The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-04-10
|h|A|SCHUKU0 Army,
| HALTED IN ATTACK,
! IS given SUPPORT.
New Nations Forces Thrown
Back At chlnwanotao to
Chinese Defenders
sHIHMENcHAl REcAPTuRED
Tokyo War Office Says Il !.
Absurd 10 Think Of lnvad-
Ing China Proper
SYMMETRICAL REcAPruREo
tBy The Associated Prew,

Close upon foreign reports from
Tientsin, China. that Manchukuoan
army advancing into North China
proper had been thrown back from
Chinwangtao, came Japanese claims
that It was advancing again on that
city Monday.
A general drive to end Chinese
counter-offensives on Japanese posi-
lions along the Great Wall Of China
was announced at the Japanese mill
tary headquarters In Manchuria.
japanese forces attacked from Ill
the main passes along the 200-mile
stretch Of the fall forming the south
ern border Of Jehol.
Despite q japanese war office dis
avQwal Of responsibility for the Man
Chukuoen invasion Of undisputed
Chinese territory In the Chinwangtao
area, . Shanhaikwan dispatch said
japanese soldiers were sent to aid the
Manchukuoans.
On that front, the Chinese claimed
they had recaptured shihmenchai,
lost April I. shanhaikwan. taken JAN
3 by the japanese, was reported threa-
tened.
5000 Americans IN Area
The Japanese war office said It was
absurd to think the Japanese were
going to the cities Of Peiping and
Tientsin. There are about 5000 Amer
leans. including 1900 marines and SOL
diers, in the Peiping- Tlentsin area.
The army headquarters, however,
announced TWAS impossible to pre-
dict what the end Of the offensive
would be.
A Rengo (Japanese) news agency
report from Changchun, Japanese
military headquarters in Manchuria,
eaid japanese forces along the Great
Wall launched an offensive Monday
designed to terminate Chinese coun-
ter-attacks at the wall passes.
The headquarters said "the persis-
tently hostile attitude Of Chinese
forces" necessitated the drive. ia
panese airplanes. cooperating with In
fantry, were reported bombing the
Chinese.
The Tokyo war office said the Of
fensive was local operation designed
for tactical improvement Of the Great
Wall lines and that It was absurd to
believe the japanese were going to
continue to Peiping and Tientsin. the
main cities in the international treaty
zone south Of the wall.
Fighting ct Lenskow
Operations centered at Lengkow, q
wall pass directly north Of Klein
changing, where one regiment Of
Mai. Gen. Yoshiaki TAkata's and .
portion Of Maj. Gen. Heijiro Hattoris
infantry hrigades were attacking.
The japanese admitted Lengkow.
hitherto has been In Chinese hands.
About $1,000 Chinese troops were con-
centrated in that region along the
central section Of the southern Jehol
border.
simultaneously japanese units ct
11sinfenkow and Chiehlingkow attack
ed In order to prevent Chinese troops
1ein1orcing Lengkow. Hxfenk0w .
about % miles inland and Chiehling-
kow Is the most important pass be-
tween that point and the coast.
From Kupeikow, only s. miles
northeast Of Peiping, Maj. Gen. Tada-
shi Kawaharas forces attacked the
Chinese ct Nantienmen. long the Eel
ping road.
In announcing the Offensive. the
army headquarters stressed the month
the japanese have spent along the
wall, declaring they remained there
patiently despite increasing Chinese
provocation&.
] How far the situation will develop
depends entirely on the Chinese. Il
Is impossible to predict" the Chang
chun dispatch said.