THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 20, 1937.
FREE ACTION THREAT
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SEVERAL IMPORTANT DECISIONS ARE SAID TO HAVE BEEN REACHED, AND DR. WANG CHUNG-HUI REVEALED THAT GENERALISSIMO CHIANG KAI-SHEK IS ARRIVING FROM KULING" TO-MORROW OR THE FOLLOWING DAY. OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.
JAPANESE TROOPS FOR SHANGHAI?
TIENTSIN, TO-DAY.
COMMAND OF THE ARMIES
Feng To Take Charge Of Centre
and
Nanking, To-day. Well informed circles state that the Nanking Government has decid- IT IS LEARNED HERE THAT GENERAL CHIANG KAI-ed to appoint Marshals Feng Yu-
Yen Shih-shan, SHEK HAS SENT A SPECIAL MESSAGE TO THE CENTRAL siang and GOVERNMENT TROOPS NOW INSIDE THE HOPEI BORDER, General Han Fu-chu, Governor of INSTRUCTING THEM THAT THEY ARE NOT TO YIELD AN Shantung, to be Commanders-in- INCH OF TERRITORY TO THE JAPANESE BUT ARE TO DE-chief respectively of the centre, left. FEND THEIR COUNTRY AT ALL COSTS.
wing and right wing of the troops to reinforce the north.
Cheh-yuan, Chair- General Sung.. man of the Hopei-Chahar Political Council, will be appointed as Com- mander-in-chief of the front in charge of his own 29th. Army well as the Nanking troops at present in Hopei if hostilities can-
Á STARTLING RUMOUR IS IN CIRCULATION THAT THE ARRIVAL OF SOME THOUSANDS OF JAPANESE TROOPS IN SHANGHAT IS IMMINENT. OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. TIENTSIN UNDERSTANDING ?
Tientsin, 12.07 p.m., To- day. The Japanese military authorities state that an understanding has been reached between the Jap- anese Command and a representative of the 29th Route Army.
a8
not be avoided. Our Own Corres- pondent..
JAPAN'S WARNING
DEMAND
The understanding stipulates the steps to be! taken by the Chinese authorities for suppression of Communist and anti-Japanese activities. Reuter. Ho Ying-ching Receives CLASH AT LUKOUCHIAO
Tientsin, 12.50 p.m., To-day.
Maj.-Gen. Kita
Shanghai, To-day. At 4 p.m. yesterday, Major-Gen- It is reported that a Sino-Japanese clash occurred at Lukou-eral Kita, the Japanese military chiao at 5.30 yesterday evening, for which each side blames the attache, called on General Ho Ying-
ching, the War
other.
The engagement appeared to have been only a brief affairing the immediate withdrawal
Reuter.
́ STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED
Minister, demand-
of the 29th Army and the Nanking troops in North. China.
In reply, General Ho rejected the demand, saying that it was the duty
Nanking, To-day. of Chinese soldiers to defend their Following the reply of the Central Government territories. He added that the Ja- to the Japanese ultimatum, military commanders panese authorities must be held re- in all provinces throughout the country have responsible for any war that might
come.Our Own Correspondent ceived instructions to mobilise their armies, ready to defend their areas as well as to support the 29th Army in North China.
It is believed that a state of emergency is be- ing proclaimed for the whole of China but news concerning mobilisation of troops is strictly cen- sored.
Martial law has been ordered in most of the treaty ports and troops sent to all strategic points. -Our Own Correspondent.
KIDNAP RUMOUR
Tientsin, To-day,
It is rumoured here that Major
Wang Yuan-chang was kidnapped by Japanese gendarmes and is now im- prisoned in the Japanese Concession. It is said that the Japanese are
a
trying to force him to disclose
by General Sung. -Da-Doo. certain code which was being used
LETTERS WRITTEN IN N BLOOD
both sides, and the withdrawal of According to an Associated Press all troops to the positions held be-message from Tokyo, Japan is aflame with war fever The Foreign Office fore the Lukouchiao incident.
ON THE BRINK OF cessation of military movements by
WAR
"Free Action" Threat In Tientsin
Shanghai, To-day, The rapid events of the past 24′ hours find China and Japan on the brink of war, with the hope of a last-minute change for the better fast vanishing.
The Japanese military author ities at Tientsin have threatened to take free action to-day unless the Chinese troops cease their "illegal actions.
It is emphasised that China is is receiving thousands of letters prepared to enter into negotiations from all over the empire, written with Japan through diplomatic in blood, urging the government to channels.
punish China.
A flood of money and gifts con- This reply was followed by the tinues to pour in. Among the
most coins delivery of Major-General Kita's touching contributions are “last warning," to which General from children who have stopped eat- Ho Ying-ching, the War Minister, ing candy to help the government. in reply pointed out that the Chin- ese were acting in self-defence but were prepared to consider the withdrawal of all Central Govern- from Hopei if the ment forces Japanese withdraw all reinforce- ments sent to the province after the Lukouchião incident.
TIENTSIN CRISIS CA
Sino
Meanwhile,
The Japanese military attache, Major-General Kita, delivered a “last warning to the War Office în Nanking yesterday evening, de manding withdrawal of the Central Japanese ne Government's troops and aircraft would p sent to Hopei.
CHINA'S STAND.
Replying ve
ese demands, China
have bee
The
all incom
the Central
to the Japan and the Consula
rested, that a meeting in
→ simultaneous draft a protest. Reuter,
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ON THE SINO JAPANESE CLASH WILL BE
FOUND IN PAGE NINE
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