COOLIES LEAVE.
EVACUATION OF CANTON. Received October 20, 9.30 a.m. HANKOW, Oct. 19. The evacuation of 15,000 rickshaw coolies with -their families in the dead of night has been accomplished. They left the city without their popular means of transport. Four thousand civilians have also left for the interior. The city is now virtually isolated. BATTLE SCENE CHANGES. FIGHTING IN SOUTH CHINA. CHINESE RUSH UP TROOPS. Received October 20, 1.10 p.m. HONG KONG, Oct. 19. The Japanese are 38 miles from Canton and 50 miles from Hankow. General Eugene Chen lias appealed to Hankow for reinforcements to defend Canton, declaring that the rapid progress of the Japanese from the coast is attributable to Marshal Chiang Kai-shek’s policy of denuding the southern provinces of their crack troops and airmen. Thousands of troops are going south. They are expected to draw up 15 miles from Canton, where 100,(XX) are already stationed.
The Japanese are believed to he awaiting reinforcements before the decisive push. They are apparently contemplating a naval attack as 60 motor boats have passed Swatow in the direction of Hong Kong.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 276, 20 October 1938, Page 11
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