Japanese second in command at this victorious troops advance on Nanking. Fall of Chinese capital now imminent. The fall of Nanking, the Chinese capital, is now reported to be imminent. It is said that Chinese resistance has completely collapsed and that the Japanese forces are now waiting outside the walls of the city to allow the remaining Chinese troops to evacuate before a formal entry is made. Photo shows, Lt Gen K Harada, second-in-command of the victorious Japanese troops, as he talked with foreign observers. 7 December 1937