Hankow, Oct. 18.
The military situation in" South China has eased considerably, following the formation of a defence line by Chinese troops west of Poklo, according to a private telephone message received here from General Wu Teb-chen, Governor of Kwangtung.
The Japanese landing at Bias Bay caught the Chinese unprepared, and the Chinese had to rush troops and supplies to the East River front while the Japanese were pushing inland. It was a race against time for the Chinese troops to arrive and form a defence line east of the Canton-
The Japanese, the generat is ed to have declared, already, advanced deep into Kwangtun tory, "Our army," Gen. Vu is gute ed. by Chinese here as sayin weak in man-power and the "sia! ere ill-equipped, Furthermore, have no effective alr force fice economic difeuities,
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