Depredations by Chinese looters in Tsinan were put to an end by Japanese troops on December 28, soon after the occupation of the Shantung Capital, a Japanese military spokesman announced yesterday morning.
Godowns belonging to Chinese banks as well as textile mills were Further Chinese successes are reported here from the southern sector of the Tientsin-Pukow railway. From Minghuan, which is situated io the north of Pukow the Chinese made a thrust in a south-westerly direction and are reported to have taken Chuchow, the Japanese forces being compelled to withdraw to Pukow.
According to Chinese reports comparative quiet prevails in the province of Shantung this morning The Japanese have not yet pushed forward their lines extending from Weihsien to Changchin via Poshan so that it is generally believed "here that the Japanese advance has been greatly impeded.—Trans-Ocean.
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