FAR EAST CRISIS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11945, 16 May 1933, Page 5

FAR EAST CRISIS

■ 30oq Casualties. . CHINESE LOSSES IN THREE ' ' * DAYS.. : C ' 't RETREAT BEFORE JAPANESE OFFENSIVE. ICC (U.P.A. by Elec. Tel- CopyriiskiPEKIN, May 14. Chinese official bulletins to-night admit a general withdrawal in', tile face of the Japanese offensive, lauchcd simultaneously in the Kiipeikow and Luari River regions, i g ' The Chinese at Mantienihbq, just southward of . Kupeikow,- sustahied '3OOO casualties in the past three days. ’ The Japanese have crossed the Luan River and are carving their way through two divisions. " JAPANESE ADVANCE TOWARDS PEKIN. CHINESE CITY MAY-BE CAPTURED. TOWN FORTY MILES AWAY BARRICADED. iIJ.P A. by Elec. Tot Copyr-gUt (Received May 15, 8.10 p.m.), V SHANGHAI, May' 14. The Japanese advance' south of the Great Wall through Kupeikow. Pass is creating considerable anxiety lest it will eventually prove that the Japanese intend to capture Peking. The Japanese are now advancing on to Minyun-on the Kupeikow road, forty miles from Peking, which is now hurriedly being thrown into a posture of defence, sandbag barricades being erected in the principal locations of the city. At Nanteinmen, the Chinese fortifications have been completely obliterated by artillery fire.