It is to be hoped that the report from Nanking. to the effect thi Gen: Lit Wen-hut has given up his idea of recaptoring Chengta will be confirmed by the event. On another page of this journal, is published feat Sestniatagy 200 neces osset of Chungking—a most graphic accoun of the fierce fighting which took place in November. The grim hor-Tors of aerial bombing and heavy artillery bombardment were vividly experienced by the unfortunate people of Luchow and Chengtu. This An Old Battlefield st over eight years ago—in her 1921—Marshal Chang Touch-liang's father Wa Pei-fa were engaged in struggle round the Great Wall at the very spot where the Japanese Army. ix "now moving to cut off Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang's forces from the Province of Jehol. By the seizure of Shiumenkow the Japanese are said to have failed to prevent the passage of a certain number of the brig ably they will now close the doorway against the return of those troops to Chihli. The Japanese official announcements suggest that nothing niore than a precautionary move intended. It would seem that the operation has been efficiently performed. What the patient's reaction to it is must be left for the future to reveal. The messages, from Peking are conflicting but. clear evidence fof anxiety persists.
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