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more than 100,000 dollars; moreover, 100,000 fur coats were sent to the Chinese soldiers at the front and 1,500 of the best Mongol horses to the army.
Since the beginning of hostilities 6,000 Chinghai soldiers have left for the various fronts and the military training of all able-bodied men is now being rapidly undertaken.
THE JAPANESE INVASION OF CHINA
In the Nine "Conquered" Provinces the Japanese control only 7.41% of the districts.
Chekiang. November 28th. According to statistics published by the Executive Yuan, the Japanese have nominally occupied nine provinces, but in reality they only control small areas along the main lines of communications and the cities.
These statistics have been computed on the basis of reports received from the Provincial Governments of the nine "so-called occupied provinces": Kiangsu, Chekiang, Anhwei, Kiangsi, Shantung, Honan, Shansi, Hupeh, Hopei.
The number of districts in these provinces is 796. Statis- tics show that the Chinese Government still exercises complete administrative and political control over 489 districts, namely 61.44 of the territory. It exercises partial control over 248 districts, namely 31.05 of the total area. These figures do not include such cities as Shanghai, Nanking, Hangchow, Tsinan, Hankow and Tsingtao.
By partial Chinese control it must be understood that Japan- ese troops are in the interior of the districts in question at a certain number of points only, but, that the Japanese authority does not extend outside the limits of the area which is surround- ed partly by Chinese troops, partly by guerrillas.
The greater number of districts under Japanese control are in Hopei, where the Japanese control 44 of the 132 provincial districts, namely 33%. In Kiangsu, the Japanese have complete
control of 14% of the districts; in Chekiang 3%, in Honan 3%, in Shansi 1%. In other words, the number of districts under the complete control of Japan in the nine provinces mentioned repre- sent only 7.41% of the total number of districts.
As far as districts entirely controlled by Chinese are con- cerned they are naturally the most numerous in the province of Kiangsi where the provincial capital Nanchang is still in Chinese hands. In this province, the Chinese have complete control of 78 out of 83 districts, namely 94%. In Hupeh the Chinese control completely 60 out of 70 districts, namely 86%. In the third group is Chekiang where 61 out of 75 districts namely 81% are entirely controlled by Chinese. In Shantung the percentage of districts under Chinese control is 70%, in Anhwei 66%, in Honan 59%, in Shansi 44%, in Hopei 36%, in Kiangsu 27%.
As far as partial control by the Chinese is concerned the number of districts in this category is highest in Kiangsu with 59%. Shansi comes second with 55%, Honan third with 38%. Then come the following: Anhwei 34%, Shantung 30%, Hopei 30%, Chekiang 16%, Hupeh 14%, Kiangsi 6%.
(Agence Chekiai)
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