The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-28
CHINESE ROUTED
 !. JAPANESE FORCES
Japanese Are Fleeing
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 Today the Central News Agency, in dipsatch from Taiyuan, assert ed that remnants" of. two crack columns were fleeing in great con- fusion from HIlngyuan, S5 miles west of KWangling, toward Yingsien, which is south of Tattng.
 Patrols of the Sth Route Army, the agency asserted, were constantly meeting and harassing fleeing Jap .anese troops.
 Gen. Gnu, according to the dis patch, hoped soon to capture Yang chow, on the Peiping- -Suiyuan rail- road, and cut of all Japanese forces In the Tatung -Pintichuan area from their Kalgan and Nankow pass bases.
 It was asserted that, the Commu- nists have 300 Japanese prisoners and had captured 50 motor trucks.
 Force In Question Strong
 The Japanese force. in question is one of considerable strength, which made 8 remarkable march down into the Tatung area after the capture of the Nankow pass and KalgaIl, northwest of Peiping. The Japanese hope to cut off northwest China from outer Mongolia-and Soviet Russia on the other, side.
 The former Communist army, one of whose main demands when it opposed the government was war on Japan, had been seeking battle with the Japanese ever since 1t jonied the central government army and took on, its new name. Chinese dispatches, referring to the Tatung front action, called it the first Chi nese victory of the war.
 The Japanese opened up early ,to- day with 14-inch German Krupp siege guns.
 Prepare Big Scale Drive
 It was evident that this time, the Japanese were going to have a big scale preparation for 8 big scale drive. As the day advanced, the 14-inch siege guns, big guns of the warships along the Whangpoo, field guns and bombing airplanes joined 8 continuous rain of projectileS on the Chinese lines. It appeared to observers here that many direct hits were being registered in the Chinese lines. Chinese field guns and anti aircraft guns replied, but their fire was negligible in comparison.
 For the fourth straight day, ob- servers saw a Japanese hospital ship moor alongside the Hongkew wharves, in token of increasing Japanese casualties.
 British sea captains, arriving here, reported having sighted many" hos pital ships taking wounded men to Korea, instead of Japan-possibly It was suggested to avoid lowering morale on the home front.
 Soviet Envoy Learns
 Nanking, Sept. 28.-(UP)-Dimi- tri Bogomolov, Soviet ambassador to China, left by airplane for Mos- COW today from Wuhu, up the Yangtze from Nanking, shortly be- fore Japanese planes bombed the airport. The foreign office an- nouncedr his departure and the Soviet embassy confirmed 1t but was reticent about discussing the, reason, saying merely that 1t was in con- nection with urgent diplomatic matters" E .
 The departure caused widespread rumors that his departure had 10 do with forthcoming Chinese Russian military pact, but the re- ports were entirely unconfirmed.
 Bogololov left Ranking last night and boarded Q specially chartered plane at Wuhu this morning. He is due In Moscow in four days.
 u Hospital Bombing
 London, Sept. 2S.--(UP)-Great t Britain, through her ambassador at Tokio. has drawn the Japanese governments attention" to the bombing by Japanese airplanes of the Central hospital at Nanking, 1t was announced today. It was said that the incident was cited in relation to Japan's promise to re- spect non-combatant objectives, and hence was not 8 protest. At the same time, however, the ambassa- . dor recalled to the Japanese gov- ernment earlier representa- tions by Britain against bombings.
 Jap Soldiers Must Stick
 Tokio, Sept. 28.-(UP)-The goy- ernment decreed today that all sol- diers fighting in China or mobilized in Japan, must remain in the ser- vice indefinitely.
 Soldiers whose enlistments have terminated or are terminating, must stay with the colors, the war of. flee ordered. In addition, officers and privates whose terms expire in 1888. must remain in service an additional year.
 The decree was effective immedi- ately. It applies to both active and reserve services.
 Minimize Damage
 Nanking, Sept. 28.--(UP)-Banked clouds, anti-aircraft guns and Chi nese fighting planes combined today to minimize damage of a new Jap- anese bombing raid on the capital.
 The daily air alarm sounded at noon and 24 minutes later a dozen Japanese bombers appeared over the southern and southeastern su- burbs. They dropped bombs for ten minutes in the vicinity of the mili- tary airport and the arsenal. Dam. age was reported slight.
 
 WILLOW STREET.