Evening star., 1933-04-22
Objectives Gained When Chi
nese Are Driven Away
From JehoI Border.
NEUTRAL ZONE PLANNED
EAST OF LWAN RIVER
Brigades to Be Returned to North
to Combat Bandits in Con-
quered Area.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TOXIC, April 22.-The war oGce
announced today that j. OcE-se troops
have been ordered to cease their at
tacks on, and halt their pursuit Of,
Chinese troops south Of the Great Wall
Of China.
The campaign south Of the wall, 1t
said, has gained all objectives-the
termination Of Chinese pressure on the
southern boundary Of Jehol Province
and the pushing of the Chinese be-
yond artillery range of the wall. The
campaign began officially April 10, more
than a month after the seizure cf Jehol.
A war office spokesman said the
Chinese have been expelled entirely
from the district eastward Of the Lwan
River and also from a zone extending
an average depth of 10 miles below the
wall west of the Ivan River as far as
the Miyun area.
Bitter Fight Reported.
Shortly after the war office an
nouncement was made the Rengo (Jap-
anese) News Agency received a dispatch
from its Kupeikow correspondent say
ing sanguinary fighting had been go
ing on southwest Of Kupeikow since
Friday morning. On Friday, the cor
respondent said, the Chinese attacked
positions held by Maj. Gen. Tadashi
Kawahara's brigade
The attacks were repulsed with
heavy Chinese losses, according to the
japanese account. which admitted
there were numerous japanese cas-
ualties.
Today Gen. Kawahara attacked for
the purpose of driving back the Chinese
in the direction of Miyun, which is
about IS miles northeast Of Peiping.
Reinforcements were reported to be
moving steadily into the Chinese lines
from Miyun.
The japanese claimed some progress
despite stubborn resistance. They as
serted there were five Chinese divisions
in the Miyun district, including some
of the regulars of Marshal Chang Kai-
Shek, the most powerful military figure
Of China.
Plan Neutral Zone.
The triangular area east of the river,
which cuts through the wall, extends
nearly 100 miles to the sea and about
60 miles, at its base. along the seacoast.
GA Shanghai dispatch said japanese
and Manchukuan officials established
an Independent provisional government
In that area Friday at Peitaiho)
The occupied section along the wall
to the west of the river extends another
100 miles inland. Recent air bomb
ings were believed to have scattered
Chinese concentrations at Miyun, IS
miles northeast of Peiping, below the
western end of the Jehol border. The
japanese contended these concentra-
ticns were threatening Kupeikow,
Great Wall pass 80 miles north Of
Miyun.
Without seeking Chinese agreement,
the japanese army intends to maintain
a neutral zone in this area thus cleared,
it was stated. Any Chinese troops at
by japanese planes. If this fails, In
fantry operations will be renewed.
The Japanese command believes the
Chinese are unlikely to attempt to re-
occupy the zone.
Want Troops Against Bandits.
The japanese intend to hold the
present lines only little longer, they
said, until there Is no likelihood OF
fresh Chinese attacks.
The war office spokesman admitted
the japanese were anxious to return
a portion of the brigades participating
in the Jehol and north China cam
paigns to their former stations in north
Manchuria. owing to q revival Of BAN
ditry and insurgency against the Man.
chuk,1o Coverpmont
The war Office denied that Japan was
encouraging the reported attempt of
the Manchurian general, Ting Chang,
to establish pro- -Manchukuo regime
east of the Lwan River and declared
such schemes would be disclosed.
Japan has no intention Of assisting
in the extension Of the Manchukuo
governments authority beyond the
Great Wall, it was asserted.
Since the Japanese offensive south
of the Great Wall began, there were
reports that 1t was not likely to halt
until it reached Tientsin and Peiping,
the two cities where most of the 5000
Americans in the area live.