U.S. Naval Display Reports In Truer Perspective
Washington, To-day.
As regards continued reports in the newspapers of a United States naval display, it is reliably learned that the Navy at present is confining itself to the desire to put the fleet into proper condition to meet whatever calls might be made upon it in future.
CHINESE ADVANCE IN SOUTH HOPEI
Hankow, To-day.
at
Naval quarters state that the fleet
present is about 85 per cent. un-
ready, and that many hulls need scraping before it could make a
lengthy cruise
It is also stated that there is a scarcity of fuel ships and supply The Chinese are continuing their ships, which must be remedied be- counter-offensive and northward fore action such as that speculated advance in the southern part of on by the newspapers could be un-
dertaken-Reuter. Hopei
Several small towns have beent captured and the Chinese are said to be moving on the main Japanese baseTrans-Ocean.
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GENEVA AND FAR EAST
Tokyo, 2 p.m., To-day.
A report has been received here stating that the League is meet- Lam Kam, a marine store collec-ing on January 17 to discuss Ita- tor, and Ip Cheung, a carpenter, lian recognition of Manchukuo, were commended by Mr. R. A. D. and that the Advisory Committee Forrest at the Central Magistracy 123 on the Far East will meet for effecting the arrest of Wan simultaneously to discuss deve- Chuf, who snatched the handbag lopments in the Sino-Japanese Our Own Correspon- of Law San Chung, in Gloucester crisis. Road yesterday morning.
dent.
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Shanghai, To-day. With the Chinese bitterly con- testing the ground gained, the Ja panese forces are making slow but steady progress in their drive: on Hengchom
While bitter fighting is raging at Changan, a Japanese column is attacking Wukuang, while a third column is
approaching Siaofeng, 34 miles west of Hangchow.
The Chinese have laid charges of dynamite ready to blow up the railway bridge over the Chientang River
Meanwhile, a Japanese column advancing up the Tientsin-Pukow Railway has occupied Changpaling. A Japanese naval spokesman announced to-day that since the beginning of hostilities, the In- panese have destroyed 600 planes, of which 30 were Soviet, made.
Chinese circles say the figure is based on extravagant if not fan- tastic claims-Reuter.
Rangoen, To-day. The French aviakix, Mile. Maryse Hilsz, arrived here to- day and hopped off for Saigon after a short halt-Beuter.
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Hankow, To-day. It is learned that one of the se- yerest-air battles in the Sino-Ja- panese hostilities was fought. yes- terday over Nanchang,
Chinese reports state that 20. Japanese planes participated, com- prising eight pursuit planes and twelve bombers, and claim that shot two Japanese planes were down.
- After the battle, girl students brought flowers to the Chinese pilots-Reuter.
It is reported that three Japan- ese planes were sighted flying over The Shumchun this morning. machines dropped no bombs and apparently were only red ing.
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