'Shanghai, June' 1 Having Captured Anking, Japanese evening were continuing their odance up the Yangte, towards Han-"The occupied town was reported to be completely quiet, with Japanese sentries guarding the streets and Japanese warships standing guard on the. river.
The town's population, dispatches received here said, began an exodus in the direction of Hankow a week Jago. "Since then, Anking has been Srnuded of its inhabitants.
Japanese warships strung along the Yangtze, meanwhile, continued shell Isolated Chinese' units being driven within their range by a Japanese detachment which Jandec on the southern bank of the Yangtze on Saturday.—Domel, Threat to Mankow Shanghai, June 14.
the significance of the Japanese occupation of Anking, a naval spokes man pointed out, Lies in Anking's proximity to Hankow, the distance Between the two points being 200 kin. ina straight line.
'Tatung, which lies midway between Anking and Wuhu, was occupied, ac~ cording to the spokesman, on June 8, when Japanese vessels' destroyed nines and mine-laying equipment concentrated there after the fall of Nanking.
"Prult of Hardships"
"The successful occupation of Anking is not a victory achieved by
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