Japanese in Great Force On Pearl River Chungking, Nov. 12 The Chinese task of recapturing Canton would be tremendously dificult, in the opinion of a foreign observer here, who recently made a flight over the Hongkong area approaching the Chinese-British boundaries.
Stating that the Pearl River was "swarming with Japanese ships," the observer said that all the fleet. which was previously lying in Bias Bay, had moved to the river, including num-
the city. bers of warcraft whose guns protected According to today's Chinese re-paris, the state of the Canton situation is "stable."
The Chinese troops are still progressing in their drive southward down the railway, the reports declare, with the Japanese using the hills for rearguard action, in which both sides are said to have lost heavily.—Reuter.
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