Invasion by Japanese is Feared in Sian Alarmed by a possible Japanese invasion of Shensi province, the Nationalist Government has decided to strengthen the border defences, according to a report received by the "Nippo", yesterday.
Five divisions of Chinese soldiers under the command of Mao Tse-tung, the paper said, have been concentrated at Tungkwan in eastern Shensi along the Lunghai Railway and on the southern bank of the Yellow River.
Soviet officers are reported to be leading these, men, the paper said.
Mao is engaged, the journal said, in strengthening defence positions and political organizations in Shensi, Kansu, Ninghsia and Sinkiang' on special orders from the Nationalist Government.
The communist university at Yennanfu, headquarters of communist troops in northern Shensi, has been moved to Paoki, about 140 kilometres north-east of Yennanfu, the daily stated.
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