Considerable relief is felt in Chie nese military circles here upon the receipt of information that Chinese reinforcements have arrived in the Taihu sector, where Japanese forees from Anking and Shuchen are reported to be attempting to march westward into east Hupeh.
Japanese warships, steaming upriver from Anking, are at present said to be shelling Chinese positions In the vicinity of Matung, east of Hukou.
'The purpose of the bombardment, according, to Chinese reports, breach the powerful boom located Rear Matung and also to land troops fat Wanklang, on the north bank of the Yangtze' above Anking.
Japanese aircraft are also stated to be participating In the operations.
The sound of" gunfire and explosions is audible in Huangmel, in east Hupeh near the Anhwet border, fon the north bank of the river—Reuter, 'Tue Hankow-Sian and the Sian-Chengtu lines of the Eurasia Aviation Corporation, which have been sus: ended for' some time, will resume their services on June 18 and 19, respectively, states a dispatch to the *Standard."" The Sian alr station, on Jorders from the Corporation, it} stated, has begun to handle the booking of passenger tickets. The fares on both airlines, the report states, will be reduced,
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