Shanghol, Aug. 14. war far more serious than the previous Sino-Japanese hostilities in Shanghai, and the possibilities of aerial combats wore: visualized' by Lieutenant-General Hsing Chen-nan, officer in charge of the Shanghai Otice-of the Nanking-Shanghai Gar-Fison Headquarters, which was estabished here recently.
General Hsing, who arrived with the troops now in position in Chapel and Kiangwan, told a representative of the "North-China Dally News" in fan interview yesterday that' Japanese forces would meet with a more stiff resistance than they encountered here in 1932, should they attempt to one Jeroach on Chinese. territory.
'Various questions concerning the neutrality and the safety of the International 'Settlement were asked, and the Chinese military commander replied that if "facilities are given by' the Settlement to the Japanese, China will act accordingly.
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