JAPANESE ARMY
REORGANISATION OF HIGH COMMAND Pre*« Awocialion—By Telegraph—Copyright TOKIO. September 12. (Received September 13, at 10.30 a.m.V Japanese army commands ha\ been reorganised, involving some of the highest officers/ General Nisbio has been appointed commander in China, General Itagaki chief of staff, and General Umezu commander of the Manchukuo armies. BLOCKADE OF HONGKONG LIFTED SHIPPING RESUMED. LONDON, September 12. (Received September 13, at 1 p.m.) The Hongkong correspondent of ‘The "Times’ says the Japanese have lifted the undeclared blockade of the Hongkong border. Shipping has resumed and foodstuffs are entering. Some of the refugees are returning. LARGE-SCALE AIR RAIDS TOKIO, September 12; (Received September 13, at 11 a.m.) The Japanese claim_ to have carried out large-scale air raids on Laifenghsien and also Luhsien, 66 miles front Chungking, on the Yangtse. damaging and bombing military establishments.
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Evening Star, Issue 23370, 13 September 1939, Page 8
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136JAPANESE ARMY Evening Star, Issue 23370, 13 September 1939, Page 8
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