CLAIM BY CHINESE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23885, 12 August 1939, Page 13

CLAIM BY CHINESE

FIGHTING AT HUPEH JAPANESE RETREATING HUNDRED-MILE FRONT (United Press Association) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) CHUNGKING, Aug. 10. The Chinese claim that the Japanese are retreating on a MOO-mile front at Hupeh. ANTI-BRITISH CAMPAIGN TOKIO DEMONSTRATION TOKIO, Aug. 10. Ten thousand people demonstrated outside the British Embassy, including 500 from the Chinese quarter. BRITISH STEAMER STOPPED LATER ESCORTED TO SAFETY HONGKONG, Aug. 10. The British steamer Shinai, on returning from Shanghai after loading salt at Hsiushsu, near Amoy, was halted by a Japanese armed trawler. Captain G. A. Evans radioed H.M.S. Westcott, .which escorted the Shinai to safety. Port Hsiushsu is now closed, and the Japanese are burning sampans. THE CHINESE DOLLAR NEW LOW LEVEL REACHED SHANGHAI, Aug. 10. The Chinese dollar reached a new low level at a shade under 3d. TENEDOS INCIDENT THE JAPANESE DEMANDS HONGKONG, Aug. 10. The Japanese Consul at Swatow refused a request for modification of the demands in connection with the Tenedos incident. Unarmed ratings from the destroyer Tenedos were involved in a fracas with Chinese when a mob surrounded the British Consulate at Swatow, entered the compound, stoned the building, and shouted anti-British slogans. One Chinese was injured. The Japanese Consul, Mr Takai, demanded a British admission of the sailors’ complicity in the trouble, and demanded punishment, compensation, and an apology. REGRET EXPRESSED HONGKONG, Aug. 11. (Received Aug. 12. at 0.15 a.m.) An official British statement says the commander of the Tenedos and the British Consul expressed regret for Monday’s incident, which arose from the presence of British sailors. THE DELAY IN TOKIO BRITAIN’S EXPLANATION TOKIO, Aug. 11. (Received Aug. 12, at 1.45 a.m.) The British Embassy issued a statement denying that the Government was deliberately delaying the despatch of fresh instructions from London. The issues are complex, requiring numerous consultations. JAPANESE DIVISIONS CUT OFF REINFORCEMENTS RUSHED UP HONGKONG, Aug. 11. (Received Aug. 12, at 1.30 a.m.) The Japanese are rushing reinforcements to Shansi to check the Chinese advance, which has cut off two divisions. The Chinese offensives are progressing in Honan and Hupeh, and a number of strategic towns have been captured. Guerrillas are active at Pcotung.