Swatow, Oct. 13.
Heavy gunfire was audible last night in the direction of Hope Bay. According to Chinese reports, the Japanese attempted to make a landing but were repulsed.
The city was visited twig: this morning by a Japanese seaplane, which however dropped no bombs.
The populace remains calm.
Japanese planes yesterday bombed Chaoyang, situated about ten miles down the coast from Swatow, killing a number of people in the vicinity of the East Gate.
Japanese raiders flying over Swatow itself, however, seem to be confining their attentions to dropping pamphlets calling upon the populace to surrender, reviling the Chinese regime, and outlining the benefits of friendship with Japan.—Reuter.
Japanese Objective Cheungmutau Hongkong, Oct. 12.
The immediate and logical objective of the Japanese forces who have effected a South China landing is an attack either on- Cheungmuktau or Pingwoo along the highway from Waichow, foreign military observers stationed here said today.
Capture of either point, they said, would place the Japanese in control of the Kowloon Railway and the Japanese would be able to advance with ease toward Shektan and Sheklung and come within striking distance of Canton, No serious fighting was expected before the Japanese penetrate more than ten miles inland, they said.
The military experts fully expected further Japanese landings, especially near Swatow and Castle Peak às such steps would isolate Canton by cutting land and water communications and compelling the Chinese authorities to close the Pearl River—United Press.
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