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CHINESE LEADERS NOT ALARMED BY GRAVITY

OF LUNGHAI RLY. OUTLOOK

Hsuchow, To-day.

While admitting the situation on the Tsinpu front has reached a critical stage, a high Chinese military officer attached to General Li Tsung- jen's headquarters here, in an interview with the Central News, warned that too much im- portance must not be attached to the outcome of a struggle along a single line, when the situation of the war as a whole is weighed.

The high officer, behind a desk littered with maps, papers and tele- phones, however told the inter- viewer that despite terrific sacri- fices, the mass of Japanese men and steel have so far failed to cap- ture any of their chief objectives along the south Shantung front.

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Peiping, To-day. Japanese staff officers last night said they expected a junction of the Japanese columns moving on the Lung-

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of an ambitious pincer movement on both directions. They are, nevertheless, far from the goal of their fond dreams, the officer said.

JAPANESE HOPE

The hope of the enemy, was that they would draw the main force of

in 24 hours.

The latest Japanese report claims that the vanguards of the Japanese forces in north and central China are only within four kilometres-of-each- other in the vicinity of Tang- shan-Reuter.

the entire Chinese army to points | Tatung-Puchow

Railway, unin- along the Tsinpu line and there

formed quarters feared the in- engage them in a pitched battle. vaders might easily cross the

The Chinese forces, however, Yellow River and cut the Lunghai have distributed strong forces at line.

As a matter of fact, not only all points, and in south Shansi, a vigorous counter-attack has begun. were the Japanese attempts to It is believed that with the cross the Great Divide repeated difficulties attending the sending failures, but the Chinese have ac- of reinforcements from Japan, the tually recovered more than ten dis- enemy command is experiencing tricts in south Shangi

time.

the shortage of manpower.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

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since that

JAPANESE PROBLEM

"Therefore although the, situa- "The Japanese areas of occupa-. tion along the Tsinpu front is tion at the end of last year were tense, the Japanese army is at a first reduced to lines and now are great, disadvantage when the war merely precarious points exposed is viewed in every phase.””

to the danger of Chinese attacks

Even if the Japanese objective | from every direction."

in the drive to Hsuchow were The officer concluded by express- achieved, the officer believed the ing complete confidence in the final enemy forces would encounter outcome of the war.

"In a long war of attrition, the more difficulties than before as the co-ordination of Chinese mobile Japanese will be exposed to more and guerilla operations would spell and more danger as they penetrate fresh disasters to attempts at the deeper and deeper into the interior, further advance of the invaders, and we shall have better chances The officer pointed out that when for dealing them decisive blows,” the Japanese gained, control of the he predicted.-Central News.

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