Chungking, Oct. 3.
Chinese torees are very active in the area south of the Shanghai-Nanking railway, declared a Chinese military spokesman at this afternoon's press conference.
Chinese troops are said to be tacking Japanese positions ut Wu: hing, on the south shore of Tai Lake, and at Chingkiang, below Questioned regarding movements of Japanese aircraft, the spokesman said the number of aircraft at Hankow Was about the same as before, but there had been an increase in south Ching and a decrease in the number of machines at Yunchen, in south 4 Shansi.
"There is no danger of the Japanese advancing westward from Tehang into Szechuen for the purpose of seizing Chungking." The spokesman based his belief on the lack of fresh activi-les on the part of the Japanese forces in the Tehang area, which, he said, had come to a standstill since July.
Commenting on a report that strong Chinese columns were advancing, slong the north and south banks of the "Yangtze River, converging on Ichang ina. pincer movement, he stated such development was "pose sible."
Replying to a question regarding a report that 60,000 Chinese troops moved into positions on the banks of the Yangtze opposite Kiukang for the Durpose. of "disrupting river com munications between Shanghai and Hankow, the spokesman declared it was only natural that the Chinese High Command was trying to inter= fore with traMe on this main Japan-transportation artery in. central
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