Victory is Won; Hankow's Celebrations Continue Hankow, Apr. 7.
Celebrations of the victory claimed by the Chinese on the Tientsin~ Pukow railway continued throughout the night, the din raised by the explosion of thousands of firecrackers getting louder and louder as the night wore on, The sky was lit, up throughout most of the night with the explosions of these crackers and hundreds of beautifully coloured "shooting stars."
During the evening some 600 Chinese troops, headed by a large mili" tary band, paraded through the streets carrying banners and singing patriotic songs, while the roads were thronged with happy citizens throwing streamers and carrying coloured lanterns, While these celebrations were going on, General Chiang Kai-shek issued a circular telegram to all the armed forces of China and to civilians throughout the nation warning them that "this is still not the time for rejoicings." He hoped they would not be overwhelmed by the news of the victory, he said, but remember more than ever the seriousness of the national crisis,
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