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YANGTSE QUIET AND SAFE BUT JAPANESE NOT PREPARED TO OPEN
Hankow, To-day. "The Yangtse is quiet and safe and will be reopened to foreign shipping when military operations permit, but I cannot say exactly when that will be."
This is the latest Japanese pronouncement on the Yangtse navigation question, the speaker be- ing General Hata, commander-in-chief of the Japanese forces in Central China, when inter- viewed by foreign correspondents.
JAPANESE FORCED ON THE DEFENSIVE IN KWANGTUNG
(From Our Own Correspondent)
Canton, To-day.
It is unofficially admitted in Japanese military quarters here that owing to the increasing num-
Asked if he is still planning to march on Chungking, as he announ- ced at Nanking, Gen. Hata replied:[ "Yes, if necessary."
However, he would not venture an opinion as to this prospect.
"I am a military man and no po- litician," was his answer to this and another question regarding the effect of the capture of Canton and Hankow.
BANK-CAFE-ARMY H.Q.
The interview took place in the' Chinese bank building which had been converted into a German res- taurant before the Japanese occu- pation and is now military head- quarters.
Gen. Hata said he did not know
how long his headquarters would remain at Hankow. Reuter.
ber of Chinese soldiers pouring KONOYE
into western and Northern Kwang- tung, the Japanese forces have adopted the defensive, and are
STATEMENT
awaiting further reinforcements NOT PUBLISHED
from Formosa.
The small force of Japanese troops at Samshui has been rout- ed, according to reliable messages received here this morning.
Though lacking confirmation in Japanese military circles, it is stated that the Chinese are now in occupation of Samshui.
Chungking, To-day.
The Chinese public is not aware of the contents of the Jap- anese Government's statement regarding China, issued on the anniversary of the birth of the Emperor Meiji...
The invading forces north of The statement was not pub- Canton have also been halted by lished in the local Chinese news- the Chinese, who are violently papers, though one journal yes- counter-attacking.
American terday printed the
The Japanese discussing re- comment from Washington.
Reason given is that it is the ports that Chinese irregulars are harassing the Japanese garrison general policy of the Chinese press at Waichow, declare that the not to print news emanating from situation there is well in hand. Japanese sources.
Japanese aircraft are still ac- tive bombing Yungyuen, Ying Tak, Shiuhing, and areas where Chinese irregulars are believed to have their hide-outs. Our Own Correspondent.
POLISH-GERMAN NEGOTIATIONS. DEADLOCK?
Berlin, To-day.
The Polish-German · negotiations in regard to the expulsion of Poles from Germany continued yesterday, and, it is understood, will be re- sumed to day.
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The references to China by Mr. Neville Chamberlain in the House of Common's on Wednesday were published, but official sources far have refused to make comments. Two Chinese journals carried contributed articles encouraging the Chinese people to carry long-term resistance.-Reuter.
TSENG YANG-FU REPORTED HERE
on
Mr. Tseng Yang-fu, Mayor of Canton, is reported to be in the Co- lony.
It is rumoured that he left Wu- chow a few days ago and proceeded to Hong Kong via Macau.
The presence in the Colony of Mayor Tseng, however, cannot be confirmed in circles closely connect- It le rumoured that a deadlocked with the Chinese Government. has been reached, the Poles main-
taining that checking of passports not want to be paddled with hun- must be completed in order to re-dreds of nationless Jews. move falsified passes, while it le
It is stated in Polish circles that
understood that the Germans main-some 15,000 Polish Jews have un- tain the standpoint that they do satisfactory passes.
Router.
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STOP PRESS
Macao, To-day. News has been received in Macao from Shekki, that fighting has broken out in Taileung, a town some 25 to 30 miles South of Canton, and communication between Shekki and Canton has since been disrupted. Our Own Correspondent.
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