Hongkong, Oct. 26.
General Vu Han-mou, Pacification Commissioner for Kwangtung province, gave up the defence of Canton on orders from Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese quarters declared here today in an effort to explain the rapid retreat of the Chinese forces in South China.
General Chiangs orders,. Chintse circles said, were given in order to make General Yu's five Kwangtung divisions available for an eventual decisive battle with Japanese in west. ern Hunan province.
These quarters added that General Chiang ordered the retreat after a secret visit to the Kwangtung tront.—Domei.
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