The USS. Luzon was preceded by '4 Japanese warship which was act~ {ng as pilot and escort. The distance Yelween the American and the 'Tapanese vessels was about 600 yards, ccording to Lieut.-Col. Saito 'Upon receipt of a report of the shelling, the Japanese navy imme~ lately" sent' another vessel to. the area. A landing party sent ashore from this ship succeeded In routing the' Chinese who fled to the south faking their artillery with them, the spokesman declared.
ear-Admiral' W. A. Glassford, commander of the US, Yangtes Patrol, Commander H, E, Overresch, naval atiaché, Major William Mayer, Military Attache, Major James Me-Hugh, "USMC, assistant naval attache, and Mf. Sidney P. Lafoon, private' secretary, are also aboard the Luzon, which tect Shanghai on January 22. The USS. Guam was also accompanying the flagship, to gol tio, 'The Mongolian troops, totalling one division, are commanded by General Pel Hal-feng, a Mongol youth, who received his military training' in Nanking.
"There 1s no Mongolian problem in Suiyuan, only a Japanese' problem, declared General Fu Tso-yi, Interview at his field headquarters, "Once the Japanese are driven out, the asserted, "the entire issue will be solved."
General Fu is known among his men as a "common general," because he shares the conditions of his men. He is honest and straightforward, and invariably in front whatever and wherever a battle is severest.
He has at present under his command over 20 Chinese, afongolian and Moslem units—Reuter.
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