Lieutenant-General Katsuki Says 20 Divisions of'
Chinese Troops Advancing Tientsin, Aug. 1. 'ITH the continued north-ward advance of twenty Chinese divisions along the Pinghan and the Tsinpu Railways, the situation in North China "is taking a turn for the worse," Lieutenant-General Kiyoshi Katsuki, Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Garrison here, declared to-night in a radio broadcast to Japan.
"Troops of the Imperial Army, their minds burning with patriotism, should have no difficulty in coping with any emergency," he added.' Appealing to the nation for continued support, General Katsuki said he hoped the Japanese people "'realize the fact that the Army had no other alternative but to resort to arms.'
The broadcast was made as messages reporting the advance of Central troops north poured into the headquarters of the Japanese Garrison here. The vanguard of troops dispatched to aid the Chinese forces defeated in Tientsin were reported to have reached Tsangchow, an important station on the Tientsin-Pukow Railway, about seventy miles south of here.
Other Central units were said to} the Tsinpu and Lunghai Railways.
Chinese troops, who retreated from here after a series of clashes with Japanese troops during the past four days, were reported to have established new positions at Tuliuchen and Machang, south of here on the Tientsin-Pukow Railway.
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