To Manchoukuo Peiping, Sept. 10.
Considerable numbers of Japanese troops are being transported to Manchoukuo in military trains from Fengtai junction, south of Peiping. This follows the reopening of the railway, the floods in the Tientsin region having subsided sumMetently to enable repairs to be carried out.
Reliable reports indicate that many of these troops have been withdrawn from South Shansi, which, apparently, is to be left in Chinese hands, the Japanese holding the railway between Shihehinchwang and Taiyuanfu, and the northern half of Shansi Province.
Continued Aghting at Nomonhan, and the fact that the Russo-German Pact guaranteed Russia's western frontier, is believed to be responsible for these changes in North China Rent ceiling of the ground floor, practically every building having suffered.
'Mtany women and children, ineluding all the married families of British 'Army personnel, had been evacuated to Chinwangtao, he stated' but there wore still a few foreign women left in the British Concession. Deseribing other results of the flood, he said that the railway between Tientsin and Taku had been disrupted while Taku Bar had been silted up, making it impossible for shipping to get through.
In conclusion he paid a tribute to the work of the British Municipal Council, especially the police force, which had carried out rescue work in conjunction with volunteers who had been called out for that purpose. There had been no eases of looting or trouble of any kind, he said.
Kweilin, Aug. 16.
During the past two days the Japanese have paid special attention Kwangsi's interior cities and a. number of important points. have been bombed, some most seriously, August 14 Sunto, northeast of, 'Wuchow was visited' for the first time. Only a few bombs. were dropped, but the frightened populous. had an experience which was more new than novel, On the same day Kwangs!'s former capital, Nanking was also: visited. This seemed to be but a friendly call, fas but few bombs were dropped. During the past two months this city. raids that the majority of them leave for the country shortly after breakfast and do not_ return bombing was almost nil, The walled city of Kwaiping at the Juncture ofthe West and North Rivers was also the scene of a bombing on the same fatal day. 3pm. thirteen planes appeared among the clouds and after dropping 'a few bombs made off to their home base in the south.
While Kwelping was being bombed fourteen other planes were paying} special attention to Liuchow which has been bombed repeatedly during] the past few weeks. Liuchow was. subjected again to a terrific bombard. ment from the air. Both sides of the. river were visited and some 200 bombs dropped in various places both. within and without the city wall. Fires started in five sections of the city. The inflammable buildings on. Fire Wood and Timber Streets were completely destroyed, and Sand Street which had escaped bombing hitherto this time fell a victim to the raiders and fires started by the bombing destroyed a number of large brick buildings,
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