JAPAN’S STRUGGLE IN CHINA

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21156, 1 October 1938, Page 18

JAPAN’S STRUGGLE IN CHINA

Crack Regiment in Danger Success of Chinese Operations Rift in Japan’s Cabinet United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright SHANGHAI. September 29. General Litsungjen claims that he has outflanked and surrounded almost the whole of Prince Naruhiko’s crack 13th Division near Shawo. The Japanese admit that two Chinese divisions have penetrated the 13th Division’s lines, but claim that the Japanese still control the situation. The Japanese claim that they have captured Tienkiachen, the last major fortress downstream from Hankow. RIFT IN CONTROL FOREIGN MINISTER RESIGNS United Press Association—By Electric Telegraoh —Copyright TOKIO, September 29. It is authoritatively learned that the Foreign Minister (General Ugaki) has resigned. His resignation is the result of a dispute between the Army and Foreign Office concerning the authority and functions of the projected Central Bureau for the handling of Japans affairs in China. The Foreign Office expressed the opinion that the Bureau, as designed by the army, would seriously impinge on the diplomatic field. The Prime Minister (Prince Konoye) will temporarily combine the Foreign Affairs portfolio with the Prime Ministership. The Vice-Foreign Minister will be Mr Tadao Matsumoto, and the Foreign Offie counsellor, and the Foreign Office counsellor, Mr Shigeaki Haruna. Two diplomatic advisers have also resigned, but the Government’s policy is unchanged.