Asked as to when the Japanese government would officially recognize the new Nanking government, a spokesman at yesterday's Japanese Press conference said that no date had been set yet but that recognition would be forthcoming promptly.
With regard to Chinese claims according to which Lingshan had been Occupied by them, the military spokesman said that early this month Chinese troop concentrations were noticed and that the Japanese forces in the district started a counteroffensive on March 13, which reached its conclusion on March 19, when the Japanese had arrived at their objective.
He strongly denied that the Jap: ese had been forced to wither: from Lingshan and maintained that 18,000 Chinese troops took part in the offensive, 50 Per Cent. Higher Tax for Turkey
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