Units of the Japanese vanguard sre Chungking, Oct. 1
on the outskirts of Changsha, capital Hunan, according tothe latest Chinese filo alopatches received here today. Japanese troops, north of Changsha. are sakd to. be pushing southward along the Canton-Hankow Railway, and are reported have reached Chiaotouyi yesterday morning.
At the same time, the dispatches add, Japanese. forces, advancing to= wards the capital from the east lone the main "highway, "have reached Shanshanshi, Chingshanshi and Yuo= dan shi. Japanese troops, therefore, now within 90 miles of Changsha, The "Chinese military. spokesman, questioned this morning regarding the Fapld Japanese advance,. reiterated thatthe Chinese Command. intended avoid positional, warfare. in. the areas east" of the Canton-Hankow Railway, "After the fall of Hankow, he suid, "Changsha ie. no anger In Beant oom a military pole said that with the outbreak of war, in Europe China. mist continue her' preparations for a protracted war jonatance In "conelision, "te leses which'the Chinese are alleyed osman. pointed out the "heavy
have inflicted on the Japanese. the! present Hunan campaign Reuter, Menace to South China Hongkong, Oct.
Chinese military" authorities in Kwanglung regard the determined: Japanese drive towards Changsha, cotipled with a westward offensive from Nanchang, as a direct menace to Kwangtung, wanes}, Yunnan and Kweichow provinces, 'a Shuikwan slispatch to the British-owned "South China Morning, Post" said today.
'A. military conference was held in Shuikwan on' Thursday to arrange for a redistribution of troops in order to meet this threat, the report said. After the fall of Changsha, the dispatch continued, the Japanese troops will advance into northern Kwangtung and make a dent in Kwangsi_in the opinion of the Chinese military authorities.
The Hunan offensive, they were reported as saying, was calculated te full the pledges assortedly made in the last session of the Japanese Diet
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