CHINA’S REPLY TO JAPAN

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21184, 3 November 1938, Page 7

CHINA’S REPLY TO JAPAN

Defences in Vast Hinterland Drain on Resources of Invaders Marshal Chiang Full of Courage United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright CHUNGKING, November 1. In a manifesto to the Chinese nation, Marshal Chiang Kai-Shek said that China's main base of resistance lay in the vast Hinterland. The defence of Hankow and Wuchang had been deliberately prolonged in order to allow the development of inland resources and communications. This was now completed and, therefore, the plan for nation-wide warfare, instead of fighting at particular points, can be carried out. “Irrespective of changes in the international situation,” he said, “Japan must collapse from exhaustion. China’s supplies are adequate and there is no danger of her communications being cut.” STERN MEASURES IN ORIENT ENGLISH CAPTAIN ARRESTED United press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright (Received November 3, 12.20 a.m.) LONDON, November 2. The Toklo correspondent of “The Times" says: Captain Stephen was taken into custody by the Yokohama police after the British steamer Antigone grounded in the Japanese fortified zone at Futtsu on October 30. The Japanese maintain that the mishap was not due to fog or currents, and Captain Stephen is liable to prosecution under the military secrets protection law.