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JAPANESE ADVANCE NOT SERIOUSLY CHALLENGED Foreigners Puzzled By Chinese Military Tactics
INVESTING COLUMNS NOW HAN FU-CHU
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TOKYO READY
TO CELEBRATE NANKING'S FALL
Tokyo, To-day.
Elated by news of imminent fall of Nanking, the population of Tokyo is planning celebrations on a vast scale.
TROOPS REPORTED WITHIN 3,000 METRES
Shanghai, 1.55 p.m., To-night.
REFUSES TO NEGOTIATE
Tsinanfu, 1.30 p.m. To-day. Resumption of hostilities on the Shantung front are imminent and the situation in Tsmanfa is ex- tremely tense
Foreign military observers confess to complete The Japanese have commenced perplexity regarding developments in the vicinity a severe bombardment of the de- of Nanking, upon which the Japanese are rapidly fence positions on the south bank of the Yellow River and at- cross are expected advancing without meeting with serious resistance. tempts to
Reliable reports from the capital indicate that during the night. The Municipality has ordered preparations for mobilisation of the suburbs have been to-day submitted to a severe The developments follow the re 800,000 school children and aerial attack and to bombardment from heavy ar- fusal of General Han Fu-chu to en- tertain the idea of negotiating students in flag parades as soon tillery, while a large part of Pukow was devastated independent peace terms with the as news of capture of the Chin in a mass air raid in which a score of 500 lb. bombs Japanese commander.
ese capital is flashed.
Fifty thousand children will were dropped. parade on the Plaza before the Imperial Palace and will "Ban
Chinese military strategy in defence of the capi zai" the Emperor, while 20,000 tal furnishes a puzzle, as it seems to consist of the youths will gather at various concentration of nearly all available forces within points in the evening to stage a
lantern parade to the Palace, the the immediate precincts of Nanking.
War Ministry and the Navy Min-
MYSTIFICATION
Reports state that religious bodies
Han-Fu-chu to compromise, but the
in Tainan endeavoured to persuade shantung leader declined to listen.
Chinese artillery is replying to the Japanese fire and special precau- tions are being taken along the There is general mystification river against surprise landing at- Similar celebrations are being all within four to five miles of regarding the explanation for the tempts. Our Own Correspondent. arranged all over Japan.
istry
ter.
JAPANESE NOW WITHIN 10 MILES OF WUHU
In the meantime, it is confirm- ed that three Japanese columns,
The
Reu-Nanking have formed contact, throwing a ring round the city from south to north-east. Wakizaka and Shimoida Brig- ades, which occupied Kiachamen yesterday, claim to have captur- ed the nearby airfield three hours Later They occupy the right flank and are within 3,000 metres of the walls of Nanking. CHUNGSHANHING SETBACK Two other brigades have reach- Critical news of the immin, ed Chilingmen from Kuyung and ence of a Japanese attack on a are now besieging Chungshanling. Wuhu has been confirmed by the where they are encountering stiff sounds
to the west of resistance for the first time. It is admitted by Japanese headquarters that the attack has been beaten off at Chungshanling.
Wuhu, 2 p.m., To-day.
the city
Another severe air attack was launched this morning, creating ng the population and
damage.
Our
The Fukuda and Yamoda Bri- gades from Lishin report that they 1 of people are cross reached Chialukso at noon to-day.
"TWO DAYS” PROPHECY The Japanese army investing anking- is believed "now" to be lidating before launching eir attack on the city, but a mili- boitesman in Shanghai this afternoon said that a general offen- sive would soon be ordered and the fall of Nanking could safely be
within
of
Own
curred
se advance has
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