ADVICES TO CHINESE CONSUL

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 7, 10 January 1938, Page 9

ADVICES TO CHINESE CONSUL

The following cablegram has been received by the Chinese Consul from Hankow: —

I Japanese troops are threatenilg |Lungsi. Severe fighting is taking 'place near Tsining. On January 5 the enemy threatened Kwongming but was repulsed. Taking advantage of our success, the Chinese troops pursued the enemy to Kashan—2s kilometres ■from Kwongming. On the outskirts of Hangchow there is fighting at Fupao and Nansingkou. i Japanese planes raided Hankow and i Wuchang yesterday. Except for over 40 civilian casualties, there was no damage. Over 700 Manchukuo troops revolted at Koyang and Lihsien, near Paoting, and killed many Japanese troops.

The centre of the military operations in Shantung- has shifted to the Tsining area owing to the large concentration of Chinese troops along the railway. The Japanese intend to march south-west from Tsining in order to threaten Kweiteh so as to cut the Lunghai railway.

On January 6 and 7, severe fighting took place near Tsining. The Chinese troops are determined to defend the lines along the Grand Canal and Nanyang Lake.

Yesterday Chinese planes twice raided the Wuhu aerodrome and destroyed three enemy planes. Twenty-four Japanese planes raided Nanchang. One enemy plane was brought down.

Mr. Yung Chung-chin, a prominent cotton-mill owner, refused to take part in the spurious organisation created by the Japanese at Shanghai, and has left Shanghai for Hong Kong.