Chungking, July 5.
Five new divisions were being sent from Japan to China, it was alleged today by a Chinese military spokesman. "He expressed the opinion, however, that these five new divisions did not represent fresh reinforcements for any" contemplated large-scale offensive in China, but were probably in the nature of replacements.
Aiter seven failures in their tempt to oust the Chinese forces holding out in the Chungtioshan Mountains in South Shansi province, the spokesman declared, the Japanese forces launched two drives into the mountains in rapid. succession.
The Chinese spokesman claimed that both Japanese attacks were repulsed with heavy losses, Turning to Chinese operations in the south, the Chinese spokesman alleged that Chinese forces had launched attacks in areas (o the south of Canton, in the vicinity of Sunwei and Kongmoon, where "Chinese mobile units raided the Japanese _positions."—Reuter. were scattered by Japanese Army planes in a bombardment of the Kaoan area, west of Nanchang in northern Kiangsi, 'A large number of horses were] killed by bombs. Japanese commanders had received advance reports that Chinese troops in the region planed an attack on Japanese lines south of Nanchang. The Japanese forces launched a drive to wipe them out on Friday—Domei New Regimes to Confer In Tsingtao Tientsin, July of Nanking will hold a conference at Tsingtao on July 10 for the purpose of forming a new central Government for China and also to select a "supreme leader," the Japan-Jose army's chief spokesman announced here today.
Leaders of both governments will be represented at the conference, which will open on July 10. The agenda "has not. yet been formally arranged, but the chief business will deal with the mapping out of conjerete plans for the formation of the new consolidated government, the spokesman indicated, Great interest was aroused here by the spokesman's "announcement and there was much speculation whether the conference would be attended by Mr. Wang Ching-wei, dismissed Chungking" Government ° political ender, and Marshal Wu ' Pel-fu, former warlord whom the Japanese have been trying to persuade to join the new regime.
Mr. Wang was reported to have visited Peiping recently and to have interviewed "Provisional Govern-/ment" leaders in connection with the conference to be held at Tsingtao, There were persistent rumours Jomong well-informed Chinese circles that Mr. Wang would probably asked to head the new combined Government or act as the Premier,
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