The frst and third squadrons of the Kwangtung Air Force, stationed fat Shiukwan, have been ordered to be ready to concentrate in South 'Hunan for an emergency. Two acroplanes from Shiukwan are carrying Out daily reconnaissance Mights over the Hunan border. 'The Kwangtung authorities, according to the Chinese press, are' purchasing' 15 additional planes.
'The frst line of defence of the Government troops is at present established at Hengshan, "Tanks and artillery to-day rumbled through the streets, and_movements of infantry took' place. The: kwangtung authorities are mobilize ing all their resources for the anti-Japanese campaign.
Scores of women are joining! nursing units, and a number of local doctors have enlisted, All militia men throughout the province have been called to the colours, some of them proceeding to the front with the regular army, while others remain 40 nard the year. Students fare organizing propaganda corps to Secure popular support for the army.
Although the Chinese press is not alying up hope of the possible suc-058 of an eleventh-hour peace move, fall indications seem to point to the Inevitabllity of hostilities. The Chie nese newspapers continue to give prominence tothe report that a Nanking peace delegation, headed by elder statesmen, is expected to fy: to Canton shortly.
'A Call to War The faculty and slat of Sun Yale gen University has sent a telegram to. various national "leaders, uraing them to sot aside their political ditferences and present a united front against the Japanese. "If all the people inthe country desire war Against Japan," the message states, there be war. The Government should, in that ease, lose no time Taunching an expedition."
'Taking advantage of its position as the recognized central authority in China, the Nanking Government, it fs learned, is requesting the Powers to retrain' from selling war material the Southwest.
Nanking aeroplanes are reported to have flown over Kiyang, in South Hunan, the temporary headquarters of the Kwangsi forees in that province, and dropped pamphlets urging the Southwestern authorities to with= draw their apii-Japanese expedition.
nstond of developing the prosperity of the country, the frst use to hic ne Cantonciankow tauhvay is cing put is the movement of troops. Trains. packed with troops are leaving Canton for Shiukwan, a strategic point in North Kwangtu Closing on Mengchow Gen, Pai Chung-hsi, vice commander-in-chief of the -Kwangsi forces, has given the vanguard of his army four days in which to occupy Hengchow. Three divisions. of the 16th Kwangsi Army are ad-vaneing steadily on Hengchow along. the highway from Kiyang, 59. miles south-west. The 4th, Sth, and 6th Divisions of the 2nd Kwangtung Army already have marched past, Chenchow, 80 miles south of Hengchow, and are expected to establish a Junction with the Kwangsi forces
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