The situation in Shantung province is becoming more and more critical since the Japanese, according to latest reports, have crossed the Yellow River at three points, namely Chinho, Chiyang and Loku, 10,000 having crossed at the last-named point. From Chinho the Japanese are pushing forward in the direction of Chochen after having occupied Chinchen so that Tsinanfu is now in imminent danger. The military authorities of that city have therefore ordered that the measures for defence be completed with redoubled haste, Generals Han Fu-chu and It Chung-jen who exercise the military command: over Shantung province have declared that it will scarcely be possible to prevent the Japanese from invading the province because the Chinese soldiers though greater in number are not able to combat successfully the modernly equipped Japanese troops.
The defence of the province, however, Chinese circles declare, will be determined and unrelenting so that any ground gained by the Japanese will cost them dear!
In reply to accusations that the Chinese troops in Shantung province have hitherto offered only slight resistance, it is pointed out that the organization of the system of guerilla warfare has not yet been completed but that in future it will be carried cut ona large scale so that the Japanese tanks and superior equipment will hoped by the Chinese—be against the rapidly moving Chinese guerilla bands.
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