SHANGHAI FRONT

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 22, 21 October 1937, Page 11

SHANGHAI FRONT

Further Attack By Japanese INTENSE BARRAGE Tezang Stormed And Partly Occupied REPLACING OF LOSSES By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Shanghai, October 19. Following an intense artillery barrage the Japanese again attacked on a long front to the north of the city. They stormed Tazang and occupied part of it. The Chinese, in reporting the arrival of 3000 Japanese reinforcements, with otherg on their way, state that Chinese warplanes last night attacked a fleet of warships and transports off Liuho, causing explosions on several warships. The Chinese allege that the reinforcements are due to the failure of four big Japanese offensives. The fact is that whereas the power of the Japanese to replace their losses Is limited, the Chinese are able to make

good the heaviest casualties without delay. The Japanese therefore continue bombing and shelling in an endeavour to destroy communications. Japanese warplanes w’ere again most active to-day and 150 civilians were killed in five raids on Nanking. Two motor-cars en route to Nanking were attacked from the air. They contained an Italian naval officer, a German, a Russian, and a Chinese, who fled to the fields unhurt, although the cars were riddled with bullets. It is announced that 2057 non-com-batants w’ere killed and 2955 injured in the International Settlement by misdirected bombs, shells and bullets, up to October 15. The inhabitants of Nanking fled from their beds to the shelter of chilly dugouts during two Japanese air raids early this morning in which it is claimed that fifteen Chinese planes were damaged. Similarly 31 planes were damaged at Hankow. Japanese warships shelled the treaty port, of Pakhoi, but the shore batteries frustrated a landing. The Japanese spokesman admits that the Chinese, instead of retreating, are being reinforced and are counterattacking on the Shanghai front. He indicated an extension of Japanese activities under 'which all trains will be regarded as military objectives. The Chinese claim to have gained ground in a counter-attack across the Shanghai-Woosung railway. SOVIET AID FOR CHINA Prevent Japan Occupying Suiyuan London, October 19. The Warsaw correspondent of the “Daily Mail” reports that the Soviet has decided to dispatch a regiment of Mongolian motorised infantry to help China to prevent Japan from occupying the Suiyuan Province, which is serving as a Soviet base for military supplies to China. SINKING OF JUNKS Evidence At Inquiry Hong-Kong, October 19. Giving evidence at the inquiry into the sinking of the Chinese junks off Cheelongkau, two owners described short-range attacks by a submarine with two guns and a crew uniformed like Japanese. Later the attackers machine-gunned seventeen of the survivors in a sampan, killing nine of them. POLICY OF U.S.A. Statement By President (Received October 20, 9.45 p.m.) New York, October 20. A message from Hyde Park says President Roosevelt made a formal statement following charges by Senator Johnson, California, that the President’s Chicago address on October 5 was leading the United States toward a dangerous foreign policy through an advance agreement with Britain. The statement reiterated that the Nine-Power Conference would seek peaceable means for a solution and went on to stress that the United Stafgs enters the conference without any commitments to other Governments. The former Secretary of State, Mr. F. B. Kellogg, in a statement, said Japanese policy in China was irreconcilable with the letter and spirit of the Pact of Paris. He issued a warning against international anarchy. JAPAN UNDECIDED Attendance At Nine-Power Conference Tokio, October 19. At a meeting of all parties in the House of Representatives no decision was reached regarding Japan’s attendance at the Brussels conference. The “Asahi Shimbun” suggests that Japan should participate only if the sole purpose is to study the true cause of unrest in the Bast and devise a remedy. RIGID ECONOMY Hoped To Save £6,000,000 In Japanese Budget (Received October 20, 7.45 p.m.) London, October 20. ..According to the “Daily Telegraph’s” Tokio correspondent, the Japanese Cabinet has decided it is possible to save £6,000,000 in this financial year’s Budget by rigid economy. The Minister of Finance, Mr. Kaya, warned his colleagues that every penny must be saved owing to the strain of hostilities in China. The executive of the Social Left

Party has issued a manifesto to foreign labour organisations who are advocating a boycott, affiarming that Japan is conducting a holy war to prevent China being communised and colonised. It says labour abroad has been misled by capitalists and Chinese propaganda.

HIDING IN SYDNEY Missing Chinese From Ship’s Crew Sydney, October 20. The six members of the Silkworth’s Chinese crew who were missing when their 30 comrades were charged at Newcastle are now in Sydney. They were conveyed by car from Newcastle, keeping as much as possible off the main road. Their movements are being directed by supporters of the “Hands-Off-China”- Committee formed by trade unions.

The missing men are remaining under cover and intend to change their lodgings from night to night.