CHAOYANG IN FLAMES
Evacuation by Chinese TERROR OF AIR ATTACKS Destruction By Japanese . GUERILLA WARFARE PROCEEDS MAIN ARMIES STILL APART (United Press -A ssociation —By Electric Telegraph Copyright.* Received 12.30 p.m. to-day. PEKING, Feb. 26. Latest Chinese advices admit that Ghaoyang was evacuated last night and is now in flames, due to Japanese air bombing which destroyed the Post and Telegraph Office and other official buildings. The garrison lias been withdrawn to form a new line ten miles westward.
Kailu, which the Chinese abandoned as untenable owing to the flat, sandy terrain, is in ruins. The Chinese casualties hitherto are officially estimated at 500. Apparently the Japanese attacking force has not yet come to grips with the Chinese regulars and is still being harried by guerilla bands roaming in the no man’s land separating the two armies.
ONLY MAINSTAY OF PEACE JAPANESE DELEGATE’S VIEW “EVERYONE IS CRAZY’’ . Received 12.30 p.m. to-dav. GENEVA, Feb. 26. The Japanese delegate to the Lea gue, Mr Matsuoka, interviewed, attri
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Hawera Star, Volume LII, 27 February 1933, Page 7
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