CHINESE WAR
NORTHERNERS CHECKED. TYPHUS IN HANKOW. Shanghai, June 17. As a result of reports that the tide of battle continues unfavourable to the Northerners and a declaration by Chang Tso-lin that he cannot guarantee the safety of the Japanese, 1500 additional Japanese troops have been despatched to Tsinan and reinforcements from Sasebo naval base are mobilising. It is reported that as a result of the threatening situation Hankow is being gradually surrounded by adherents of Chiang Kai-shek. Their object is believed to be the ousting of the Reds. The majority of the Hankow forces are returning from Honan province to defend the seat of the Borodin Government. Fen Yu-hsiang is assuming control of the evacuated territory. There are frequent clashes between soldiers and police in Hankow, where typhus has broken out among the wounded, who refuse to be quarantined.—A. and N.Z.
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Southland Times, Issue 20208, 20 June 1927, Page 7
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142CHINESE WAR Southland Times, Issue 20208, 20 June 1927, Page 7
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