JAPANESE RESTING

Greymouth Evening Star, 30 December 1937, Page 7

JAPANESE RESTING

‘TO REGAIN FIGHTING VIGOUR’

PEACE OFFER TO CHINA

[BY CABLE—PBESS ASSN.—COPYRIGHT.]

(Recd. December 30, 10.30 a.m,) SHANGHAI, December 29. Matsui interviewed, declared: J Chinese reused to —to their attitude, Japan would be obligea “ "ontinue military operations m the interior of China, as tar as Hankow nd even to Chungking. Some jay needless to await the Chinese TX atl “.t ?to?is essenUal. as the Chinese never do tor e a l sh a ort S perlo ( l after the capture 'Ntoklng.Shiehlse— to e„ able them to regam fighting vigour, X to afford the Chinese an oppor tU . n i ty tOT ,/'t fl n?ocXing home until re» Ce estahUd >n Central China. This ‘a sure lasting peace i fighting for which the Japanese » at a great sacrifice.

SHANSI’S TIME LIMIT (Recd Dec. 30, 1 p.m.). SHANGHAI, Decem J®;;l er n Japanese planes flew ow outher Shansi and Mardelivering an ultimatum, giv S shal Hsishan, the G^ ernor ’ er re . nightfall on ?^ be Ka -°shek, and eolations with Chiang: Kotherwise, ed. HUGE CAPTURES De’Stor 29. The “Telegraph's” Shan ß hMeorr£ XntS dSn 1t a ls of seven proving a p ; pu . STwWOO. Thus with Manv 1,1,0 000 000 square miles and 000.000 people are under Japanese dominance.

CHINESE PATRIOTS.

(Recd. December 30, 1 P- m>) SHANGHAI, December 29 Lihsimin, who threw the grenade yesterday, has all ® g ®^ re to D e S ?a Corpror l,e 24 S ex-soldiers. who disguised coolies, filtered —?h the Japanese lines. ' gei’ing Japanese life and prope y

WELSHMAN ARRESTED

(Recd. Dec. 30, 8 a.m.). SHANGHAI, December 29. The Jananese handed over to the settlemen? police, a man understood to be Welsh, arrested by the Japanese Consular Police, on charges nlicitv in attempting to take illegal possession ot three. Japanese-owned ° l The Consular aShorltles have advispH Anglo-Americans and othei tor S-nwa to evacuate Kiukiang and Kuling.

BRITAIN’S REPLY TO NOTE.

TOKIO, December 29. The' acting-counsellor, at the Bntish Embassy (Mr, J. _L. in formed a Japanese Office spokesman that the British Embassy was unable to accept the Ja P aneB ® Army’s version of the attack on the L that the Japanese Note on the subject is based on the Japanese Army’s information. this might indicate that the Note is unsatisfactory. Some quarters are of the opinion that Great Britain might make new representations. .

" / RUGBY, : December 29 ; The Japanese reply to the British Note regarding the attacks on the Ladybird are receiving careful consideration at the Foreign Office. It is reported from Tokio that tuither representations on the subject uro likely to be made, as in certain respects, the version given by Japanese military authorities does not correspond with the known facts.

MINISTERIAL CONSIDERATIONS LONDON, December 29. The Foreign Office has received a. Japanese Note of about 1,200 words, the longest so far from Japan, which Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. Eden, who is on holiday in, Yorkshire, are considering. The text is being communicated to the other Ministers. The Foreign Office is consulting Tokio, regarding the time for publication. Britain intends to publish the Note fully, although' Tokio reports suggest that Japan proposes not to publish certain parts. It is anticipated that there will be no publication before to-night or to-morrow.

PANAY FILMS SHOWN

HOLLYWOOD, December 28.

Films of the sinking of the Panay were shown to-day privately to a small audience. Japanese aeroplanes could not be seen, nor, surprisingly enough, was there any sign of an American flag flying over the gunboat. The presence of aeroplanes was signified by scenes showing American sailors training machine-guns on them as they roared by. The first scenes were taken' by a Fox cameraman on the top decks of the Panay, and subsequent ones from the navy launches, going to the shore with the survivors, and from the banks of the Yangtse. The. film showed victims dropping on to the deck, and civilians and seamen carrying them under the deck. There was no evidence of confusion. Several bombs were visible dropping near the launches going to the shore. A few survivors were seen swimming toward the shore. The final scenes, taaen from the bank, showed the Panay settling under water, but the flag was not visible. A cameraman, Norman Alley, whose films are going to New York for development, said that he saw Japanese patrol boats fire machine-guns at the launches of the Panay. He insisted that the flag was visible on the mast until the Panay sank. It was pointed out that the American claims about the flag were not affected, since the camera was placed in a section of the boat where the flag could not be

seen. The range from the shore was too long to reveal so small an object. However, a flag was visible at the stern of one of the oil-tankers.

The film showed that the weather, was clear. There were many scenes of bravery under fire. Those who were not wounded seemed to be more concerned with caring for the wounded than with their own safety.