CHINA AND JAPAN

Waikato Times, Volume 113, Issue 18946, 16 May 1933, Page 5

CHINA AND JAPAN

t ' -. DESIGNS ON PEKING.

JAPANESE INVASION

ANXIETY IN CHINA.

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SHANGHAI, May 14.^

The Japanese advance south of thei Great Wall through the Kupei-kow Pass is creating considerable anxiety lest eventually it should prove that the Japanese intend to' capture Peking. The Japanese now are advancing on Minyun on the Kupei-kow road, 40 miles from Peking which has. been hurriedly thrown into a posture of defence. ,

Sandbag barricades have been erected in the principal locations in the city. At Nantien-men the Chinese fortifications have been completely obliterated by artillery Are.

LATER.

CHINESE CONCENTRATE

FIGHTING IN PROGRESS

JAPANESE CAPTURE POSITION.

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(Received May 16, 10.30 a.m.) SHANGHAI, May 15

A large concentration of Chinese' troops is reported at Tongshaw, where gunfire Is distinctly audible. General Yuh Suehchung, commandant of the Taku-Tientsin area, announces that he will resist to the uttermost.

The Japanese have captured Shikhsia, an important Chinese positior south of Kupeikow Pass.

NERVOUSNESS IN PEKING. POPULATION LEAVING. AN AMERICAN PRECAUTION. Y United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyrlgnt, (Received May 16, 11.15 a.m.) PEKING, May 15. The nervousness regarding Japanese intentions is‘ rapidly increasing. Many well-to-do Chinese are leaving Peking in the belief that Japanese occupation is imminent. As a precautionary measure , the American Legation has advised American women and children to evaouata the Tungchow mission centre, situated thirteen miles eastward of Peking, in consequence of reports that the Japanese intend occupying the town.

In the Kupeikow region the Japanese have reached a point eight \miles northward of Miyun, whence the entire civilian population has fled.