Diversion to Draw Troops From Hankow Expected Tokyo, July 26.
The Chinese are effecting large troop concentrations in the frontier territory of Shansi and Honan provinges, according to today's papers here, some of which state that the object of the Chinese divisions in this area is to prevent the Japanese ad-vaneing southwards from Shansi.
Other papers are of the opinion that the Chinese high command is preparing an offensive in order tot engage large numbers of Japanese forces and thereby weaken the Japanese advance Hankow.—on Trans-Ocean.
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