CHINESE CIVIL WAR
HOSTILITIES IN PROGRESS BRITONS NOT ENDANGERED British Wireless RUGBY, Oct. 27 In a statement in the House of Commons on the general situation in China, Captain B. A. Eden. Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, said reports had been received of hostilities in Szechuan and Shantung. Tn Shantung Chefoo had changed hands, having been occupied without disturbance by the forces of General Han-Fuchu. chairman of the Provincial Government. Fighting was continuing, but no danger to British life and property was apprehended. Some improvement appeared to have been effected in the Communist situation in Central and South China. During the past few months military operations had succeeded in driving the Communist forces a distance from Hankow, and in particular in clearing the Han Valley. Normal conditions, however, had not yet been restored along the PekingHankow railway.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21326, 29 October 1932, Page 9
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