CHINESE "SUCCESSES"

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 164, 29 July 1937, Page 5

CHINESE "SUCCESSES"

Foreign Circles Doubt Authenticity CLAIMS AND DENIALS (Received 29, 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, July 28. I lie absence of confirmation of Ohinn.e "successes," combined with oosii^e Japanese denials of them, caused ;oieign circles to doubt the authenfiity of the Ohinese reports of victor108. The Nanking Government cabled tfie hinese Embapsy ia London that Innese troops tecovered Lengfang and drove out tfie Japanese l'rora Tung how where they captured three tapks nd fioped ahortly to dominate tfie au•onoroous area of' Hopei, of which Tung *'how is the capital. The Chinese dejare that thev captured seven bombers when they took Chao Chai-teng terodrome, southward of Peiping. Higns of an effective Japanese raily lre perceptible, however, in the Chin•se admission that the Japanese reorcupiod Fengtai after a counter-attack asriug seven hours. l'hey also dogvodly counter-attacked at Lerigfang. i'clegrams from overseas Chinese are itiluging the Government. They urge esistance to the death and promise ■ilimited money supplies. Foreign forces at Peiping consist of iUO Laucasfiire Fasiliers, 500 American n.ninies, 25o Frencli and 100 Italian ops. The lapuuese Embussy guard > ..is beeu greutlv augnienteU, There 'vue 20,000 Japanese troops in tho peipigg gnA Tieutgifl area. on Mojadajrg