VICTORY FOR CHINA

Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 July 1938, Page 8

VICTORY FOR CHINA

PREDICTED BY GERMAN ADVISER Thinks Japan Will Fail in War and Peace PROTESTS AGAINST MASSACRES Telegraph.—Press Association. —Copyright. x LONDON, July 5. The Hankow correspondent of the British United Press reports that General Falkenhausen, German military adviser to the Chinese, who is on his way home, said that he felt certain of China s ultimate victoiy. The Japanese, he said, would fail both in war and peace. '

MAYORS & PROVOSTS SLAUGHTER OF MOTHERS AND CHILDREN DENOUNCED. APPEAL TO WORLD OPINION. LONDON, July 5. The lord mayors and lord provosts of 11 British cities have signed a protest againts the bombings and massacres in China. The Protest is published by the International Peace Campaign and declares that then consciences revolt at the thought of killing mothers and children. . It calls on world opinion to force Japan to desist. A numbei or French mayors have similarly protested. CHINA’S AIR LOSSES. SHANGHAI, July 5. The Japanese spokesman said today that, as a result of the Nanchang raid China’s front line planes could now be counted on two' hands. The Japanese claim to have captured Hukow, thereby opening up the way*for a drive to Nanchang by land and water. OBSERVANCE OF ANNIVERSARY. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. Tomorrow, being the first anniversary of the Chinese war of resistance against Japanese aggression, will be solemnly observed by the Chinese in New Zealand and throughout the world. There will be a three minutes’silence at noon as a mark of respect for the fallen, both soldier and civilian, also a partial fast will be observed. The money thus saved will be used to purchase gifts for soldiers at the front.