HOSLITIES IN CHINA

Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 May 1939, Page 6

HOSLITIES IN CHINA

SUCCESSES CLAIMED BY JAPANESE. ADVANCE TO THE BORDERS OF HONAN. OPERATIONS NORTH-WEST OF HANKOW. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. (Received This Day, 9.35 a.m.) TOKIO, May 7. The Japanese claim a rapid advance in the Tapieh Mountains to the borders of Honan Province, north-west of Hankow. They also claim that they repulsed 5,000 Chinese who were attempting to recapture Fengsin. The Chinese death roll was 1500. Two thousand pro-Japanese Chinese, under Chang Lang-feng defeated a portion of the Chinese fourth army at Kweitah and liquidated 800 Chinese remnants at Yusheng. PRESSURE ON CANTON MARTIAL LAW PROCLAIMED. TOWN ON NORTHERN APPROACH TAKEN BY CHINESE.(Received This Day, 9.35 a.m.) CANTON, May 7. The Japanese proclaimed martial law throughout the city after the Chinese had entered Sankai, 15 miles to the north. JAPANESE VIEW EMBASSIES & CONCESSIONS IN NORTH CHINA. “REMARKABLE ANACHRONISMS." TIENTSIN, May 7. The Japanese military authorities here have published a memorandum describing the maintenance of foreign embassies in Peking and the foreign concessions and garrisons in Tientsin as remarkable anachronisms. It is alleged that the concessions are hotbeds of anti-Japanese and antisocial vices demanding Japanese action. FIGHTING IN CANTON GUERILLAS BREAK INTO CITY. IRREGULARS REPORTED WITHIN THREE MILES. (Received This Day, 12.10 p.m.) LONDON, May 7. The “Daily Telegraph’s’’ Hong Kong correspondent says that for the first time for eight months there was fierce fighting in Canton throughout the night. Large forces of Chinese guerillas broke into the northern sector and the Japanese rushed up dll available forces. The conflict died down early in the morning. The Japanese are still standing by, because Chinese irregulars are reported to be within three miles of the city. “The Times" Shanghai correspondent says the Kwangsi troops were driven out after entering Anking, but renewed the attack. The Chinese claim that they have crossed the Han River at four more places. The Japanese report the beginning of a May offensive, on a seventy-five mile front between Sunyang and Nanchang.