Immediately after the Austrian Anschluss the Czechoslovakian Government prepared a number of concessions it was ready to offer the "Sudeten" Germans, which are to be presented before Parliament when it reassembles on Tuesday, but the r ception of these by the "Sudeten has been extremely lukewarm.
The Czechoslovakian Foreign Minister, Dr, Krofta, then stepped into the breach and made an important speech in which he said he was exceedingly anxious to find a solution to the problem this was at first received with pleasure in Germa Now, however, it is noticeable that the first expressions of pleasure are giving way to criticisms of the Foreign Minister's repeated ferences to the Germans in Czech slovakia as a "minority."
All eyes are now riveted on the annual Congress of the "Sudeten" Germans being held at Karlsbad at this moment, which is generally understood to be drawing up its latest list of "demands" to the Czechoslovakian Government. As soon as these are known it will be more possible to gauge whether the Czechoslovakian Government can golia, The occupation of the reports indicated, culminate difficult chase by ten Japanese detachments after Gen. Ma Chan-shan' force.
Starting from North Shansi, the Chinese raiders succeeded in crossing the Peiping-Suiyuan Rail and the 2,000-feet high Yinshan mountains before they were dispersed in the plains south of Pailingmiao.
The. first major engagement was fought between Gen. Ma's force of 1,800 men and the Hisano, Mura and Haraguchi detachments near Hsiao-chan, north-west of Loushutien, on April 19, Defeated, the column continued to move northward, with the Haraguchi, Sotzono, Yoshida, Toyoda, Ikeda and Okamoto detachments doggedly pur-the Chinese unit across the barren Yinshan mountains, Chinese Bombed Japanese Army aircraft also took part in the chase, bombing the Chinese column, Gen, Ma's force was finally intercepted at Kuyang by the Tanada detachment, which launched its drive irom Paotou, terminus'of the Peiping-Suiyuan Railway. The distance between the two towns is 60 kims.
The Chinese were badly defeated in the four-hour battle, in which they lost several hundred men and large aunt of arms and ammunition, reports received here claimed.
Reduced to the strength of 1,000 yen, the Chinese column still continued to retreat northward. towards Malientse, with the Chikamor! and Tanada detachments in close purse The 1 nown engagement was fought at Malientse.—Dom
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