Former President Urges Hankow, Jan. 15.
Chinese as well as by the Japanese in the region of the preparations which are now being made by the Tientsin-Pukow railway, north of Hsuchow, appear to indicate that important operations which may perhaps have a decisive character are imminent in this sector.
According to Chinese military quarters here the Japanese are now concentrating in the region around Tsining, west of the Tsinan-Hsuchow railway large forces which include units from Tientsin, The Chinese believe that the Japanese plan is to establish a contact between the front on the northern sector of the Tientsin-Pukow rat may and the front on the southern sector of that railway.
It is believed here that the Japanese will launch their attack before the Chinese have consolidated their positions in the region between the man and Lunghai railways. The Japanese apparently befor breaking through to ihe south.
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