Hongkong, Oct. 21, USHING forward with lightning rapidity, and completing the Jast stage of their drive towards Canton with breath-taking speed, the Japanese forces entered Canton this afternoon, headed by their mechanized units, it is reliably learned, The advance guards, it is understood, entered the city at 2.30 p.m, and an official Japanese communique issued later stated that the vanguards of the Japanese forces occupied the eastern sections of the city at 4.40 p.m. They were said to be awaiting the arrival of the main body of the Japanese forces before penetrating further.
Atter having been reported to have} been held up yesterday, the Japanese forces were' said. to have advanced day began to occupy gun emplace-within 20 miles of Canton by early this morning.
ven. then, however, the momentum of the Japanese drive was not realized here, and neutral observers Have it as their opinion that. the Selly might be occupied by the Me vaders "within one. week.
"The latter "stages of the Japanese advance towards Canton was said. to have been virtually unopposed 'All high oMelals had lett Canton by early" this afternoon, and factories and public tilts were being blown Up as It was realized that the fall of Canton was' imminent.
Even then, however, it was thought here that there was still possibility that Kwangst troops, and Kwangtung reinforcements from the north, would be "able to" take "up their positions ound Canton in time to check the
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