STOUT RESISTANCE
CHINESE ON HAINAN.
FIERCE COUNTER-ATTACKS
RECAPTURES - IMMINENT. (United Press Association —By Llcctric , Telegraph—Copyright.) Received February 20, 10 a.m. CHUNGKING, Eeb. 19. A wireless message from Hainan Island reports that tlie Chinese are strongly resisting the Japanese occupation. Vigorous counter-attacks have been launched over a wide area, threatening the recapture of several towns.
A Shanghai message states that terrorists shot dead Mr Chen Lo (Foreign Minister of the Japanese Puppet Government in Nanking).
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 70, 20 February 1939, Page 7
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74STOUT RESISTANCE Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 70, 20 February 1939, Page 7
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