2] Chinese reports do not admit that the yet entirely in Japanese hands and that Tal~ Yuantu is not in such imminent danger as the claims from Japanese headquarters indicated. The main canipaign as Nanking agrees is that now developing in Hopel, Shensi and on the Shantung border. The position of Shantung has naturally aroused considerable speculation, If the Japanese move much further forward it fs obvious that General Han Fu-chu's dificul~ ties will be enhanced, His loyalty to Nanking has been Tately reaffirmed and a confident expectation that, if his province be attacked, he will take steps to defend it has been forth coming. It is quite impossible to arrive at any definite conclusion' on the subject for much depends on the extent to which the forees of the Central Government have been able to effect a junction with his command. The view that the Chinese plan should now be worked out on guerrilla lines may give some Indication of the measures which Nanking proposes to counteract the superiority of Japanese equipment and organization, If the Shantung forees can be disposed so as to harass the flank of the Invaders considerable resistance may be offered, General Yen Hsi-shan's reported assumption of the command of his troops in the field indicates that the determination to oppose the Japanese is being resolutely pressed. The resuit remains to be seen.
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