Intensive bombing and ground strafing attacks were carried out on Monday and Tuesday by five Japanese Jarmy air squadrons against 2.500 Chi-Inese troops, comprising one brigade, Jdeployed in an area east to the north-east of Tsengcheng, north-east An attack was also carried out yes terday against Namyung aerodrome, northern - Kuangtung. where various establishments. were de-
Arms Flow Freely White Russians Fate Into China Still Unsettled Hongkong, Dec. 30.
Shanghel, Jan Transportation of military supplies The fate of at least eight White China through French Indo-China Russians who were arrested by the apparently has been spurred by the [Chinese authorities in Hankow during. Fecent extension of loans to China by the month of June of this year Is stil Britain and the United States, acunknown, although foreign circles in cording to a certain unnamed Chinese the city have done everything pos-who arrived here {rom Haiphong. sible 10 ascertain the whereabouts of Trucks loaded with ammunition the men, according to a recent arrival and arms moving from Indo-China 10 from Hankow interviewed by a re-Kuwangsi average about fifteen a day, presentative of the "Norih-China this informant. said today. From Daily News" yesterday.
Kwangsi the materials are sent into The names of the detained forcignthe interior.
Jers are: Colonel, N. Federoff, Cap:
Despite the announced restrictions lain A. MI. Troyan, Messrs. Gerovieh, of the French authorities to prevent IS. Bakanashetf, Yadryshnikort, Indo-China from being used for an JGoshtovt, N. N. Rakeot and D. A: arms supply "corridor," large amounts Kudloenko, and the arrests were made in three raids carried out in Hankow of war supplies are being continually sent into Chinese territory and "cun-Jon June 1, 14 and 15 respectively. ting methods" are being employed to Well-known Residents carry on the arms trafic, the informant declared, Since several of the men concerned Jare wall known and respected by the Ship Anchor Of Coast foreign community in Hankow, the residerly went on to say, everything Munitions and assorted cargoes possible has been done by the various which "undoubtedly are war mater-bodies "in the ely to ascertain the ials;" according to the Chinese ar-whereabouts of the men or at least rival, are being secretly unloaded to see that they were given a trial from freighters anchored along. the [The International Chamber of Com-northeastern eoést of Tongking and Jmverce and the Consular Body inter-then shipped to Liangshan on the Jested themselves in. the ease and it Kwangsi border, which recently be-was understood that Generalissimo came a "relay" centre, Jand Mme. Chiang Kai-shek were In-Military equipment collected formed of the arrests and were said Liangshan is distributed to Nanning have promised to have the matter and points in the vicinity by way of ed, but in the meanwhile the Liuchow in Central Kwangsi or to had occupied hankow and Kunming over the recently opened thing further was heard, highway' linking Kunming and. Line There cannot be any doubt what~ chow by way of Poseh in. western Jsoever," the arrival dium Hankow Kwangsi, the Chinese arrival stated, continued, "that the prisoners had A fect of empty trucks is to be [been removed from Hankow long be-observed daily speeding from Hale fore the Japanese occupation. When hong to the Kwangsi border, skirting rumours were current that one of the Hanoi en route, to be loaded with, missing men had been seen in a military supplies at Liangshan, he prison-cell in Wuhan, the Japanese military authorities were asked to In-[vestigate and found that no forelgnei was being detained at the time of the [Japanese occupation of that city." Other rumours reaching Hankow at
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