The Archive · 1939

Chinese Near Canton

A claim to have been taken to a hill-top overlooking Canton is made by the South China correspondent of the official Central News Agency, in message received here today.

"arrived at Chinese outposts south of Huansien, approximately 20 miles from Canton, on April 24." the correspondent siates in his telegram to the Central News Agency. was taken by the local regiment-1 commander to a. hill-top. over Joking Canton, where T could see Kwangingshan '(Goddess of Mercy Hill) clearly in the distance, and the: four-story Ngalchun Mansions."—Reuter.

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