In a@ determined effort to drain Tientsin of the flood waters, Japanese are here seen manning the pumps.
Some areas have already been drained after the recent inundation. over its outskirts, Chinese Searchlights could be seen turning on the Japanese machines, while anti-aircraft batteries were by" Lieut' Gen. Seishiro Itagaki, chief-of-stati of the General Headquarters of the Japanese Expedition ry Forces to China, when he was War Minister, to reduce Yunnan and Kwangs! in order to cut off the flow of arms from French Indo-China and Burma.
"The execution of this alleged Japanese plan was said to be coming urgent because of the decrease' in Soviet assistance to China by. way of Lanchow following the outbreak of European hostilities, according to the report, Meanwhile, nervous Chinese mill tary authorities have ordered the removal of all munitions and supplies from Shuikwan, where the headquarters of the Chinese Fourth War Zone and the Provincial Government are located, to the interior, Chinese reports indicated. The eva-enation of the civilian" population will also be carried out, it was stated.
The Hunan Provincial Government was completely transferred from Changsha to Hengyang yesterday, other Chinese reports said. Large Chinese reinforcements were further reported io be concentrated Hengyang from Shuikwan and Kwel-lin—Domei.
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