Ho, Apr. 20. $60 The Ankuochan spokesman oicinlly states that the reports of the Southern capture of Tamingfu are untrue: General Chu Vu-pu is still holding the town, He also states that the Northerners are still holding Tsining, though he admits that it is in danger of capture, He states further that Fergtien is holding its own, marking time along the Peking-Hankow line, and awaiting developments on the other fronts. He claims several successes for Fengtien in Northern Shransi where, he says, considerable progress has been made.
The spokesman asserts that many of the: reports of Northern reverses are Japanese propaganda in order tured by the 27th Army on the With. "At the same time General Sun Liang-chen's Army and. Cavalry Corps of the Second Gi Army respectively captured yanighsien and Kufowhsi hsien (the birthplace of Confucius) is about 80 li south of Taian and is of rear strategic importance to the Nationalist forces.
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