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KALGAN SURPRISE NANKING ARMY APPEARS Eight Divisions Now Moving Up From Paotingfu CHINA APPARENTLY PLANS TAX RELIEF

ENCIRCLING MOVEMENT

JAPANESE RESIDENTS HAN FU CHU'S

LEAVE HURRIEDLY THROUGH PASSES

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Tientsm, To-day.

NEXT STEP?

Returns To Tsinanfu From Nanking

FOR LARGE FAMILIES

Berlin, To-day

New measures will shortly be taken by the German Govern- ment to extend relief, in the form of tax abatement granted to big families, to include arti- sans and tradesmen, according to an official announcement yester

ement says that in

Tsinanfu, To-day-day General Han Fu-cha, Governor of The shantung, arrived at Tsinanfu from spite of the huge amount of mone Nanking, following his conference spent by Germany with Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, unemployment, ne

this morning -

Japanese military headquarters announce that the 13th Route Army of the Central Govern ment forces has arrived unexpectedly to the north west of Peiping from Shansi, and that all Japan- ese residents in the vicinity are leaving for Man-ence of his leading military subor- chukuo through passes in the Great Wall escorted by Japanese troops.

He immediately called

confér

dinates and advisers and received a report of Japanese aerial bombing of Tehchow, which is within the Shantung border.

German, people had in many respects

thing

the

ered

Owing to improved. now prevailing, the yield from taxation had increased from 6,600,- 600,000 marks in 1932

10,500, 000,000 marks in 1936.

There was now greater ability

pay

The 13th Army is concentrating at Changkia- It is believed that the Shantung and greater willingness kow, near Kalgan, and it is feared that they are plan of assistance to the Central taxes than prior to 1963.

Government forces was approved by The announcement added that planning an attempt to recapture Peiping. They the military leaders and consider-Germany considered it a most im- are now approximately 40 miles north-west of the able military activity is expected portant point to further the idea old capital and Japanese planes have already sub-in the province in the next few of early marriages and big jected them to bombing attacks.

Eight divisions of the Central Government forces, according to reports from Japanese recon- naisance planes, are moving north from Paoting- fu and the advance guards have already formed act with the 38th Division of the 29th Army.

TROOPS PASS THROUGH TSINAN

Indications are that still further troops are moving up by the Perping-Hankow and the Tien tsin-Pukow Railway, and a report from Tsinanfu states that the 85th Division of the Central forces passed through the town this morning.

They are believed to be concentrating at Teh chow, on the Tientsin Pukow Railway.

The Suzuki Brigade claims to have disarmed 3,200 men of the 39th Brigade of the 29th Army th of Perping this morning and to have seized 230 light machine.

mber of trench mor-

ars and four field-guns.

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