Strings of laden horses, mules and donkeys paced single file through the arrow cobbled streets, which were crowded with inhabitants examining wares in exposed booths, many of which were situated in the ruins of burned premises. A wide vanely of goods were on sale and everybody's Motto, seemed to be "business as usual."
"Ut the Japanese come again, we shall do. as. before," the Magistrate {old Reuter's correspondent.
We will Teave them an empty city, out their communications, and wait Till they "are obliged to retreat. Meanwhite, the local goversiment will function in the hills a few li away, Then, when they go, we shall reoccupy the city," the Magistrate predicted—Reuter.
The Osaka Shosen Kaisha has decided te resume regular steamship Service between Hoihow, on Hainan Island, and Haiphong in French Indo-China, The O.SK. operated this service for eighteen years before 1932 and decided to resume it now that the Island had come under Japanese control, Japanese Eneircling Chinese in Shansi Peiping, Mar. 31.
Japanese encircling operations against, 30,000 Chinese troops, which entered the Chungtiao mountain range area in south-western. Shansi, were making rapid progress, leid dispatches Teaching here ' today claimed.
With "the Eighth Central Army Division acting as a "desertion prevention unit," the Chinese forces in this area were reported to consist of the 177th and 117th Divisions and the' Independent 40th and 47th Brigades of the Shensi Provincial Army, and the 104th and 178th Sze-chun' Divisions, under the command of Gen. Sun Wel-ju. The bulk of these troops crossed the Yellow River infjtrate into the Pinglu and Sulcheng areas.
The "Japanese "round-up" was launched on Wednesday after exhaustive preparations.
Striking from the area east of Chinhsien, 25 kilometres north-west of Pinglu, a Japanese detachment by 2 o'clock' on Wednesday afternoon had taken Wuklafen, south of Chih-hsien, after dislodging the 177th Shensi Division from positions in that Other Japanese columns, the dispatches added, took Julcheng after putting (0 Might the Eighth Central Army" Division after a lightning Attack launched from Hanyang, south of Puchow, by way of Taiwangchwang. Chulutsun, another town near Juicheng, was also reported having been taken on Wednesday.
Cutting off the communications, of the 104th and 178th Szechuen Divi-slons after breaking through their defences at Changtienchen, south of Siahhsien, another Japanese unit was pressing upon Pingiu, being defended by the 127th Shensi Division and the Independent 46th Shensi Brigade, afler driving through Maotsingtu, east of Pinglu, and Taichentsun, north of Maotsingtu, the reports
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