Fage
CLASHES AT PEIPING
Japanese Attempt To Occupy Railway Station TWENTY EMBASSY GUARDS -NO NAVAL BASE
KILLED IN CAPITAL
near Lanfang,
NANKINGPLANES LEAVE source, and the battle will
FOR NORTH CHINA
Peiping To-day.-
All telegraph wires froud Peiping have been cut with the exception of the line to Tientsin, while telephone communication has also been interrupt-
ed.
continuing in this morning
General Sung Chch- ported to be sending
inforcements to Lanfang, attempt to recapture the
believed the Chinese will
General Sung's attitude has trengthened by further
from Generalissimo Chiang - Kai- shek in Nanking to resist and to reject General
Our Own2 -
PEIPING STUDENT
Martial Law has been enforced again throughout the old capital.
Fighting occurred yesterday evening at a for withdrawal. suburban railway station just outside the west wall respondent. of Peiping, when Japanese troops attempted to oc- cupy the station and were repulsed by Chinese rail- way guards.
Contrary to earlier reports there has been no fighting at Wanping, apart from sniping-Reuter. PLANES LEAVE FOR THE NORTH
Nanking, To-day.
AGITATION
600 Japanese Leave Old Capital
Peiping, To-day
TRINIDAD
recent the
the British Government did intend to create a naval base
Benter.
TIENTSIN MAYOR IN PEIPING
Confers With General Sung
Perping, To-day.
eral Chang Chi-chung, Mayor Tentsin, arrived here late last nght. He held a conference this
with Gen Sung-Cher yuan, Chin Teh-chun, and Chang
yung
to discuss steps to be
order to deal with the new d lopments along
Between 500 and 600 Japanese the Tientsin-Peiping Railway line. residents are believed to have left!
Although the men are determined
A protest hage
maintained a firm
Tension continues to prevail in the capital. The Peiping during the past few days the Japanese mili drone of planes of the Chinese Air Force is being to remain until the last minute, by the Chiese, but heard almost constantly, and a large number of women and children are being re- machines have arrived from the South and have moved rapidly to Tientsin and other
points of safety. left for an undisclosed destination in the North.
Local Chinese officials definitely
trolled.
All railway stations are busy with the trans- pledged on Sunday that anti-Japan- portation of provisions, including gasoline, for the fese moves by students and other North. A gendarmerie corps has already left, pre-subversive elements would be con- sumably for Suchow, in Honan, by the Tientsin- Pukow Railway. Union News. NANKING GETTING READY
Hankow, To-day.
-Dao
-lodged with
possibility of a
orities
and
JAPANESE GOODS BOYCOTTED
Spinning Interests
Hit
Shan
University students and other public bodies continue to stir up public feelings. Handbills and placards slogans are on dis- De
and play openly.
and cloth is dropping Students also, organizing Shanghai, Nanking In anticipation of a major conflict, the Chinese special service corps to participate the Yangtze River Military authorities are rushing construction of in frontline action. They will also sentiment, stimulate trenches on the Honan-Hopei borde, it is reported materials. here. Two trains loaded with lumber, cement, Funds to comfort Chinese sol-cotted, although shovels and other materials have been sent by the diers at the front are being collect-more Lunghai Railway, together with a special communi-ed by students in the West City. vantage of the a cations corps of between 300 and 400 men.
WITH CHANGHO, ON THE PROVINCIAL BORDER, AS THE BASE, THE ENTRENCEMENTS ARE SAID TO EXTEND ALONG FARMERS THE SOUTHERN BANK OF THE YELLOW RIVER. ARE BEING DRAFTED TO ASSIST IN THE WORK
AN ENGINEERING CORPS OF GENERAL LIU SHIH'S 1ST DIVISION, PACKING A 20-CARRIAGE TRAIN ALSO CARRYING MATERIALS FOR BRIDGES, IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN RUSHED TO LOYANG
The Central authorities are understood to have been long en- gaged in perfecting preparations for the present situation. materials carried by the Peiping-Hankow Railway in
ly included 71 field guns, 1,650 cases of shells, 2,500 light
3,630 bundles of rifles, 21
bullets, 7.200 mines, 64
nch materials,
ments, 213,000 bas
240 carlos
SUNG TO REJECT
ULTIMATUM
Split In 38th Division
nder General Char which lost
yesterda was m
General Chang Chinese sour
the
assist in the tra
China incident,
Japanese prod
The Chine
Bearing flags marked with antito eliminate Japanese mottoes, they started a ese spin house-to-house canvas. - Union Union N News.
TWENTY JAPANESE
KILLED
Clash Under Peiping Gate
Peiping
een killed
along
hese North
being boy- goods cost
are taking ad- on to attempt fluence of Japan- rests in China-
Government Watching Palestine
day.
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Revelation Divisi
the