Show IP ANESE ROUT IA 1000 oooo CHINESE I SHANGHAI s March 1 A A army of turned In Sight through southern Shansi leaving the Japanese in of virtually all the vast area the north and east of the Yellow IverT er The e Chinese retreat was bombed by Japanese planes l eking king to rout completely whatever i inese armed forces remained ng mg the gigantic U-formed U Yel- Yel v's vs s course through mid I I Japanese military accounts toI to- to I fht ht said the Chinese were toUy toUy to Uy fly demoralized and abandonS abandon- abandon ti S the south Shansi defenses ith th large lare straggling groups in the snow-blanketed snow fountains by br a rapidly tighten tighten- g ring of Japanese troops The Fhe e main China force Japanese Id d fled across the Yellow river province to the south d west main stronghold of Chi- Chi communist troops Japanese Cross River I jOne One Japanese Japanese- column reportedly sled s ed the Yellow river to occupy up pao o. o first town to be captured Japanese in province While the Shansi defenses were jumbling Chinese asserted howYe howver how- how Ye ver that Japanese offensives else- else j fh there here re were held in check Tonight's T nights night's Chinese accounts Chinese still held an area 30 miles forth of in Honan nce and were attacking Japanese n both oth sides of I There here was teas bitter fighting along the river in province province ince northwest of but r Japanese still were unable to adt advance advance ad ad- t vance nce along the r railway io To the south of the Hwai Chinese Chinese Chi Chi- nese guerrilla units were viero harassing harass harass- in ing the Japanese as far as len slen 30 miles south of kwan Falling ing back slowly before Japa- Japa ese ese tank units Chinese admitted evere overe fighting was in progress at and villages ti tithe the Shantung border 30 miles of K 5 Rail Terminus Is Goal coastal city is the east east- terminus east r rn terminus of the rail- rail ay Chinas China's vital west east-west comi com- com i line for which the Jap- Jap nse nese nese are striving SHANGHAI SHANGHAI March arch 1 Brit UP-Brit- guarding the onal Settlement and foreigners ear ear by were endangered the Brith Brit- Brit h charged today by a sentry who shot dead a aee ee ng Chinese The l The e shooting British army au- au said was at Keswick road the British defense sector Uhe settlement The gge ie incident provoked sharp tenon tenon tenon ten ten- on and barriers were let let- letdown down l long loag ng the Great Western road boun houn- iry ary of the British sector during a alij alq If hour o of bitter dispute The indicated they were consid- consid ring a strong protest to the Japa- Japa ese comman command LONDON March 1 INS INS Chi Chi- Minister H H. H H. Kung concluded negotiations with merican bankers hankers for a an to China it was reported in an x hange Telegraph dispatch from fromong fromong rom ong Kong today |