Sir Anthony made ^the journey from Loyang to Hankow via Chengchow in 30 hours.
Interviewed By Reuters correspondent on his arrival here, Sir Anthony stated that the through train from the Lunghai Railway joined the Peping-Hankow Railway south-west of Chengchow.
The journey, he said, was uneventful, but large numbers of Chinese troops were seen all along the Lunghai and Peiping-Hankow railway.
Sir Anthony visited Yennan, which is the capital of a Soviet district iw north Shensi, and here he was told df the presence of 200 Japanese troops close to the town.
On receipt of news that what 16 believed to be the Japanese vanguard was in the vicinity, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army immediately dispatched a strong detachment to engage the Japanese, he declared.
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