Japs. Use Dummies To Delude Chinese
(Received 10 a.m.)
HANKOW. April 14
The Chinese annihilated a small Japanese garrison, which had reoccupied Chufu. and have also driven a wedge in the Japanese lines between Hanchwang and Cihsien. The Japanese are withdrawing their heavy guns and munitions. A message from Shanghai states that 10,000 Chinese regulars appeared at Sunkiang to assist the guerilla bands harrying the. Japanese supply lines between Wuhu and Nanking. In support of the belief that the Japanese are short of manpower, the Chinese report that a gale blew over straw dummy soldiers used at Yishien, to delude the Chinese that they were confronted by a larger army than actually was the case. The Chinese manoeuvred to surround Yishien. A shortage of supplies is holding up the Japanese in the Shantung campaign.
The Soviet's notification of the suspension of trans-Siberian visas is believed to mask new secret concentrations of Soviet troops in view of the Russo-Japanese tension.
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Northern Advocate, 16 April 1938, Page 5
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