FIGHTING IN CHINA.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 March 1938, Page 5

FIGHTING IN CHINA.

- .JAPANESE ADVANCING. CHINESE CLAIM SUCCESS. (By Telegraph- Press Assn.-Copyright) Received Friday, 8 p.m. SHANGHAI, March 18. The Japanese, after occupying Tungehow, are advancing into Northern Kiangsu, and have also entered Tcnghsieh, driving back 40,000 Chinese to Lingcheng. The Chinese claim successes on other fronts, including the re-capture cf Wuhing. Eighty Japanese ’planes bombed Nanchang airfield and conducted night raids elsewhere. The Japanese, after peacefully occupying Weihaiwei, promised to respect British rights. There has been sharp fighting In North Tsinan on the Tientsin-Pukow railway, on which the Japanese drive is unabated. The Chinese claim that they have been successful in delaying counter-attacks in Shantung,. Honan, and Shansi. Japanese ’planes bombed Canton at intervals of eight hours and Hankow twice, also three railways radiating from Canton. “JAPAN WILL LOSE THE WAR’’ SOLIDARITY OF THE CHINESE ’ PEOPLE. ' AUCKLAND, Last Night. “All the evidence is that China will lose all the important battles, but Japan will loge the war simply because she will be unable to hold down such vast areas of hostile territory. Further, it is probable that Japan will be forced into such an acute economic crisis that, the present military leaders will be forced to give up a great deal of their continental ambitions.'' This opinion was expressed by Mr, W. Holland, research secretary of the Institute of Pacific Relations of New York, and formerly of Timaru, who arrived to-day, accompanied by his wife, a former Auckland resident, on a holiday visit to New Zealand and Australia. ‘ ‘ The greatest thing about the feinoJapanese war has been the astounding solidarity of the Chinese people,” said Mr. Holland, who spent some time in China during the present conflict. “This solidarity was shown both by the armies and the common people.”