Walking on to the Rowing Club enclosure the Mai Commander was met by prominent military officers and civilians including Major-
General Telfer-Smollet, Col And-remi, commanding the Savoia Grenachers; Col. Perretier, commanding the French Forces; Major Corbin, Major Ashmore; Major K. M. Bourne, Commissioner of Police; Mr.
Franklin, Chairman of the Judge N. E. Lurton of the States Court for China; and' others.
Genenat Chiang Kai-shek is optimistic over the outcome of the impending war in Hunan province, according to Chinese sources in Hongkong, says a report to the "Wen Wei Pao." Large Chinese forces are being detailed from Szechuen, Kweichow and Yunnan to the Hunan war fronts, where a fierce battle is expected. The various Chinese provincial authorities, the report adds, are making preparations to wage a protracted war against Japan.
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