Washington reports of Ame Soviet negotiations for the Japane: the Dutch East Indic: garding an under si Britain and the United States ce cerning the Far East were splashed under h lines in this morning's Chinese new papers.
The Chinese watch ments closely, since it believed among them Britain and the Uni to ce-operate in the Fi ese aggression will be checked in the near tutu—Reuter he "fleet-foote nan, Sept, 8. Chins who specialize n hit-and. tactics met their match last week in north-western Shansi as Japane: forces brought to a ssu lui conclusion their eight-day campaign against 10,000 communist troops infesting the south of the T: n-Shichiachw ug Railway, field n ing here today d Launching the: general offensive arly on Thurs in the neighbourhood o en, south f the Taiyuan-Shihchiachwang Rail-E Japanese forces dealt, aft hours of fierce fighting, a crushing blow to the Chinese communist troops who lost 4,255 men. The enemy troops taken prisoners by the Japanese forces numbered 450.
The booty gained by the Japanese included 47 light machine-guns, 567 rifles, 17 automatic rifle 31,000 rounds of ammunition as large quantities of military supplies and food stuffs, an official dispatch stated.
This brings the number of war dead 10,000 among Chi rust troops in eastern and north-parts of Shansi since the opening of the Japanese mopping-up operations against them on August Japanese officer ed as the British Planes Bomb Ships Off Norway most: 1 believe, s the the no-Japanese hostilities marked in conclusion.
London, Sept. i.
Aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm have again been operating over the coast "Even the dogs do eat of the crumbs that fall from their master's table" two German wegian coast, and promptly attacked. A hit was obtained on one of these. and the ship was last seen abandoned and sinking. The other is said to have been seriously damaged by near misses, and to have been last seen with a heavy list and abandoned by the crew.
These were the only two ships seen. All the ler: re stated to have} returned safe! Reuter.
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