As "Downright Lies"
Hankow, Apr. 13.
Allegations by. the Japanese Navy Office that the universities at Changsha bombed on Sunday, were occupied by the "Central Military Administration" were branded a} "downright lies" by the Chinese military spokesman this morning.
Several thousand students of universities throughout China, he said, recently went to Kunming, but not those of the colleges at Changsha which are at present in session. On Sumiay morning, however, the students were on holiday, the spokes-
$.$50,000,000 of Chinese silver since the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese hostilities, it was officially announced here today.
There was no evidence whether the dollar exchange was used for war purposes but an official said that as fast as dollar credits were established the Chinese Government purchased American "products." The Department of the Treasury declined to discuss the nature of the purchases.
Treasury officials said the Sino-American silver agreement of July, 1937, was still in effect but did not state the amount of U.S. gold purchased.
China has converted a consi derable amount of silver collateral of credits into gold.—
United Press.
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