Peiping Rumours Fix: Date for Next Month "Frame Oun Ows Consmsroxomer poe Peiping, Oct. 30, The Mongolian situation has been the subject of the wildest rumours in recent weeks. Bxelted pessimists have been running round whispering warnings about the "mere spat which will set the whole thing allah or that "once it has started, there no knowing where it will end." And the more conscientious ones. have even fixed the date next month, when the long-expected Sino-Japan: ese war is to break out on this northern front.
According 40 these rumours Mongol forces of from twenty to 30,000 re gathering on the Charher-Sulyuan border under, Li Shou-hsin, Prince Teb, and Wang Ying, well equipped with tanks and aeroplanes? preparatory to, an Invasion of Sulyuan, while Manchoukuo and Japanese armies are ready to march to their assistance from Jehol. On the other side stands the rmy of Fu Tso-yi in carefully prepared "Hine den burg lines" ready to resist the invaslon.to the obligatory "last man supported by numerous CentraY' Gov: ernment divisions and dozens of ant aircraft batteries. They " feel cent ent of being able to defeat the: Mongols without any—dimeulty, so that this will force the Japanese to come to the assistance of the latter, and thus the war will come about.
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