The dispatches said that the Chinese troops, unable to retreat to the north, have resorted to gue ulla tactics operating in conjunction with the Chinese' militia fore es and volunteers. The necessity of a' drastic mopping-up campaign was decided by the Japanese command, the message said, when it was learned that these forces within the triangular area song! lit to disturb Japanese. positions pointed out that the reopening of these rivers to normal commercial traffic depends on the decision of the Japanese command on the spot, Traffic on the Pearl River, Captain Miyazaki began, was stopped by the Chinese forces out of regard for their own necessities in carrying on hostilities against the Japanese. The Japanese likewise reopened the waterway to meet their own needs in fighting the Chinese. As the fighting is still going on' it is quite impossible as yet to open the river freely to outsiders.
Moreover, he said. remnants of the Chinese forces are still hovering here and there in the Pearl River delta, "Recently our forces found a high speed motor boat, carrying torpedoes, and flying the British flag, coming out of one of the delta channels. Needless to say, it was a Chinese boat trying to pass as British by abusing the latter flag."
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