Hankow, Oct, 16, 'The Japanese column' which heading for the Canton-Kowloon Railway has reached a point 20 mire from the railway, according to" the latest information available here from Canton. The column is salty be pushing towards Changmutos point on the railway, from Yatroys Chinese reports state that the Japanese attacked Waichow yesterdnt evening, and penetrated the Chines [defences four miles to the cast of the town. Waichow was said' to te flames, owing to Japanese aerial ang artillery bombardments, These te. ports do not admit the enpture et Waichow by the Japanese fores The Chinese troops, it is stated, re. captured Tamshul on' the morning October 14, but the Japanese are re. ported to have broken through again following the arrival of reinforce ments yesterday.
Martial law was declared in Canton yesterday. A party of Chinese cor Fespondents who were trying to reach [Waichow from Canton got as fora: Sintang, where they discovered that there were no boats available, the East River, according to Chinese reports reaching here, East-bound rae on the highway, its was ported, can only reach Shihting Al highway and river communies-ions between Canton and Walchos are said to have been cut off com pletely, owing to Japanese sers bombardments, and the allege! machine-gunning of passing vehicle fand boats.
With the permission of the Chines authorities, the Pear! River boom litted last night temporarily in order enable the s. Kingshan, with 20 foreign nationals from Canton about to proceed to Hongkong, according to [Chinese reports.—Reuter,
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