GREAT RELIEF
TOLL OF THE FIGHTING Rec. June 1, 8.0 p.m. Peking, June 1. The truce has brought great relief. It is estimated that the (Jhinese lost 30,000 men and the Japanese 10,000 ' during the two years intermittent fighting. „■ The signing of the armistice will ' release the greater part of the Ja- ' ' panese troops for service against 'bandits in Manchukuo, and the pror posed campaign for the eventual ac- ' quisition of the Kalgan area. The Chinese, while expecting hos- ' tility from the enemies of the Government, agree that the armistice represents the best terms they could expect in the circumstances. , The treaty demilitarises the area inside the Great Wall, approximately 5000 square miles.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 547, 2 June 1933, Page 5
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