Tokyo, Oct, 27.
A warning was issued yesterday to Chinese authorities and guerillas in the Chungshan prefecture, on the western shore of Cantun Bay, demanding them to abandon anti-Japanese operations, a message from Canton states, The warning was sent out from the headquarters of the Japanese Expeditionary Forces in South China, and threatened that if anti-Japanese activities did not stop, a punitive expedition would be dispatched.
It is recalled that Japanese forces occupied Chungshan, birthplace of Dr, Sun Yat-sen, founder of the Chinese Republic, early in October. They withdrew, according to the Japanese version, on condition that local Chinese authorities desisted from taking any action against the (4375 tons), Poseidon (5,864 tons), and Biscaya (6369 tons), totalling 28,376 tons. In addition to these, Gonzeinheim, (4574 tons) was intercepted and scuttled herself to avoid capture. There had been therefore—subject to the decision of the Prize Court—the loss to the enemy of some 33,000 tons and a net gain to Britain of nearly 6000 tons.
The feature of the U-boat campaign, to which Mr. Chamberlain said he must call attention, was its growing lawlessness. It seemed now to become the rule for merchant ships to be sunk without warning, Frequently the passengers and crew had been turned adrift in small open boats in stormy seas to suffer from cold and exposure. In the case of the Yorkshire, there was a deplorable loss of life amongst the wives and children of soldiers returning home from the Fast. of the French ship Bretagne, cum Another instance was the sinki
a large number of women and children, the Prime Minister said. This ship was torpedoed without warning and sunk miles from land by gunfire. Fourteen of those on board were Allies' Confidence Germans Stranded in
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