Evening star., 1937-09-30
CHINA COMMUNIST
FORCE OF 100000
SPEEDS TO BATTLE
KiangSi Army HaStenS to
Stem Relentless March
of Japanese.
SOVIET CHIEF REPORTED
AIDING NANKING TROOPS
Marshal Galents- -Bluecher Said to
Be Advising-Shanghai Big
Push at Standstill.
BACKGROUND

Reports OF Russian cooperation
NTH China in defense against
Jdpan's inDaSion tolloWed signing
Russo Chinese non-aggreSSion pact.
Marshal Bluecher reported to hare
discussed Russian reinforcementS
Nth iUar materials in conference
NTH Chinese leaders at Urga. Out
er Mongolia. Seperal l0eekS ago.
japanese attack has erased contro-
uerSy between Marking goUern-
ment and Communist Armies OPP
Grating in northwest. Communists
haze directed forces against. jap
anese forces in North China.
1s the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, September 30.-Two
hundred thousand more Chinese Com
munists were ordered to the North
China front today to stem the re-
lentless advance of the Japanese
Army. as Chinese outside Shanghai
continued to hold their positions and
showed no signs of weakening.
Communist forces in Kiangsi Prov
ince we're mustered to join Nation
alist troops. their old enemies, as
the Japanese advanced through East
ern Hopeh almost to the border OF
Shantung Province, which has felt
only light, infrequent attacks from
armies from the Land of the Rising
Sun.
With their offensive in Central and
North China being pushed vigorously,
japanese sources declared their IN
formation indicated Marshal VASTLY
Galents- -Bluecher, commander in chief
of Soviet Russia's Siberian forces, was
advising the Chinese armies.
The japanese big push" against
the Chinese defense lines northwest
of Shanghai was fought to stand
still. japanese hurled every weapon
they could muster against the strong
ly-fortified Chinese positions, but
were unable to smash through.
At midday, after more than "a hours
of desperate fighting japanese
spokesman admitted only minor gains
had been made.
Domei Reports Bluecher Activity.
The Domei (Japanese) News Agency
reported from Nanking that Marshal
Galents- -Bluecher was directing the
Chinese resistance by telephone from
his Siberian headquarters.
Twice daily, the Domei dispatch
said, the Russian marshal was in
communication with E. D. Lepin, mill
tary attache of the Soviet Embassy
in Marking, receiving the fullest re-
ports and advising on troop opera
tions.
The dispatch declared that the road
across the western province of Sin
kiang was choked with trucks bring
ing munitions and other military sup
plies into China from Soviet Siberia.
Across Sinkiang. the Soviet Am
bassador. Dmitri Bogomoloff, raced
aboard a special plane to Moscow
for a conference that observers said
would have vital bearing on Rus
sia's future course in the. undeclared
6ino-Japanese war. Bogomolof was
expected to arrive in Moscow today.
japanese Near Shantung.
japanese reported that their ad-
vance in North China had carried
them through Eastern Hopeh Prov
ince to within Is miles of the border
of Shantung Province.
The japanese assaulted the Chinese
Shanghai lines on 25-mile front to-
day all the way from the Chapel Sec
tor just north of the International
Settlement to Liuhong and Lotier.
Chinese asserted that their lines had
not budged a foot under the treren-
dous pressure.
The japanese claimed to have
pushed back the Chinese line only
slightly in Chapel and at the north
western flank around Lotien and
Liuhong
While japanese warplanes were
bombing the entire Shanghai front
all the way from the North Station to
Liuho. similar raids were in progress
on Chinese troop concentrations at
the secondary positions on the Nam
Eiang-Kiating line.
Chinese airdromes at Soochow.
Ningpo, Hangchow and Chinhai on a
radius roughly 100 miles from Shang-
hal were also bombed, a Japanese
spokesman announced.