Major Battle Rages Near Tsangshing: Advance On Canton: Continues: Japanese Reported to Be Five Miles From Sheklung Hongkong, Oct. 18.
WHO early fall of Canton is freely predicted by local observers as a result of the continued rapid advance of the Japanese, who are said to be meeting with a minimum of opposition. It is believed that the Japanese will capture Canton before Hankow. Local Japanese freely prophesy that the Kwangtung provincial capital will be in Japanese hands within a fortnight.
The newspapers here today give prominence to accounts of a major battle raging near Tsangshing, 45 miles east of Canton, where the Chinese are stated to have held up. the Japanese for the past 36 hours. Reuter, however, learns from a reliable source that the Japanese are actually continuing their rapid push towards Canton, According to the latest Japanese feld advices, the Japanese have suc-
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