The Archive · 1938

KWANGTUNG GETTING

READY FOR WAR

Ceaseless Activity Preparing for Eventualities Hongkong, Jan. 23.

"War preparations are at present in full swing in Kwangtung province and there is ceaseless activity.

The Chinese Central government has placed $3,500,000 at the disposal of the provincial government for military purposes, especially for air protection, and has promised the re-pittance of another $1,500,000.

The Kwangtung provincial government has also received a large number of goods vans from the Hankow-Canton railway for the transport of rice stored at certain places for times of distress.—Trans-Ocean,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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