General Hsing agreed that Japan. declined to reveal the plans of the Chinese Air Force, but replied thi there will be aerial combats. also declined to speak on Chinese defences against possible Japanese naval. attacks, but said adequate measures had' been devised to deal with them.
Confirming the report that the men. in Shanghai had formerly fought side by side with the 10th Route Army, General Hsing said he could not answer the question if General Tsai Ting-kai, former commander of the disbanded army, would take part in the present hostilities. He pointed Jout that the appointment of officers to any duty is a question of persontiel handled only by a superior office, The Chinese troops in Shunghdi, he said, had the full support of the Nanking Government. All provine cell heads and army conunanders who gather in Nanking are in absolute unity, he emma
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