Hankow, June 7.
The loss of Kaifeng, capital of Honan, is admitted in a Chinese military communique today, which adds that the Japanese forces are continuing their advance westward along the Lunghai Railway towards Chengchow.
Chinese troops, the statement as-seris, evacuated Kaifeng yesterday afternoon, withdrawing to a new line east of Chungmou, where fighting is ai present going on.
Although the Chinese forces on the Lunghai Railway will fight a rearguard action east of Chengchow, it is generally admitted that the fall of Chengchow is now only a matter of Fighting, however, is expected to assume serious proportions as soon as the Japanese attempt to advance westward or southward from Chengchow Exciting experiences were told by foreigners arriving here today from the Lunghai Railway front.
On June 2 they walked from Kaifeng towards Lanfeng, but when en route at night they walked into a Japanese armoured car patrol unit, They had no idea that they were in Japanese territory until the armoured car turned its searchlights on the party, all the members of which immediately fell flat on the ground.
Shortly afterwards the armoured car disappeared in another direction. Knowing that Lanfeng was already surrounded by the Japanese, the foreigners walked back to Kaifeng where, however, they found to the railway service to Chengchow disrupted, This mean' that they had walk to Chengchow, where they just managed to catch the last train leaving for Hankow,—Reuter,
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