Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-09-20 | Page 5 | Chinese Claim Foes Checked

Chinese Claim I Foes Foes- Checked SHANGHAI Sept 20 Chinese RI-Chinese UP Chinese reports said today sharp counter attacks attacks at- at tacks acks near had inflicted h heavy leavy avy Japanese casualties and caused setbacks in the invaders' invaders drive toward provisional capital miles northwest of Jui Jui- chang clang The Chinese said their forces had withdrawn on the north bank of the tine Yangtze river west of Wu- Wu sueh 90 air miles southeast of permitting the Japanese to gal gain an Important foothold On the south bank however the Chinese insisted their slashing counter counter coun- coun ter er thrusts had forced the Japanese to o retreat and that the invaders were vere stalled in efforts to re reach ch Nan- Nan chang Chinese air lr base and provincial capital miles southeast southeast southeast south south- east of In that sector the Chinese said the he Japanese were bogged down north of on the railroad TOKYO Sept 20 UP Japan W-Japan Japan re received received received re- re the League of Nations' Nations invitation invitation tation to settle the China incident through the league today The cabinet meets Wednesday to toc c consider it b but t there seemed little mUe likelihood Japan apan would accept