JAPAN'S GAINS
CHINA CAMPAIGN
AREAS OCCUPIED
CLAIMS DISCOUNTED
INVADERS' REVERSE
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received February 19, 5.5 p.m.) CHUNGKING. Feb. 18 a u ;r • An official Chinese report declares that the sphere of the Japanese oc,'cupation does not extend beyond " the glitter of their bayonets. The Chinese still control 92 per cent of the territory in the nine Northern and Central Provinces which Japan /.has invade/L (•_... The Japanese mostly control only -country seats, the countryside re- - maining in Chinese civil and military "hands. -
'-' J. The new Governor of the Chahar Province, General Shih Yu-san, reports that his troops have broken the Jap- , -nnese liues, and are entering Inner " Mongolia. "When appointed Governor, General Shih was 200 miles from the Chahar .border. He was ordered to end the .."Japanese occupation and has since the Tientsin-Pukow railway and ' "the Yellow River. He marched across "/'.the Hopei Province, meeting with conf tiniial resistance. A message from Hongkong says the •Japanese have occupied Nantau, three miles from the British-leased territory of Kowloon, in the Kwangtung Prov"iince.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23276, 20 February 1939, Page 10
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