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DRIVE KAIFENG

Claim Step By Step Progress In Campaign

POLAR RESCUE

FEATS BY

SOVIET FLIERS

Moscow, To-day.

Growing Menace

Of Guerillas Behind Lines

Shanghai, To-day.

After covering 14,000 miles in While Major-General Doihara is struggling to ex-

three months, an expedition of three planes returned to Moscow yesterday piloted by the "Heroes of the Soviet," Alexeev, Golovin and the Polar airman, Orlov.

In spite of severe weather they took off 184 persons from the icebreakers Sadko, Sedov and Malygin, and carried two months supply of foodstuffs for those re- maining on the marooned ships.- Reuter.

NAVY AND ARMY CHIEFS VISIT IMPERIAL PALACE

Tokyo, To-day.

It is announced that the Chief of General Staff, Marshal Prince Ka- nin, and the Chief of Admiralty Staff, Admiral Fushimi, had an au- dience of the Emperor yesterday and presented a report on the si- tuation in China.

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The

R.A. MEN'S ADVENTURE: TWO MILES

SWIM TO SHORE

While rowing off Stonecutters

Ingleton and Gunner Finlay,

yesterday afternoon Bombardier

of

tricate his division from the trap set at Lan- feng, it is claimed in Japanese quarters here that the operations against Kaifeng are pro-the 7th A. A. Brigade at Stone- ceeding according to plan, as a preliminary to the offensive against Hankow.

..

cutters, got into difficulties owing to a strong current and high wind and drifting against all their ef- forts, were unable to get ashore.

Their absence from Barracks,

Japanese troops, it is claimed, are forcing back the Chinese units step by step, and are conver-was reported by Captain Momber, ging on Kaifeng from three sides, fighting R.A., to the Police... many single engagements on their way. Japanese military circles, optimistic as ever, expect that Kaifeng will fall in the next few days.

Well-informed circles in Shang- hai have the impression that the Chinese retreat movements are in accordance with a preconceived plan because it is noticeable that there has been a great increase of guerilla warfare in the rear of the Japanese lines.

Strong guerilla detachments are reported to be disturbing the Japanese in North China in the neighbourhood of Tsingtao, Wei- haiwei and along the Peiping- Kalgan Railway.

LARGE-SCALE ACTIVITY Although, as is invariably the

The Chinese Command intends case with Imperial audiences, no official statement has been issued systematically to sacrifice further! on the subject, political circles large areas in order to draw the. here attribute the greatest impor- Japanese troops, directly south tance to the audience for future and north of the Lunghai Rail- way, further into the interior so development of the campaign.

as to be able to conduct guerilla Trans-Ocean.

warfare on a larger scale.

HSUCHOW WAR CORRESPONDENTS MISSING

This intention is facilitated by the existence of numerous Chin- ese detachments that escaped the Japanese encirclement and are now operating more or less in- dependently and by their activity keep a considerable number of Japanese engaged.

CHINA RALLYING Hankow, To-day. News reports received from the Out of 29 war correspondents interior from thoroughly reliable with the Chinese army at Hsuchow sources, speak unanimously of fu, only eighteen have returned. feverish Chinese armament on a

Those missing include three Chinese journalists from Singapore and two Soylet newsmen, repre- sentatives of the official Tass news

agency.-Router.

war.

grand scale in those provinces not yet affected by the Roads are being built with ut- most expedition and defence cen- tres established.

Obviously the Chinese deter- mination to resist is in no way shaken by the Hsuchow defeat. This view is confirmed by the at- titude of the Japanese army command which already speaks of Hsuchow battle as a minor epi- sode. - Trans-Ocean.

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Bombardier Ingleton returned to barracks at 12:40 this morn- ing after swimming a distance of two miles which brought him to the west end of the island.

Gunner Finlay who remained in the boat was picked up by the police and returned to Stonecut- ters at 10.30 this morning, the boat having drifted a good dis- tance from the spot at which it was left by Bdr. Ingleton.

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