IN NORTH CHINA

Grey River Argus, 17 September 1937, Page 9

IN NORTH CHINA

400,000 Men Engaged POSITION OF FOREIGNERS. [Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.] SHANGHAI, September .15. The French, British, Italian, American and Dutch Admirals sent Notes |to the Chinese and Japanese, pointing out that missiTes from aircraft guns were being tired on the Settlement, killing many non-combatants. They urge a cessation of aerial fighting and bombing. TOKIO, September 15. The Foreign Office spokesman, rebutting the Chinese charges of Japanese attacks on non-combatants and cultural buildings, states that the Chinese are using the latter as bases. He warned the League, if it acts on unsupported Chinese statements, an incident, similar to the Manchukuo will folloW. BRITISH LINER HALTED. BY JAP DESTROYER. (Received September 16, 5.5 p.m.) HONG KONG, September 16. A Japanese destroyer halted the liner Rawal Pindi when one hundred miles from Hong Kong. The liner signalled that she was bound for Hong Kong, and she was allowed to pr< ceed without any examination.

NAVAL BATTLE. SHANGHAI, September 15. The first naval battle occurred in Pearl River, five Japanese and two Chinese warships participating. The Japanese claim that they disabled the Chinese warship “Chao Ho,” and deny that their vessels were damaged. CHINESE ’PLANES BOMB JAP. WARSHIPS. HONGKONG, September 15. Chinese ’planes attacked 20 Japanese warships in Bias Bay, including two aircraft carriers, one of which was disabled. Back From Peking TARANAKI FARMERS. REPORT ON THE FIGHTING. (Received September 16, 10.45 p.m.) SYDNEY, September (16. Passengers by the ship Kamo Maru, which arrived here to-day from China, included two New Zealand farmers from Tahora (Taranaki) They were detained for thirteen days in Peking while lighting between the Japanese and Chinese went on around them. All of the roads to safety had been blocked, but the New Zealanders took the first train out after the Japanese took possession of the city. The New Zealanders said that Chinese people commenced working for the Japanese as soon as they entered the city. The wounded Chinese, numbered about two thousand, but no one seemed to worry about them, oi to treat them. The New Zealanders added that one phase of the war that was hard to understand was the way in which war material went through the Chinese Customs to the Japanese Army in Peking.