CHINESE DETERMINED.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 9 July 1938, Page 5

CHINESE DETERMINED.

FIGHT TO A FINISH. MERGE HAND TO HAND FIGHTING (By Telegraph-Press. Assn.-Copyright) HANKOW, July 7. The Chinese Gomnmnder-in-Clncf, General Chiang Kai-shek, in a broadcast speech, said: "We shall fight ot a finish. If only one inch of territory is left and one Chinese remains alive we shall resist until our territorial integrity and sovereignty are safe. This determination is final, come what may.”

The defenders arc meeting the Japanese advancing to Hankow hand-to-hand. A fierce conflict is being waged between Hsianghan and llsiangkow.

STILL IMMOBILISED JAPANESE ARMY IN NORTH. LONDON, July 7. The Tokio correspondent of the Times states that the .Japanese northern armv in Chum is still immobilised as a result of Hoods. The cost of the war to 'date, £-130,000,000 is being met by increasing taxation. The burden of internal indebtedness is heavy but bearable.

CASUALTIES AND TERRITORIAL POSITiuN SHANGHAI, July 7. Foreign observers estimate the wii' casualties at a million Chinese and 300,000 Japanese. They point out that large tracts of occupied territory are u> the hands of Chinese guerrillas. Actually the Japanese control extends for five miles on each side of railways and waterways. None of the Japanese victories has been decisive.

MESSAGE BY EMPEROR MINUTE’S SILENCE. TOKIO, July 7. A message by the Japanese Emperor on the occasion of the first anniversary of the war in China calls for national sacrifice and concentration to eliminate long-standing evils. Prosperity, through Chinese and Japanese co-operation, would serve to ensure world peace. The Minister of Finance, Mr. Ikeda, announced that Japan’s financial ana economic position is now favourable.

A minute’s silence was observed at noon to-day as a tribute to the war dead. Memorial cervices were held throughout the country.

TERRORIST HUNT IN SHANGHAI SHANGHAI, July 7. The biggest terrorist hunt in the city’s history, including raids on shops, homes, cabarets and theatres, marked the anniversary of the outbreak of the war. Police stopped cars and trams and mobilised all forces in the settlement, including Japanese troops, Seaforth Highlanders, Russian volunteers, and American marines, and detained thousands of suspects.