JAPANESE PUNITIVE EXPEDITIONS

Southland Times, Issue 24055, 20 February 1940, Page 5

JAPANESE PUNITIVE EXPEDITIONS

FORCES LANDED IN SOUTH CHINA (Received February 19, 7.30 p.m.) SHANGHAI, February 18. According to Chinese sources, the Japanese landed at two new points in South China. One thousand infantrymen landed at Haiteng and an unknown number at the Liuchow Peninsula, near the French-leased territory of Kwangchow. It is believed here that both are punitive expeditions. A New York message states that the Chungking correspondent of The New York Times reports that the Chinese claim to be within a mile of Nanning. As long columns of Japanese troops and guns are striking southward and there are many fires in the city, the Chinese are hopeful that the Japanese are abandoning it. The Japanese deny that they are evacuating the city. JAPAN IGNORES FRENCH PROTEST (Received February 19, 11 pan.) SHANGHAI, February 18. In the third raid since the French protest, 27 Japanese aeroplanes bombed the Yunnan-Kunming railway, completely disrupting traffic. A Chungking message says that it is claimed Japanese raiders violated French rights by flying over French Indo-China.