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JAPANESE BIG-SCALE RETREAT PREDICTED Collapse Of Yangtse Dykes Jeopardises Whole

Position In Hankow Drive

LONDON BLAMES Hankow Now Safe

JAPAN FOR BORDER AREA

London, To-day.

Until October

At Earliest

Hankow, To-day.

Calmness in official circles in The Japanese Military Headquarters have issued a statement announcing that the Yangtse dykes have collapsed eight kilometres west of Wu such, and that in conséquence, the Japanese troops operating along the Yangtse Valley in all probability will be forced to retreat on a big scale.

London with regard to the Russo- Japanese frontier fighting is re- flected in the comments of the diplomatic correspondents of the newspapers, as well as the de- parture of Mr. Chamberlain yester day for a fishing holiday in Scot-The land, after a long talk with Lord Halifax with regard to the prospect of an

early completion of the Anglo-Italian Agreement and the Far Eastern situation, and with Mr. Malcolm MacDonald on Palestine.

new wave of inundation, it is declared, had by last evening already reached the towns of Hwangmei, Susung, Taihu, Tsienshan and Hwaoshan, in the region lying north of Kiu kiang, so with the exception of a few small dis- tricts, the entire Valley is under water. Completely inundated also is

the area of the Wusueh district.Į

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ITALY'S FIRST ANTI-SEMITIC DECREE

Rome, To-day. Continuing its endeavours to make the Italian nation race conscious, the press interprets Wednesday's

official decree excluding foreign Jews from the Italian Universities and Schools as the first practical race protection measure of the Ita- lian Government.

is

This action, it is explained, directed principally against those

Jews who have fled from Germany

and. Austria during the past few

years and settled in Italy.

Although they make no attempt

toestimate the number of Jewish

nigrants who have selected Italy

their land of refuge, the papers:

state that foreign Jewish doctors and intellectuals have succeeded,

It

in a few short years, in the build- ing up of good business in・Italy_ and that cities such as Milan and The "Times" diplomatic corres-

Trieste have been particularly fav- It is difficult to obtain further

them. pondent says: "It seems "clear

details owing to the fact that the Jews from coming to Italy, since it oured by

is declared that this new de- deprive their children of that the disputed hill is Russian, floods have interrupted all means will

educational possibilities. Trans- cree will effectively prevent foreign but the exact circumstances of of communication.

Continued at foot of Preceding Col. the fighting are still obscure. The Soviet attitude appears to be remarkably firm, but from both sides come reports of a desire to keep the conflict local and to end it quickly.

Chinese quarters believe that Ocean. those Japanese troops which ad- vanced to Susung and Hwangmei will be forced by the floods to fall back in the direction of Anking.

IN THE MORASS

It is held possible, however, It is all a question of whether that these troops will make their way out of the morass north- the rival commanders on the spot wards and succeed in reaching can keep like sense of propor- the mountainous region lying tion."

north of Susung, Talhu, and The correspondent adds: "The Tsienshan. This hilly region is, experts here seem to believe however, strongly occupied by that the Japanese are mainly to Chinese forces. blame in attacking the hill and Chinese quarter contend that the express some surprise at the Japanese are now faced with two number of Japanese troops who alternatives. They can alter their were at hand, either accidentally line of attack and attempt to reach or conveniently." Reuter

SOVIETS SHELL KOREA

Tokyo, To-day,

the hilly region which

Hofel and Liuan, then strikes know

the direction of Hsinhsang und Pinghan, or hold on to their posi tions high-lying around form ing the southern bank of the Yung-

-klang

At any rate, it seems certain that the Japanese will have to diagon tinue their advance upon Hankow It is officially announced that during the flood period which (anta Soviet artillery, operating from until October, and content them the east of the Tumen River selven with occupying the hilly, re? shelled. the Korean villag of sions,

Kojo and Bə from

Inately

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