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THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST. 6, 1988.
JAPANESE FIGHT BATTLE NEAR PEIPING: HEAVY DEFECTION OF "PUPPETS".
Peiping, To-day.
A battle with guerillas, in which the Japanese re- sorted to the use of six tanks and several field- guns, was fought yesterday east of Tungchow, some 20 miles east of Peiping, according to a foreign motorist who nearly ran into the battle- field while attempting to reach Tientsin. Along the road he found himself near tanks and guns that were firing on the guerilla positions across the Peiping-Tientsin highway.
The motorist reports that much evening that the guerillas had of the low-lying country in that, withdrawn. region has been flooded, accord- ing to report by the guerillas, who are cutting the dykes of the Grand Canal near Tungchow.
It has been reported in the
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Recently, it has been confirm- ed, the guerillas who have infest- ed the Western Hills, 15 miles from Peking, for the past year have had their numbers increas- ed by 15,000 Japanese-trained Chinese soldiers who were sent towards the end of July to en-. gage the guerillas.
These soldiers proceeded to de- sert and join the guerillas, after killing some of their officers.
The increasing guerilla activity in Hopei, plus the fighting along the Manchukuo border is creat- ing an optimism in the local Chinese circles which for the Japanese might easily prove
Reuter. dangerous.
CRITICISM OF DR. HODZA
Prague, To-day. Further attacks on the Premier, Dr. Hodza, find strong expression in a long article appearing in the "Demokratcky," a political weekly.
The paper demands that further negotiations with the Nationalities Premier be conducted not by the but a parliamentary commission reshuffle and that a Government take place immediately.
The leaders of coalition parties, the paper continues, recommend all party organs to defend the previous procedure of the Government even though doubt was increasing daily. and hourly within the ranks of the coalition as to the correctness of methods.
- The Parliamentary Committee of Six led by the President of the Chamber, Dr. Malypetre, was the only body to work effectively, quickly and with expert knowledge,
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WARNING TO PRAGUE
Berlin, To-day.
A serious warning to Prague against further frontier violations by plane has been issued by "Diplo matische Korrespondenz for the Foreign Office, saying that the re- cent Czech apology......... is regarded with scepticism.
"If the Czechs believe that such provocations can be carried out with Impunity, the measures taken by other countries show that such at- tempts can be met by drastic mea- aures similar to those, France was compelled to take along, the
renees ..., frontier "--Reuter.