HEAVY BOMBING

Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20279, 23 August 1937, Page 7

HEAVY BOMBING

A WHARF SET ALIGHT. OWNED BY BRITIBH INTEREBTB. RELEASE OF PRISONERS. United Press Assn.—Eicc. Tel. Copyright (Received August 23, 11.0 a.m.) SHANGHAI, August 22. The Chinese from the vicinity of the North Station at dawn opened a heavy bombardment on the area round the Japanese 'Consulate and set fire to the British-owned Shanghal-Hong-kong wharf. Three Japanese planes bombed Chinese positions south-east of Shanghai, and at Pootung 500 prisoners were released from the Ward Road gaol.

1,000,000 REFUGEES.

AN APPEAL FOR ABBIBTANCE. ITALIAN HELP FOR BRITISH. A DENTAL BY JAPAN. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel Copyright. (Received Aug. 23, 1 p.m.) SHANGHAI, Aug. 22. The Italian gunboat Lapanto landed a machine-gun unit to reinforce the British defence sector. The International Relief Committee appeals throughout the world for funds for shelter, medicines and disinfectants for 1,000,000 Chinese refugees. The Japanese spokesman denies that Japanese are occupying any foreign property. He declares that 800 Japanese refugees at Astor House are there by agreement with the management. -

HUGE WAR OUTLAY.

JAPAN’S PARLIAMENT ESTIMATE. A BIG INTERNAL LOAN. United Press Assn.—Elec. TeL Copyright (Received Aug. 23, 1.0 p.m.) TOKIO, August 22. The army and navy are preparing for the September Parliamentary session estimates amounting to 2,000,000,000 yen for the Chinese campaign. It Is IntenQed to raise the whole amount by an internal loan. The expenditure in 1937 Is expected to be 6,400,000,000 yen equivalent to any three years’ expenditure before the Manchurian policy was launched in 1931. DIPLOMATIC NEGOTIATIONS. OUT OF TIIE QUESTION. ANGLO-JAPANESE GO-OPERATION. UniieJ Press Assn.— Elec. Tel. Copyrighv TOKIO, August 21. The counsellor to the Japanese Embassy at Nanking says that diplomatic negotiations on the China conflict are out of the question. The Emperor received the Prime Minister, Prince Konoye, who reported upon the situation. The newspaper Asahi Shimbun states that if -Britain desires the protection of her rights and interests in Shanghai she should co-operate with Japan.

DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.

ARTILLERY AND AIR DUELB. COMPLAINT BY THE SOVIET. ilted P'asa Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyright. SHANGHAI, August 21. A representative of the British United Press says It la estimated that the damage by fire to British property In Shanghai le £30,000,000. A number of employees. Including l director, fought a fire all night at the warehouses of Mackenzie and Company and succeeded in controlling the flames. Only one building was destroyed. In the meantime artillery ar.d nlr duels continue, with indeterminate results. The Chinese occupied a dock belonging to a British engineering works and opened fire on the Japanese positions, whereupon the Japanese sought, permission from the Britten Consul-General to attack them. Officials of the Soviet Consulate complain that Japanese arrested and heat Chinese servants when they attempted to enter the Consulate last Tuesday.

CLAIMB FOR COMPENSATION. BRITISH CAPITAL INVESTED. CONSIDERATION OF PROBLEM. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. LONDON, August 21. The Associated Press fs Informed that legal experts of t lie Foreign utllce are considering the problems arising from demands for compensation for damage to British property. As soon as the necessary guiding principles have been established they will be communicated to the ConsulGeneral at Shanghai, upon whose advice claims will he made. It is estimated that £180.000,000 of Britisli capital is invested in Shanghai. the bulk being in the Yangtsepoo area, where the fighting Is fiercest.

SHELLS STRIKE GAOL.

TEN KILLED, 40 INJURED. RELEASE OF PRISONERS. WALK OFF IN PUBLIC VIEW. Ilpll*-* Pr«>«c i««n —Fl*-. T*» rnprrtfftu (Received Aug. 23. 1.25 p.m.) SHANGHAI, Aug. 22. Five hundred short-sentence Chinese prisoners from the Ward Road gaol were evacuated by a fleet of buses, escorted by motor-cycle police and armoured cars. In the course of several days’ crossfire two shells struck the gaol, which is the world’s largest prison, killing 10 and injuring 40. The escort took the prisoners lo West Shanghai and released them, there being no Chinese authority to receive them. The prisoners doffed their convict garb in full view of the public and walked off in clothes supplied by friend 9. The escort, in pursuance of their plan to liberale the remaining prisoners, returned to the gaol, but Japanese sentries turned it hack, because they could not permit the city to be Infested with convicts. They also declared that the settlement authorities broke their agreement to hand prisoners over to the Chinese authorities. The Japanese claim to have established control of the Ward Road area, therefore they are able to feed the remaining prisoners. STEAMERS’ WAR RIBKB. BIG INCREASE IN RATES. TO, FROM, OR VIA CHINA. Untied Press Assn—Elec. Tel. Copyright (Received Aug. 23. 11 a.m.) RUGBY, Aug. 22. The marine companies and Lloyds underwriters have given 48 hours' notice cancelling all permanent contracts, which include war risks on voyages to, from, or via China. When this notice has expired the shore risk at Chinese ports will be totally excluded, war risks being covered only while cargo is on board an ocean steamer. Simultaneously rates have been raised in view Of recent events 1n the Mediterranean, for voyages through the Straits of Gibraltar and in the Mediterranean, while special high rates of premium ha\e been agreed to for oil tankers on such voyages. These high rates are the direct result of recent attacks on oil tankers.