Gen, Chiang Kai-shek Told Their Sailings To Fight; Withdrawal Moves Ningpo is now again closed to ship-Called Dishonourable ping by Chinese military authorities Canton, Dec. 13. causing many Shanghai steamers Lieut.-Gen. Rikichi Ando, com-flying foreign flags to suspend sailings. Four steamers which were only remander-in-chief of the Japanese forces in South China, invited Gen. cently granted permission to sail to Chiang Kai-shek to uphold his honour the district have cancelled their sail-as a soldier in a decisive battle in a gs and other steamers which were written challenge made public here to leave for Ningpo in the next few yesterday. days wil! also have to postpone their "You are showing us your back, sailings. pretending that it represents what It is learnt that the closing of the you describe as protracted resist-district is temporary this time and ance," the challenge read in part, that it is not because of military according to a communique issued by necessity as it was in previous cases. Japanese headquarters yesterday.
Chinese authorities have recently en-Such behaviour, however, invites [forced a set of new regulations only contempt and is not in keeping governing the navigation between with a soldier's honour.
Shanghai and the Chekiang coast re-"Should you meet defeat, you had quiring all steamers to renew their better beg the forgiveness of your registration and to obey new rules in ancestors and dispose of yourself in connection with the transportation of a manner worthy of a soldier after cargo and passengers, The closing of having apologized to the Chinese the district may therefore have some-people for your misdeeds. thing to do with the new procedure, "You deserve a thousand deaths for it is learnt, the maladministration that has Although not closed, restrictions are poisoned your country and the misery placed on shipping in other Chekiang and distress you have brought upon coastal districts. For instance, the its people," Lieut. Gen. Ando stated.
Chinese authorities in Haimen only The challenge recalled that the allow two. steamers to go daily to. Japanese forces had used only "one that district which leads direct to or two battalions" to capture Can-Taichow. In this connection, managers ton itself after a spectacular advance o? steamship companies in Shanghai from Bias Bay "that surprised the are reported to have met and dis-world." cussed the question of priority in In subsequent consolidating opera-sailings in order to avoid sailing three tions, the Japanese troops had boats to the district, liquidated thousands of Chinese The Chinese high command has soldiers of the 153rd and 150th Divisions in areas south of the East River, deemed it necessary to enforce new Lieut.-Gen. Ando declared—Domei.
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