London, Sept, 24.
If Britain were engaged in a major war, the Government would immediately open an office for the insurance of cargoes against war risks.
This statement was made yesterday by Mr. R. H. Cross, Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade, in reply {o representations By the London Chamber of Commerce regarding marine war risks insurance.
is, Mr. Cross continued, would follow generally the lines of {he Government scheme in force during the last war.
Deployed in attack formation, Japanese troops yesterday were gradually edging westward along the yn-dulating south Honan plains between Loshan and Sinyang, Domei dispatches from correspondents with the advancing forces said.
Chinese, in the meantime, were rushing troops and equipment to the hillocks east of Sinyang, the strategically vital junction of motor highways and the Pet pt uch against the Japar han on the night of be 424 a but Chinese tam Wp tion were repulsed, the reports claimed, Aerial observation slowed. columns of motorized Chinese infantry being rushed eastward from Sinyang to the front, the dispatches continued.
Further to the south-east, Japanese troops battled with a cold rain and slippery mountain passes in their advance on Sintien, a Chinese stronghold on the highway between Bhan cheng and Kwangchow.
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