Tokyo, Nov. 25.
Japan's drive on Nanking "would be seriously hampered if the proposed safety zone were established the capital, according to the Nichi Shimbun" to-day.
Japanese had occupied about half an hour before. The machine-gun appeared to have been about 300 yards away and in the upper storey of a building due south of the water-tower.
The inquest then adjourned.
Pointing out that foreign residents in Nanking were now under 50 and the proposed zone "adjoins Chinese forts and military establishments." the "Nichi Nichi Shimbun" says that it will be impossible for Japanese forces to attack Nanking and. at the seme time, leave the projected zone intact.
The "Yomiuri Shimbun" declares that the proposed safety zone in Nanking is entirely different from the refugee zone in Nantao, in Shanghai and the matter must 5e decided by the Japanese military authorities who plan the drive on Nanking.—Reuter.
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