| Show War Fury Causes Evacuation li Of Thi Three ee Great Chinese Cities Cities' Advance of Jap-an Jap Japanese se Sends Thousands to C Coast ast or Deep Into Interior Interi r SHANGHAI June 9 UP Wars War's Wars War's fury today was causing a mass migration migration migration mi mi- gration from three thre gr great at cities addIng adding adding add add- ing innumerable thousands to en estimated d refugees already homeless as a. a result of Japans Japan's gi gigantic gigantic gigantic gi- gi gantic sweep across across across' Chinas China's good earth Relentless ince at Canton had caused an estimated to flee to the coast and the interior packing all available con con- Thousands more were fleeing south and west from junction point of the west east-west I and south north-south Pel ping ping- railways which was under the immediate shadow of Japans Japan's advancing army Still other thousands chiefly women and children were walking riding and taking boats from Han Han- kow w provisional capital of General- General Chiang shek's Kai central centra Chinese government In the wake of the announced decision to move many government offices and convert convert con con- convert vert Chinas China's Chicago into a amill military mill mili tary camp for defense to the lastman last las man The Japanese army in six spearheads spearheads spearheads spear spear- heads was arrayed in stepladder f formation on a sweeping mlle mile front fronti thrusting at anc and and the railway that runs between The major assault force reached to within 10 miles of on the east Five other columns stretching in ina ina ina a southeasterly direction across Honan Honan Honan Ho- Ho nan and provinces thrust deep toward the interior of China From north to south they were disposed disposed disposed dis dis- dis- dis posed as follows 1 A column closest to cutting th the Continued on Pa One Pace e Two mn Column One I r CHINESE FLEE FLEEn n f FROM 3 CITIES tr rs r Continued from Page One i V line between and Han- Han kow kaw was driving at 40 t miles south of the former pity ity Cavalrymen f appearing In the vicinity n 1 of yesterday indicated severance severance sev- sev w. w erance of the line was imminent 2 A unit pushing west from aimed at 50 1 t. miles south of 3 Another force was at Hwai Hwai- yang yang after having taken J and was less than 50 miles from miles south of Cheng- Cheng chow how on the line 4 Another command after ar a r week three-week stalemate at in InC C central province advanced I southwestward 20 miles yesterday toward Shucheng miles east of 5 5 Two Japanese warships steamY steamIng steam- steam Y Ing miles up the Yangtze river f r above the former capital landed yet another column below provincial capital capita i Five gunboats bombarded Chinese positions at near near Tatung in an attempt to land additional t forces of marines The attempt was I repulsed with a loss of 60 killed and drowned Ch Chinese Chines nese reports said iT y Faced with these six threats the thet thes t s Chinese government ordered evacuation ration of its most important offices Most of the government pers personnel 1 was going t temporarily to Chung Chung- king Szechwan province in far southwestern Chin China with the probability probability ability the next capital would be established still farther south in provi province ce On the front Japanese Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese estimated d Chinese troops were taking positions for a defense of that junction city The Th major r f forces however were withdrawing to the southwest t to take up defense positions in mountain moun moun- R tain tain ranges r Japanese stilt still were engaged in or mopping mopping up villages between tie the L railroad and the Yellow w river about Japanese said Chinese counterattacked counterattacked counterattacked coun- coun In an attempt to recapture recapture recap- recap k ture b but t were repulsed repulse d with a loss of 2000 I The invaders admitted their present present pres- pres present ent force was too small to take tak e by direct attack but expected ex ex- ex reinforcements shortly |
