Nanking, July 18.
Reports of Japanese warlike pre-Parations continued to pour into Nanking from reliable sources today. Ten thousand Japanese troops were reported to have left Korea by train to speed across the border into Manchuria and North China. Since July 14, anti-aircraft defences have been strengthened in various important points in Korea, Large Squadrons of aeroplanes, at the same time, have been moving towards Manchuria, Among military supplies which are being rushed for the Japanese forces in the Peiping-Tientsin area, 2,500 cases of artillery and other ammunition, carried by fifteen coaches, have arrived.
Scores of horses were also reported to have crossed the Korean border for North China.
Tanks, anti-aircraft guns, and heavy trucks were prominent in the equipment shipped in steady streams to Chinese territory.
A report received here states that in view of the presence of large Japanese forces in North China, the Bank of Chosen will shortly place Y.80000000 worth of notes into circulation in Tientsin and Tsingtao,—Central News.
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