Though encircled by the Japanese armies, the garrison of the walled city of Nanking is unyielding. After fighting bitter rearguard actions and destroying all the surrounding villages as they retreated to the city, the Chinese are reported to be determined to defend ...
Article : 1,046 wordsLONDON, Dec. 9.—Italy's resignation from the League of Nations is believed to be imminent, although it is not admitted in Rome. ...
Article : 187 wordsLONDON, Dec. 8.—While burning villages light up the advance of the Japanese investing Nanking and Japanese bombers lay waste to China's cities, the ...
Article : 173 wordsLONDON, Dec. 8.—"If you wake up to find the Estimates providing for the creation of a naval harbour at Cyprus you will know why," said Admiral Sir ...
Article : 491 wordsCANBERRA, Dec. 9.—The Federal Ministry is awaiting a communication from the British Government before completing arrangements for the ...
Article : 468 wordsLONDON, Dec. 9.—Dispatches from Moscow describe the remarkably comprehensive and thorough measures being employed by the Soviet authorities to ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 595 wordsJERUSALEM, Dec. 8.—Terrorist outrages still continue to be reported throughout Palestine despite the stern measures introduced for their ...
Article : 168 wordsLONDON, Dec. 8.—Britain's naval strength in the Far East at present consists of the Fourth Cruiser Squadron, including four heavy and two light ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 278 wordsLONDON, Dec. 8.—The Colonial Secretary (Mr. Ormsby-Gore) announced in the House of Commons today that it had been decided to award the widow of ...
Article : 110 wordsGENEVA, Dec. 9.—In view of Italy's obstructionist tactics, League circles are not perturbed at the possibility that she will leave the League, although it is ...
Article : 44 wordsLONDON, Dec 3.—The chairman's sub-committee of the international nonintervention committee, which decided yesterday that the replies of General ...
Article : 397 wordsDec. 8.—In a statement on the position in Palestine at question time in the House of Commons today, the Colonial Secretary (Mr. Ormsby-Gore) ...
Article : 111 wordsTOKIO, Dec. 9.—The Japanese Foreign Office spokesman (Mr. Kawai) stated yesterday that the only. procedure for peace in the Sino-Japanese conflict that ...
Article : 227 wordsLONDON, Dec. 8.—Pointing out that British companies control 20 per cent of the world's oil supplies at their sources and that British tankers have a ...
Article : 230 wordsCANBERRA, Dec. 9.—Important new principles in the regulation of overseas trade are being canvassed by members of the Federal Ministry as a preliminary ...
Article : 451 wordsSHANGHAI, Dec. 9.—The Japanese peace terms are expected to include recognition of the autonomy of Manchukuo and of the North China provinces of ...
Article : 251 wordsNEW YORK, Dec. 8.—The Washington correspondent of the North American Newspaper Alliance in a copyright dispatch states:—"Britain has sacrificed all ...
Article : 170 wordsLONDON, Dec. 9.—The Moscow correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states:—"It is understood that Jacob Peters, the notorious Lettish president of ...
Article : 302 wordsLONDON, Dec. 8.—"British interests in the Far East, both in the wider and narrower senses, are clearly endangered," states the "Financial News" in a leading ...
Article : 358 wordsBERLIN, Dec. 9.—"possession of colonies by Germany will not result in any modification of the German four-year self-sufficiency plan," declares the ...
Article : 81 wordsPARIS. Dec. 9.—Mr. C. R. Attlee. Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons, who is on his way home after touring Government Spain with other ...
Article : 273 wordsWASHINGTON, Dec. 9.—The battle for "freedom of the air" began today when the Maritime Commission commenced its investigation into United ...
Article : 239 wordsLONDON, Dec. 8.—No confirmation is available of a reported British offer of mediation in Tokio, but Whitehall admits that information from the Far East ...
Article : 308 wordsLONDON, Dec. 8.—At the Government's request trade associations are consulting member bodies, seeking their views on articles on which the United ...
Article : 128 wordsCANBERRA, Dec. 9.—There was a further significant indication of the trend of pending trade talks between Australia and New Zealand today, when it was ...
Article : 366 wordsPARIS, Dec. 8.—The Russian emigre newspaper "polsednia Novosti reveals that Alexander Barmin. Counsellor at the Soviet Legation in Athens, who has ...
Article : 223 wordsLONDON, Dec. 9.—The San Sebastian correspondent of "The Times" states:— "Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma, the provisional Carlist leader, called today on ...
Article : 83 wordsLONDON, Dec. 8.—The bombing of two British ships, the Tuck-wo and the Tatung, on the Yangtze at Wuhu, was the subject of a protest to the Japanese ...
Article : 115 wordsPARIS, Dec. 8.—A stay-in strike has started at the Caudron aeroplane works at Issy-les-Moulineaux owing to the dismissal of 22 men for whom the ...
Article : 63 wordsBISMARCK (North Dakota). Dec. 8.— An alleged plot to extort money from the opera singers Lily Pons, Lucrezia Bori, Rosa Ponselle and Carmela Ponselle by ...
Article : 120 wordsBARCELONA, Dec. 9.—The War Minister (Senor Prieto) in a statement today declared that the insurgents were daily receiving great quantities of Italian and ...
Article : 81 wordsLONDON, Dec. 8.—Asked in the House of Commons today whether he was aware that in a Japanese news service distributed to members of Parliament it was ...
Article : 88 wordsSHANGHAI, Dec. 9.—Japanese sources report the capture of Wuhu (on the Yangtze 60 miles south of Nanking) this afternoon. It was taken by the force ...
Article : 99 wordsLONDON. Dec. 8.—Questioned in the House of Commons today about Italy's recognition of Manchukuo, the Foreign Secretary (Mr. Eden) said that the action ...
Article : 78 wordsLONDON, Dec. 8.—An anonymous donor has given 500 to a fund to send to the sesque-centenary celebrations in Sydney one representative, in each case ...
Article : 40 wordsLONDON, Dec. 8.—Lady Patricia Douglas, the 18-year-old daughter of the Marques of Queensberry by his first wife. now Lady Dunn, has become affianced to ...
Article : 61 wordsPARIS, Dec. 9.—The modern cruisers Gloire, Georges Leygues and Montcalm left for the Far East today. ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Fri 10 Dec 1937, Page 29
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