Regarding Shanghai, Lord Plymouth said that the restrictions under which some areas there were being reopened were extremely burdensome. The Government was doing its utmost to have them removed at the earliest possible date, Dealing, with the administration of the Chinese Maritime Customs, the Foreign Under-Secretary declared that the Government was working in the closest consultation with France and ea, No remittances* had Japanese Pass Weihwei in Drive to Yellow R.
Hankow, Feb. 16 Two regiments of Chinese troops have succeeded in scaling the walls and entering the beleaguered city of Tsining, near Yenchow, here they are making attempts to dislodge the Japanese garrison, according to official despatches received here to-day.
Desperate street fighting is stated to be in progress, and three more Chinese regiments are reported to have made preparations to enter the city.
"sining has been besieged for some time by two divisions under the command of Generals Sun Tung-hsuan and Tsao Fu-lin, who are stated to have launched a vigorous attack on the town early yesterday morning Meanwhile, it is reported that a division of Chinese troops commanded by General Chan Shu-tang entered Wenshang, thirty miles north of Tsining, but has been compelled to retire after three days of street fighting.
The Japanese advance up the southern section of the Tientsin-Pukow Railway is stated in Chinese despatches to have been held up as a result of the activities of Chinese units operating west of the railway in the vicinity of Pengpu and Ming-kwan.
The Japanese forces on the Peiping-Hankow Railway are continuing their attack on the Chinese "iron belt" north of Weihwei, but so far with-cut success.
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