Hongkong, Oct. 16
The impression is gaining here that the Japanese forces operating in South China will extend their activi+ ties also to Swatow and Amoy.
Swatow has been heavily bombed Jo number of times by Japanese plants during the last few days and the concentration of Japanese warships in the neighbourhood of this port ha: been increased considerably, "In adi tion troop transport vessels have been ighted repeatedly in the vicinity, There are no detailed reports re. garding further Japanese attacks Amoy but it is believed that it is by no means impossible that the Javan ese will undertake some sort of action in Fukien province as this would mean a scattering of the Chinese defence forees in South China anc the [prevention of a concentration of gert bodies of troops at Canton.
Tu Swatow, the administrative ay thorities have begun to transport ind children to places of the landing of Japanese troops seems to be counted on mote Jor less definitely.—Trans-Ocean.
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