Tokyo, Aug. 4. PZANS for meeting the Japanese advance along the Paotingfu Hine of defence are being elaborated at daily meetings of Chinese military leaders in Nanking, according to press reports received here to-day from Shanghai and the Chinese Capital.
General Chiang Kai-shek, the Shanghai correspondent of the "Nichi-Nichi" reported, is reluctant to move his troops north of the Yellow River to meet the Japanese in battle, The correspondent adduced the following reasons for Gen, Chiang's alleged stand: Americans Offer Services 1—The Generalissimo desires 10 invite foreign intervention in the ourrent Sino-Japanese dispute, by injecting new complications into the North China incident, 2—Geneval Chiang is awaiting the arrival of new. aeroplanes from Europe, and American volunteer pilots from the United States.
3,—General Chiang wants to enlist the services of the Kwangsi Army, and 4.—The Generalissimo desires to have the ce-operation of the 200,000 Communist troops for operations against the Japanese troops—Domel.
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