At the moment, it is declared in authoritative quarters, the greater pert of the population shows no interest in moving, either because the danger is not realized or because they are without means.
In this connection it is emphasized by official Chinese quarters that it vould be a mistake to assume that the Japanese advance would: necessarily succeed with the same rapidity as that against the Lunghai railway and in north Anhwei, Japanese mechanized units in the Chinese opinion, can advance very rapidly on the plain of Honan province, but in the mountains suffer considerable difficulty. When it comes to man to men struggles, the Chinese army, it is believed in Hankow circles, upcrier to the Japanese, so that when the Japanese reach the mountain ranges north of Hankow they will have to reckon with long fighting.—Trans Ocean.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.