Soviet Move to Aid China

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 20, 16 October 1937, Page 5

Soviet Move to Aid China

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JAPANESE CHARGE Oiiter Mongolia, With Troops to be Handed Back TOKIO PAPER'S REP0RT

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(Keeeiyed 16, 1.50 P-®*) TOKIO, Oct. 15. The newspaper Nichi Kiehi Shimhun alleges that the Soviet is consideiing letwning Outer ALongoJia to Chipa eo that Mongolian txoops can be ineluded m the Chinese Army, "It iis xejported ' frojn Tsitsihar that the Soviet has mobilised one xogiinent of evexy division of the Bed Aimy and seot them to Outer Mongolia," the paper adds. 'Thxee thousand men have already ieft s Blagovestchensk fox Oiiter Mongolia. Mechanised battalions and pianes axe standing by." . Accoxding to a Shanghai message the Chinese frustxated an attempt by 32 ; transports and 23 warships to -land xeinfoxcements on the hanks of the Tangtse xiver 43 miles from Shanghai. A Kanhing message Teports that the Chinese claim their gxeat offensive to Noxth Sbnnwi is succeeding. The Chinese have captured Lanyan, and another column is attacking Taichow. The Chinese Eed Axmy is ceasolessly carxying on guerilla waxfate behind the . Japanese lines. It is believed that the | Japanese badly need xeinfoxcements as ; a result of their heavy losses. The dapanese Admixalty admits that ; ^ve aeroplanes failed to retnrn from a x4d on 'Nanking, bnt saya that the Japanese pianes brought down eight Chinese macliines. Bixteen Japanese ibomblfcs, one of which was shofc d.own, attaeked the Hongkong-Canton . Tail' communications, blowing up the Sheklung bxidge. Toux f rains, earrying 3500 passengers, wero forced to return to Hongkong.