Japan's present objectives in North and) South China are the means of communication with the outside World, It is slated today in a Chinese South China, the terminus of the Canton-Samshui railway is being used ax basis for the operations in Kwangsi_provinee and it is assumed that the principal objective is the highway running through the province, The town of Wuchow on the "Kwangsi-Kwangtung frontier, about 250 kilometres west of Canz ton, is the immediate objective of the' Japanese offensive but the Chinese have thrown up strong fortifications which, they believe, will hold vp the Japanese. At thesame time the Chinese are undertaking a counter-offensive in the direction of Canton in order to. hamper the Japanese, Chinese circles declare.
hinese military quarters report strong Japanese troop' contingents near Suiyuan, the intention being: according to the Chinese—to advance towards the west and attack Shensi and Kansu provinces as soon as the Yellow River is frozen over—Trans~
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