Five-thousand Chinese troops belonging to Chungking's 93rd Army who had been clinging to the heights of the Pinshan and Tungshen mountains in the Taihung range. were routed on the morning of May 22 when encircling Japanese units carried out a general offensive.
The main force of the Chungking armies of 3.000 strong. stamped, from the hills into deeper mountains leaving more than 1050 dead on the field of battle. Five-hundred and sixty-five prisoners also were taken. These included 18 officers.
Booty included two trench mortars, 12 machine guns. 548 rifles. 107 horses and lodge quantities of ammunition—Domei.
Haagsche Pos at present e under German control, and we may be sure that the opinions voiced originated in German quarters. The more so as the living spaces, into which the world organized on an Axis pattern is to be subdivided, are frequently mentioned. There would be no more pernicious development as the one sided oriental tion of Netherlands India, economy advocated by the enemy.
The article follows:—be gathered from the little news we receive these days, the negotiations between the Japanese and the Netherlands dele-rates are proceeding a little more favourably although no definite results have been reached as yet.
"Nevertheless this should not give rise to undue optimism. Experience has shown that in negotiations with the Japanese new influences are apt to arise suddenly which can cause an equally sudden change in the aspects of things, "As long as we have no more complete information concerning the differences between Netherlands India and Japan we are unable to judge whether the negotiations are being conducted on a more friendly footing.
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