CHINA & JAPAN

Hokitika Guardian, 30 August 1938, Page 5

CHINA & JAPAN

CHINESE PUSH IMPERILS JAP FRONT. (United Press Association —By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright). (Received this clay at 1.30 p.m.) SHANGHAI, August 20. bhinese pressure, exercised owing to their occupation of Tsienshan, Taihu, and Susuang has resulted in shattering' the Japanese communication between the Yangtse Valley and the Anwhei Plains, leading in turn to imperilling the Japanese front on the east Tapeh range as far as Hwangmef,' on the front west of the vital point of Anking. JAPANESE ATTACK. LONDON. August 28. The Shanghai correspondent of “The Times” says that after the Japanese attack on an air-liner on August 24, the German-Chinese. air line has'suspended its services from Hongkong to Hankow. The China National Company has already ceased its service. Continuous bombing has severed the railway, temporarily isolating Hankow. The Chinese believe that Hankow will hold out for six months; but foreigners believe that it will fall before the middle of November, The Japanese estimate that 800,000 Chinese are holding Hankow’s double line of defences, but they lack - artillery to deal with the Japanese naval guns trom the Yangtse. The Japanese are mustering a full strength attack on Hankow, hoping to avoid a winter campaign; but they are hampered by heat, sickness, and the difficult terrain. JAP. TRAIN BLOWN UP. (Received this day at 1.0 p.m.). PEIPING, August 29. Guerillas exploded a mine under a Japanese military train fifty yards outside of the city wall destroying seven freight cars and a section of the track. This is the most daring exploit recorded in this area.