Tokyo, Nov. l.
Advance reports of the strength of Japan's war machine gave Gen. Vu Han-mou's men a bad case of jitters and called two strikes on them before a shot was fired in Kwangtung, according to a major in the Cantonese Army who was taken prisoner.
Questioning of the prisoner, Lin Chien, revealed that he was a graduate of a military academy in Tokyo. The Independent 20th Brigade to which he was attached made a brief stand against the Japanese troops near Canton. The brigade lacked armoured cars, Lin told Japanese officers.
Before the military situation became tense on the Yangtze fronts the Cantonese Army had ten divisions, but these gradually dwindled to four when troops. were moved north to help defend the Wuhan cities, the prisoner said.
The remaining four divisions were "demoralized" before they went into battle, Lin stated.
The captured major said he was not on cordial. terms with his superiors because he was considered pro-
Japanese, "Gen. Chiang Kai-shek and Gen. Vu didn't get along together any too well" Lin declared. "They didn't see things the same way and Vu was strongly opposed to some of the things Gen. Chiang was doing. Vu came to, terms with Gen. Chiang after a while in order to fight Japan.
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