HONG KONG BORDER

Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 August 1939, Page 7

HONG KONG BORDER

ADVANCE BY JAPANESE . BETWEEN BRITISH & CHINESE TERRITORIES. LANDING ON PEARL RIVER DELTA. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. HONG KONG, August 16. A company ol' the Middlesex Keginieiil and a company of l he lia.jpidaiia Riffes have been rushed to Ihe border of the British territory in Kowloon Peninsula (part of Ihe Hong Kong Colony), after a landing made by 1000 Japanese during the night at Kantian. on the Pearl River Della. The Japanese have advanced along the border between the British and Chinese territories. Four planes preceded the troops and bombed the railway in the centre of Shumchun, which was occupied early this morning. The British received 48 hours’ notice of the Japanese move, which has resulted in the Japanese now being strung out along the border. At least 5000 Chinese took panic and entered Hong Kong, where the food shortage is already serious. FACE TO FACE BRITISH AND JAPANESE TROOPS. POSSIBLE PRELIMINARY TO BLOCKADE. LONDON. August 16. Reuter's Hong Kong representative states it is feared that the Japanese landing near the British colony is a preliminary to a blockade similar to that of Tientsin. British and Japanese troops are now facing one another across the border bridge of Shumchun. JAPANESE REPORT ATTEMPT TO CUT ARMS SUPPLY ROUTE. (Received This Day. 10.35 a.m.) TOKIO, August 16. It is officially stated that the Kowloon operation is designed to clean up irregulars and prevent Chinese co-op-eration with Britain in establishing an arms supply route' from Hong Kong to the hinterland of Kwantung.