TOKIO “MAFFICKS”

Grey River Argus, 16 December 1937, Page 5

TOKIO “MAFFICKS”

OVER NANKING'S FALL And Advance up the River [Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.] (Received December 15, 8.10 p.m.) TOKIO, December 15. Two hundred thousand cheering Japanese surged through the Tokio streets, and converged on the square before the Imperial Palace in celebration of the fall of Nanking. The Emperor remained invisible, he being a sacred figure, but officers in the Imperial Household waved lanterns in acknowledgement of the cheers. Similar demonstrations took place in other cities. What Japan Intends REAL FIGHT ONLY STARTING. (Received December 15, 12.5 p.m.) TOKIO, December 15. The Prime Minister of Japan, Prince Konoye, declared that the birth of a new China, at which Japan was aiming, would safeguard both the European and the American interests in China. He stated that the Yangtse incident was a tragedy. Japan must not evade her responsibility, but must take drastic steps to preclude any recurrence. He added: “In this sense, the fall of Nanking is only the prelude to the drama of China, and it marks the start of real protracted hostilities.” NEW GOVERNMENTS. FOR NORTHERN PROVINCES. PEKIN, December 14. East Hopei has already decided to join Shansi, Honan, and North Shantung, where Autonomous Councils are now operating. With the old Chinese Republican flag flying on the public buildings in Pekin, the Japanese proclaim a new Chinese Government described as “provisional or temporary government with jurisdiction over the territory whence the Chinese were driven.”- It aims at resistance against Communism, promotion of friendliness with neighbours, furtherance of the East Asiatic moral doctrines, and development of industries. Pekin is named as the capital. CAPTURE OF NANKING. RESISTANCE ENDED. SHANGHAI, December 14. The Japanese completely control Nanking. The spokesman announced that all intra-mural hostilities have ceased. The commanders have been ordered to protect enemy property. The invaders occupied the waterfront district of Hsiakwan, routing the defenders. Nanking is still covered by a pall of smoke, owing to the Chinese having set fire to everything as the;* fled up the river. The spokesman added: “The capture of Nanking further strengthens the Japanese conviction that hostilities have just begun, and will continue while the anti-Japanese feeling persists.** NEW CHINESE CAPITAL. SHANGHAI, December 14. The new Chinese capital is Changkiang, in Szechwan. JAPANESE ADVANCE ON YANGTSE. SHANGHAI, December 14. A Japanese naval air force bombed the aerodromes at Nanchang destroying eighteen of the thirty heavy bombers and ten of the fifteen light bombers. JAP. ADMIRAL’S DEATH. LONDON, December 14. “The Times” Hong Kong correspondent says: The Chinese report the death of the Japanese Admiral Osumi Nagano, as the result of injuries, when fifteen Chinese bombers sank the battleship Nagatao by the Kiangyin boom on November 24, which the Japanese never admitted. N.Z. DOCTOR FOR CHINA. WELLINGTON, December 14. The medical committee appointed by the joint council of the Order of ] St. John and the New Zealand Red Cross Society has accepted an application for service in the Far East from Dr. Robert B. Grey. He is a bachelor of medicine and surgery, and has had a varied career. He spent nine months as a house surgeon at the Auckland Public Hospital, three months at the Cook County Hospital, Gisborne, and while in England held appointments as house surgeon at the Eveline Children’s Hospital, house surgeon at the Radium Institute, casualty officer at the National Temperance Hospital, assistant medical officer at the Kent County Hospital, Chatham, and resident medical officer at the Kettering General Hospital. He also held a temporary commission in the Royal Army Medical Corps, Egypt, for six months. Dr. Grey took a course in surgery at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. He is 31 years of age, and in the field of sport has earned distinction a.s a Rugby football player. Arrangements have been made for Dr. Grey to sail in the Awatea on December 28 for Hong Kong, and provision has been made for him to be supplied with adequate medical equipment for his service under the joint council in the Far East. BRITISH TRADE LOSS IN CHINA. LONDON, December 14. A significant comgfcrison is presented by the United Kingdom exports to China in November, 1936, and November, 1937, respectively, namely: Iron and steel £62,586, £6,318; machinery £52,039, £1,620; cotton goods £27,707, £1341; woollens and worsteds, £94,222, £1,393; chemicals £36,497, £1,415; vehicles £44,284, and £673; tobacco £2,349, £57. The “News-Chronicle” points out that the above eloquently illustrates the collapse of Anglo-Chinese trade, to the extent of 85 per cent., owing to Japanese aggression.