The Archive · 1938

Officials Arrested

Hongkong, July 14. The island of Namoa near Swatow was recaptured by Chinese guerillas according to a report received here from Chinese sources in Canton today The island is exceptionally important from a strategic point of view, as it is not far from Swatow on the Republicans "Admit Loss Kwangtung coast.

The report states that the suc ce: ful coup was'carried out by guerillas under the command of General Liu Of Sarrion Barcelona, July 14.

Admitting the loss of Sarrion, the Republicans claim to have destroyed eight Nationalist planes without suffering any loss themselves.—Reuter.

Chih-lu and Colonel Hung Chi-cheng.

The officials of the government set up by the Japanese have been arrested and will be immediately tried as traitors by order of the military authorities of Kwangtung—Trans-Ocean.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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