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Resistance Gradually Stiffening

Japanese

INSURGENTS

SWEEPING ON

SPAIN

SARAGOSSA, TO-DAY.

Chinese Claim Capture Of Vital Yenchow City

Shanghai, To-day.

PEIPING GUNMEN STILL AT LARGE

nection with

Tientsin, To-day.

the

attempted

THE INSURGENTS CON- The most critical phase of the fighting on the Hsu- Interviewed by press representa

chow front has developed in the last 24 hours as the Japanese, strongly reinforced by troops hastily rushed to the area from Tientsin and Tsinanfu, have stiffened their resistance and are now reported to be holding their ground at most points.

TINUED TO ADVANCE IN

ARAGON AND THE SOUTH-

WEST CORNER OF CATA-

LONIA YESTERDAY.

The Cina. River, previously rossed at Fraga, in the south, was In

crossed by urgent troops a several other points further north, and the entire insurgent front, from the Pyrenees to the broa River, advanced most of the day.

The town of Barbastro. on the Cinca River, which fell on "Monday, is now far behind the insurgent lines. *

tives in Peiping this morning in con- assassination yesterday, Wang Keh-min, "Premier of the Peiping uppe government, stated that He was well aware that such an

he was not astonished or surprised.

incident would sooner or later occur.

The gunsmen are still at large. Investigation has been intensified and house-to-house searches

the Lingyi and Taierchwang sectors, the Japan- ese have launched heavy counter attacks in de termined attempts to recover strategic posi- tions surrendered to the Chinese in the last few Correspondent days.

are:

taking place in Peiping––Our Own

Severe fighting is taking place CHINA EXCHANGE IMPROVES IN SHANGHAI

River, but all Chinese reports claim that the Japanese-attacks The Lister and Composino bri-[have broken down. gades of the International Brigade

Taierchwang remains in Chin

There was no sign of the panic The market held steady for the of the past few days when the whole of the session, but a slight Shanghai exchange market open-

have been fighting valiantly, but ese hands despite the tremendous ed this morning, sterling being leasing tendency was noticeable at Sneffectively, to stem the advance pressure exerted by the Japan- quoted in the open market at the close, when sterling declined

ese forces, and their casualty 1/0-3/4.

FINE WEATHER

list is extremely high. Reports from Hankow indicate that the

The weather is allowing the Chinese troops at Taierchwang Eulacto make full use offare among the best of the newly- their superiority in technical trained armies, which have prov equipment, and light tanks ared themselves in glorious fashion playing an important part in the in one of the greatest testing ac- advance, ultimate objective of tions of the war. which is Tortosa, on the Mediter ranean coast-Trans-Ocean.

NANKING-PEIPING

MERGER PLAN

Tientsin, To- day. According to Japanese reports the new Nanking regime will be merged into the Peiping Provi- sional Government at the befin- ning of July

Mr. Liang Heng-chi, President nan at Nanking

ping

JAPANESE EFFORT TO STEM TIDE

In an effort to relieve the pres- sure in Shantung, the Japanese are pouring troops up the south- ern section of the TPE to Peng pu, while Peiping is sending all; available reserves to North Ho-

an

Meanwhile, the - Chinese troops are picking on the weak spots of the extended Japanese line and claim the capture of Tenchow, twenty miles north-east of Tsining,

Direct

Tsinantu has

ly severed by this

definitely and their position threate

become increasingly

The Chinese Air Force heavily bombed their concentration yes-

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