The fall of Yochow is officially admitted today by the Chinese, who state that, under pressure of a Japanese attack along the railway and also via Tungting Lake, Chinese troops withdrew from Yochow on the night 1 of November 11 and by the next day had established a new line in the vicinity of Matang, on the Canton-Hankow Railway south of Yochow, on the east shore of Tungting Lake.
The present Chinese line runs east" ward from Moashaipu, on the shore of Tungling Lake, through Matang, on the railway, to Sinchuangling, soufhwest of Tungchen.
Eventually the Chinese are expected to hold a strong line in the Chaile ing mountains, on the border of Hupeh, Hunan and Kiangsi.~-Reuter.
The closing Interbank selling rates yesterday were as follows:
Sterling 824. USS 15lie.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.