Hongkong, June 2.
Responsible Chinese and foreign quarters here ridicule the report that Japanese troops have been landed ten miles south of Hongkong fora Possible beginning of the long-sxpc jted invasion of south China The report characterized as is "another of the spate of irresponsitile Chinese rumours," and is stated ito be completely without foundation!
It is considered possible that the rumour may have originated from the landing of a foraging party from a Japanese destroyer, which is a d: occurrence along the coast
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