Guns roared slong the Yellow River today, as heavy Sapanese artillery opened a furious "Bombardment the Lunghai railway from Tungkwan, hear the Shensi border to Shenhsien, 160, kilometres. to the east, "The bombardment. of. Tungkwan was being carried on. by Japanese heavy batteries near Fenlingtu, ford~
River, Ing point at the end of the Yellow The artillery barrage further east was designed to discourage any Chi-hose (reaps on the southern bank the river, in Honan, from attempting to come to the ald of 30,000 Chinese troops engaged by "Japanese troops east of Mnotsintu In southern, Shansi.
The Fifth Group Army, under Gen. Tseng Wanchung, forms the nucleus of the Chinese force which was failing back toward the east today afler Sapanese troops had pierced" their line of defence running from the north to the south through Kuwang-Sun, eight kilometres east of Ma0- tsingtau.
Pingiu, a walled town which was occupied by the Japanese on Wednes day, is located 30 kilometres west of Opium Addicts to Wear Special Jackets tientsin, Apr. 19, 'A unique experiment to discourage opium-smoking among the Chinese Population through a purely sartorial measure, banking on whatever self-respect ud "face" is still left among the habitues of the™~hative city's smoking-dens, 1s being attempted Wen Shih-chen, Mayor of Greater Tientsin, From now on all customers of the dens upon entering the establishments will be made to don a special jacket bearing the characters "Fei Bin," meaning "Good for nothing" Every den proprietor has been ordered to keep at least assnany of these Jackets as there are opium lamps in his establishment, The opium tax will, however, continue to be collected by the Chinese municipal authorities per lamp and Rot per "Good for Nothing" jacket. No reduction is contemplated in the number of Jamps per den, nor in the number of dens, which has been Increasing of late, but it is understood that new licences for smoking dens will be Issued for certain quarters of the ity only.—Havas.
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