SECRET MISSION TO RUSSIA

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20925, 3 January 1938, Page 9

SECRET MISSION TO RUSSIA

REPORTED CHINESE DELEGATION IS SOVIET ASSISTING CHINA? United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received January 2, 7.3 p.m.) HONGKONG. December 30. Dr. Sun Fo, President of the Legislature, and Yuan, son of Sun Yat Sen, have gone to Russia on a secret mission.

SOVIET HELP FOR CHINESE REPORTS OF APPEARANCE OF SUBMARINES United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received January 2, 6.30 p.m.) SHANGHAI. January 1. A fleet of small Soviet submarines, brought overland from Russia in parts and assembled in China, has appeared in the Yangtse to the westward of Nankin, according to the Chinese Press. Twelve amphibian tanks have also arrived. Red Army Moving The Communist Eight Route Army, harrying the Japanese in Shansi, has recaptured 16 towns, including some of strategic importance inside the Japanese lines. A well-trained women’s battalion, attached to the Red Army, is battling with the Japanese in Wutaishan and Shansi. The Japanese, infuriated by the Red tactics, are pouring in troops in an effort to render the approaches to Hankow impregnable.

BREAKDOWN OF ORDER CHINESE RESORT TO GUERILLA WARFARE United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received January 2, 6.30 p.m.) SHANGHAI. January 1. Panic reigns in Tsingtao, as the result of looting and dynamiting. Foreign vigilantes are unable to control the mobs. The Mayor, the police and all officials have abandoned their posts. Further explosions rocked Tsingtao last night as the Chinese blew up the water mains, a Japanese brewery, warehouses, and a dairy factory. Encouraged by the success of guerilla warfare in Shansi, the Chinese are preparing a triple offensive towards Taiyuan. Fate of Traitors Mr Lo Peh Hong, chairman of the Civic Association created by the Japanese to rehabilitate Shanghai, has been assassinated in the French Concession. The Chinese are treating all their nationals co-operating with Japan as traitors. Chinese Counter-Attack A counter-attack, with the object of recapturing Hangchow, is reported to have been launched by General Chang Fahwei, Commander of the Chinese “Ironsides.” Severe fighting is said to be raging. Both sides are using heavy artillery. It is also reported that the Chinese have begun a counter offensive north of Pukow and claimed to have made good progress on both fronts.

JAPANESE AERIAL WARFARE MENACE TO CANTON United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received January 2, 7.30 p.m.) CANTON, January 2. Forty Japanese warplanes bombed the south-western area, greatly damag- ( ing the Kowloon-Canton railway. The Chinese repulsed the Japanese attempt to land a hundred sailors at TongKawah, north of Macao. The Japanese have withdrawn from Wongnan Island. HAND GRENADES THROWN PRECAUTIONS IN INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENT United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyrigh t (Received January 2, 7.30 p.m.) SHANGHAI, January 1. Hand grenades thrown from a Chinese building at 70 sight-seeing Japanese soldiers walking across the International Settlement, south of Foochow Creek, injured one Japanese officer and three Japanese soldiers and three Chinese police. Municipality's Reply As a sequel to the grenade throwing, the municipality has Invested the police with emergency powers, including the refusal of the Settlement's sanctuary to the perpetrators of outrages, who are liable to be expelled or handed over to the troops attacked. A reward of £225 is being offered, any information concerning them also carrying a substantial reward.