JAPANESE DRIVE

Grey River Argus, 22 February 1938, Page 5

JAPANESE DRIVE

INTO SOUTH HENAN

3000 Chinese Killed -- i [Aus. N.Z. Cable Assn.] (Received February 21, 8.30 p.m.) TOKIO, February 21. The Japanese claim that after capturing Peasihsien, the terminus of the Teakow-Sienchwa railway, and killing three thousand Chinese at Tung-Yang-Kwan Pass, and there entering the plains of South Henan, they drove westward across the Great Canal and occupied Anku-Chen. BIG BRIDGE BLOWN UP. SHANGHAI, February 19. A message from Hankow states that in attempting to check the Japanese advance the Chinese blew up a three miles long bridge taking the Peiping-Hankow railway across the Yellow River, one of the finest examples of modern engineering in China. SHANGHAI, February 15. The decapitated head of a Chinese was found in the French Concession, affixed to a telegraph pole, beneath notices. “Let this be a warning to anti-Japanese.”

german recognition.

OF MANCHUKUO.

(Received February 21, 8 p.m.) SHANGHAI, February 21. Germany’s decision to recognise. Manchukuo has shocked Chinese circles.

Iron Deposits

JAPANESE OFFER TO MEXICO.

(Received February 21, 11.50 p.m.) NEW YORK, February 21. It is learned that Japanese interests are seeking the iron properties in Western Mexico, chiefly in the State of Michoacan, and the remainder near the town of Colima, reports the Mexico City correspondent of the “New York Times”. At present the concessions are held by Bethlehem Steel Corporation. ■ The newspaper, “Excelsior,” states that a Japanese Government . Commission is here offering to repair and modernise Parge, the west coast port of Mazatlan, in return for the iron concessions. The State Department at Washington said that it had not been informed of the Mexican developments.. Some members of the United States Congress expressed the opinion that permitting the Japanese to improve the harbour would amount to giving Japan a naval base on this Continent. between the United States and the Panama Canal.