1938-09-05 — Page 24

HANKOW NO SOLUTION FOR THE JAPANESE

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Tokyo, To-day.

CRITICAL STAGE

IN BATTLE HANKOW

(Continued from Page 1)

At the same time heavy fighting, which may determine the fate of capture of Mahulling is in progress north- west of the city, where a Japanese column from Juichang is trying to break through on the Chinese left wing.

In Japan, it is clearly no longer believed that the Hankow, if effected, will have a great influence on the attitude of other Powers towards the Chinese Central Government.

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Simultaneously, a small Japan- ese detachment is reported to be

circle round attempting to

the

threaten

The "Asahi Shimbun" assumes that after the fall of Hankow, Chinese flank in order to reach Britain will still give Chiang Kai-Mahuiling Station on the Kiukiang- shek undiminished support. Nanchang Railway and England, stated the paper, sees the rear of the Chinese defences her advantages in maintaining at the strategic Mahuiling Moun- close relations with Chiang and tains. expects that at a certain stage of

STRONG REINFORCEMENTS

the operations Japan will collapse Chinese reinforcements are pour- financially.

ing into this sector in an effort to As long as England believes it check the Japanese flanking move- possible to count on the weaken-ment.

to

ing of Japan, she will not aban- The importance of Mahuiling don her policy of supporting cannot be minimised since posses- China.

sion of this strategic point will France simply follows England enable the army holding it either in her Far Eastern policy.

march southward along the The "Asahi Shimbun" comes Kiukiang-Nanchang Railway to to the conclusion that the fall of Nanchang or to advance westward Hankow will neither end the Far along the highway via Wuning and Eastern war nor result, in any Hsiushui to towards Hsienning or change in Britain's China policy. the Canton-Hankow Railway, south

Trans-Ocean.

(Continued at foot of Col. 3)

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Observers on the Juichang front declare that the Japanese, follow- ing the failure of their two deter- mined attempts to carry the high hills strongly defended by crack Chinese Divisions, have definitely abandoned their attempt to break through the Chinese line west of Kiukiang for a march westward along the south bank of the Yangtse.

STILL HELD

The Japanese advance in this sector, it is stated, must now await the outcome of the Mahuiling battle.

An urgent telephone message re- ceived here, yesterday afternoon by Chinese Military Headquarters, stated that Mahuiling is still in Chinese hands and fighting is go- ing on at Mingshan, seven miles to the south-east of Juichang-Reu- Iter.

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