Hankow Chinese Hold Mass Meeting Hankow, Jan, 23.
Bitter denunciation of the aggression of the Japanese military authori ties in China was the keynote ata, mass meeting here to-day of the AntisAggression Association, 'At the entrance of the' Hankow Chamber of Commerce, where the meeting was held, was a huge placard bearing the inscription: "Down with Japanese Militarists:"
General Chen Aing-chu, former leader. of the 19th "Route Army, resided at the meeting and Mr, Vu Yusien, President of the Control Yuan, and Mr. Shao Li-tze, Minister of Publicity, were among the speakers, Long before the meeting started the auditorium was filled to capacity, fand hundreds of late-comers were mable (0 gatn*admittance—Reuter.
Submarines Brought by Land to Vladivostok Hongkong, Jan. 24.
Interesting revelations were made In the "China Mail" to-day by a forelgner who has just concluded a tour of Soviet Far Eastern territory, Japanese reports of Russia's war preparations in the Far East, he says, are not exaggerated, but rather actually Yali short of the truth, With new aeroplanes and submarines under construction, he de" clares, the Soviet maritime provinces are virtually on a war footing. In Viadivostock alone, over 100 submarines have already been commissioned, while additional underwater craft are: arriving in sections by rail and are beng assembled for immediate service.
Meanwhile, whole stretches of coastline are being fortified, while Rew aeroplane and submarine bases are being constructed in isolated regions.
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