SHANTUNG DEFENCE
NEXT SCENE OF CONFLICT CONCERN IN JAPAN (Reed. Dec. 8, 3 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 7. The Tokio correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says that the Japanese newspapers give prominence to the situation in Shangtung, where new defence lines are being created. The opinion is expressed that this will soon be the scene of major operations. Japan hitherto has been anxious to avoid fighting there, because she has millions invested In the Tsingtao cotton mills and other industries which the conflict might destroy.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19503, 9 December 1937, Page 11
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84SHANTUNG DEFENCE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19503, 9 December 1937, Page 11
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