"ANTI-COMMUNIST"
1000-MILE WALL SIGNIFICANCE OF PAOTOW I LONDON. October 19. The Tokio correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says that with the occupation of Paotow. in Sulyuan province, Japan claims to have erected what is described as an "anti-Commun-ist wall" 1000 miles long, Stretching from Manchukuo, through Sulyuan, and thence to North Shansi and Hopei and almost to the sea. Inside lies the rich Shantung province, which is reported to be arming to the teeth against the Japanese. The "Daily Telegraph's" special Shanghai correspondents reports that the significance of Paotow is that it governs the northern route between Russia and China. It is the terminus of the Peking-Sulyuan railway, and lies near the route connecting Siberia with Mongolia and China By holding this region, Japan reduces China's chances of receiving arms from Russia. This has been one of the chief objectives of the Japanese offensive.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 96, 20 October 1937, Page 13
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