Wenchow, an important east Chekiang coastal district which has been the only trade centre in Chekiang having connections with Shanghai, is now closed to shipping. All othe important Chekiang coastal districts including Chinghai, the river port gateway to Ningpo have previously been closed to shipping. All Shang hai st mers lying off Wenchow have been required to return here and the others wishing to proceed to the district have postponed their trips indefinitely The district has been bombed and shelled and the situation along the Chekiang coast is reported to be tense owing to the renewed threat of attack by the Japanese navy. Shipping circles here hope that the closing of Wenchow is temporary for if it is permanent then Shang hai trade will be seriously affected.
Fighting is going on, in many places in Chekiang and Ki especially along the railw: Chinese forces are aiming recapturing important towns alan: th railways having renewed their ce' ter offensive operations while the Japa e appear to be bent on des. troying the very base of Chine operations at Kinhwa, the wart ne capital of Chekiang.
Reports from Kinhwa indicate t the district was bombed by J planes consecutively for on Saturday and Sunday. planes invaded the district shortly before noon on Sunday and dropped 19 bombs, four of which were incen diary. Sixty-five houses were destroyed and 11 others damaged by fire. Thirty-six bombs were dropped by Japanese planes on Saturday special details of "thought police have been assigned to returned soldiers so that the official interpretation of war—"How better can one die than for his country!"—be not damaged by anything that might be aid about terms of service at the front.
Kanda killed and robbed four per-ons during the last two weeks of January. His victims included e owner and his wife, an unemployed we he shootings occurred in four differ ctures. Kanda escaped a n days. After being p near Nagoy than 200 polic h regarding soldiers before thi furloughs.
The court on at Third Regis expected to be Army trials. The probably will be this month.—
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