NEWS IN BRIEF FROM WAR ZONE
(.Received 10 a.m.) SHANGHAI December 11. Since the shooting of a Japanese sentry on the border of the ai’ea, the Japanese have taken over control of the Nantao neutral refugee zone, south of the French Concession. This action ousts the international committee from authority. * .V * <■ Admiral Sir Chas. Little has gone from Shanghai to Hongkong in H.M.S. Falmouth. l\: t # t British residents at Shanghai are most perturbed by Japanese prying into shops in the Nanking Road. No protection is offered by the civil and military police. British residents are also incensed at the seizure of harbour launches. A message from Hankow says the Japanese field battery fired on H.M.S. Ladybird at Wuhu. One bluejacket was killed. Flag-Captain O’Donnell, and a bluejacket, were injured. There were four direct hits on the Ladybird. :j. * * The Tokio correspondent of the “Daily Telegraph’’ says the Japanese Government is reported to have decided to withdraw diplomatic recognition from the present Chinese Government to pursue a long-term fighting policy against I lie forces of Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, and to aid in the reconstruction of another China. This will only mean a Government to replace Chiang Kai-shek’s Government.
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Northern Advocate, 13 December 1937, Page 5
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