INCIDENTS IN HONG KONG

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 29 November 1938, Page 5

INCIDENTS IN HONG KONG

JAPANESE ENTER BRITISH TERRITORY MILITARY POSTS ATTACKED j (Received 29th November. 9.0 a.m.) 1 LONDON, 28th November. The Hong Kong correspondent of the “Daily Telegraph’’ understands that a protest has been lodged with the Japanese following a series of week-end incidents bringing Hong Kong perilously close to open conflict with the invaders. The Japanese entered British territory on 26th November, occupied Shumchun, bombarded Luwo and shelled and machine-gunned two British military posts, occupying one and hoisting the Japanese flag. They shelled a district half a mile inside the frontier and ordered the British to withdraw eight miles from the border to permit occupation. They machine-gunned the British side of the Chumchun River, killing many Chinese. Two detachments of British troops withdrew temporarily, but reoccupied all the positions after refuting the Japanese claims by means of maps. JAPANESE RETIRE FRONTIER PRECAUTIONS HONG KONG, 27th November. Japanese troops entered British territory and occupied a British post on the border between China and Hong Kong yesterday. British officers, after a long argument, persuaded them to return to Chinese territory. The Japanese fired on Chinese refugees and civilians who were running toward British territory, killing and wounding 12. Major-General Bartholomew has placed the entire British frontier under military control and is taking over control from the police.