ELUSIVE GUERILLAS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 March 1939, Page 8

ELUSIVE GUERILLAS

OPERATING IN NANKING AREA FIGHTING IN VARIOUS AREAS. COUNTER-OFFENSIVE OPENED BY CHINESE. 3y Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright (Received This Day, 12.5 p.m.) SHANGHAI, March 13. Chinese guerilla troops attacked s Nanking regime corps patrolling the western suburbs, after which Japanese reinforcements made p house to house search without result ' The Japanese claim capture of a village opposite Shayang, 2,5 miles from Shasi, an ’important Yangtse port, which apparently is the next Japanese objective. The Chinese claim to have launched a counter-offensive in West Shansi, where it is declared floods thwarted Japanese attempts to invade Shensi. A Japanese air raid on Loyang de molished 400, houses and caused 50 casualties. TIENTSIN BARRICADES REPLY BY THE JAPANESE AUTHORITIES. NOW BEIFJG CONSIDERED BY BRITAIN (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 12.55 p.m.) RUGBY, March 13. The British Consul-General in Tientsin has received a reply from the local Japanese authorities with reference to protests concerning the erection of live wire.entanglements round the British Concession? The reply is now under consideration by the British Government. The Japanese reply states that measures had been taken in self-defence, the necessity for which would cease if the Concession authorities would cc-operate effectively in preserving peace. It is added that the authorities’ insincerity is enabling the anti-Japanese elements to use the concessions as a base. Measures therefore have been designed to enable the Japanese, if necessary, to prevent communication between the anti-Japanese elements in the Concession and outside.