Peiping, Oct. 2.
"The Japanese Army carried hostilities by land into another Chinese rroyince when the vanguard of the troops in the Tientsin-Pukow railway zone entered Shantung yesterday morning.
The capture of Sangyuan, the first town across the border from Hopei, is announced in a Japanese military communique which adds that the Japanese have advanced to Tehchow, the fall of which is imminent.
Japanese aircraft bombed the railway station at Tehchow yesterday morning, claiming to have made direct hits on a locomotive and other rolling stock, besides the destruction of a section of the track.—Reuter.
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