the river between I Wuhu and the fortified town of Hukow, I at the head of Poyang lake. A Japanese mechanised force, SGO miles to the north of the Hankow, battle area, is sweeping toward Honan,'oll the' Hwang-ho, and it is assumed it will occupy Sian, the southern terminus of the motor road along which Russian munitions arc believed to be transported. The Chinese War Ministry announces that military conscription is to be applied generally, regardless of influence or wealth, says a message from Hankow. Draftings will be spread evenly over the country on a basis of population.

FIVE BOMBS THROWN. Chinese Attacks on Japanese In Shanghai. RIOT SQUADS CALLED OUT. (Received 11.30 a.m.) SHANGHAI, June 12. With the Japanese-controlled radio station and several Japanese shops as objectives, anti-Japanese demonstrators threw five bombs, injuring five people and keeping the riot squad, assisted by British troops, running from point to point in the International Settlement in order to quell the bombing.