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INCIDENT
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London, To-day.
The official Chinese version of the When the Queen was yester- day enrolled at Edinburgh Uni- Fengtai incident states:-
In the course of it, she said that as a Scotswoman she knew the high value her fellow-countrymen Bet
Colonel Matsui, of the Japanese versity as an Honorary Doctor of forces, telephoned to the military au-Laws, she made her first public thorities here at midnight on July speech since the accession. 7th., informing them that while a detachment of Japanese soldiers was manoeuvring at Lukouchiao on the evening, the noise of shots was heard, upon education and the important part which Edinburgh University The exercise was immediately stop- ped, and after roll-call, it was found played in the civic and national -
life of Scotland. that a soldier was missing. Convinc ed that the culprit who fired the shot had gone into the city of Wan all members of Scottish Youth Ping, he requested that the Japan-movements, gave the King in ese be allowed to enter the city for Queen a great welcome when they attended the Youth Rally on the
[a search.
Twenty-three thousand children,
and
The Chinese officer, in reply, stat-international rugby field at Mur-
rayfield. ed that it was late at night, * and should they enter the city nothing in the arena, cheered continuously The children, assembled in lines
but-disturbance to the public would-
result.
for 20 minutes as Their Majesties,
No soldier of the Chinese army accompanied by the two young
Princesses, passed among them.” was allowed to go beyond the city the whole day, and therefore it could not be a Chinese who fired the
shot
**
DIRECT ACTION THREAT
During the day, the King also held a Levee at which officers of Scottish Regiments, the Navyand- Air Force were presented to "him.
Col. Matsui again telephoned to-British Wireless. Chinese Headquarters, saying that unless they were given permission to enter the city, they would force their way in.
At that moment Chinese Head- to the effect that Japanese forces
quarters were in receipt of reports
LATEST ROME ANTI-BRITISH CANARD
were besieging Wan Ping City.
· London, To-day. The Chinese authorities then got in touch with the Japanese, and it British warships have
Reports in the Italian press that
- been ins=" was agreed that both sides were to tructed to fire at insurgent Span- send investigation parties to the
ish_planes but not at Republican scene. On the Japanese side were planes, were denied in the House Lieutenant Teradaira and Mr. Sa of Commons yesterday by the First kurai, and on the Chinese side were Lord of the Admiralty, Mr. Duff Mr. Wang Lang Chi, Magistrate of Cooper. Wan Ping City, Mr. Lin Keng Yu,
of the Hopei-Chahar Foreign Af- The First Lord declared that fairs Commission, and Mr. Chau British warships in Spanish waters Yung Yeh, assistant director of the had been advised to defend them- Transport Department.
selves against all air attacks.
The instructions, he asserted,
FIRST ATTACK
They met at 4.00 a.m. in the City contained no mention of either Government House, Wan Ping. The party in Spain.—Trans-Ocean. Japanese representatives insisted that they be allowed to search the
city, and while the conversation was FARES INCREASE
still going on, noise of wild gun-
fire was heard from the east gate. ON FRENCH
The Chinese did not return the firė.
Shortly afterwards, sounds of ar- RAILWAYS
tillery and machine-guns came from the west gate.
Paris, To
The Chinese forces then found no In the course of deliberations on alternative but to return fire.
the increase of railway tariff, the Casualties on both sides were French Supreme Railway Council ¡heavy.
..
decided on a general increase of The Chinese communicated with passenger fares by five centimes per the Japanese Headquarters, de- kilometre and additional increases manding cessation, but the Japan-of first and second class fares. ese, replied that unless the 29th. The increase of freight rate will Army were withdrawn from
the depend on the kind of goods and Yung Ting River, they would not the amount to ten to thirty per proceed to further negotiations.
Da-Dao.
ACCUSATIONS OF
COUP PLAN
cent.
It is estimated that the increase will net about 1.8 milliard franca.
-Trans-Ocean.
tack made by the Japanese during the early hours of yesterday morn-
Repetition Of Mukden ing was a prepared one, and that
Incident
the "incident" is no small matter, though it has so been declared by That the "Fengtai" incident was some of the Chinese leaders in the a deliberate attempt to repeat the North.
"Mukden Incident of September 18, "There can be no mistake" states 1931', as the result of which the the "Industrial and Commercial Japanese have taken over Man- Press,” one of the leading dailice churia, is the main theme contain in the Colony, that the Japanese ed in the leaders of the leading lo- are making another attempt to re- CHANGE THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS cal Chinese journals, this morning peat the history of the "night
The articles maintain that the at- September 18, 1931.”
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