1937-07-12 — Page 24

THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 12, 1987-

PEACE REPORTS DENIED

REUTER CONFIRMS ——

CHINESE REPORTS

(Continued from Page 1)

ut of Peiping to places as way as Tientsin.

far so that fresh negotiations are ne

cessary in order to avert further hostilities. Reuter.

Some apprehension also exists in Tientsin, where rumours are current in Chinese circles that the Japanese intend starting an incident to create a diversion from the Peiping clash.

NANKING MEETING

Japanese Concern Over Troop Movements

Nanking, To-day.

Mr.

In spite of a lull in the fighting

An official communique regard- which broke out again last night,

a conversation between ing he opinion is generally held in Peiping that little hope can be held Chen Chai, Permanent Secretary of f any patching up of the dispute. the Chinese Foreign Office, and Mr. Nitaka, Councillor of the Japanese The opposing forces this morn- ng were reported to be consolidat-Embassy, yesterday afternoon was ng their positions.

CHINESE ENTRENCHED

issued this morning.

Mr. Chen Chai alleged that Ja- panese military action in the North was breach of a pledge given by the

SINCERE COMPANY

MURDER

Thursday, July 22, was tenta- tively fixed as the date for the hearing when Ko Wah-tak, 26, and Leung Wong, 32, were charged with the murder of Mr. David Chan. Sze, former managing director of the Sincere Co., Ltd., before Mr. E. Himsworth, at the Kowloon Magis- tracy this morning.

On the application of Detective week's Inspector Carey, a further remand was granted.

MURDER CHARGE

Three Men Detained

In Strangling Case

As a sequel to the murder of Ku Koon-tai, 39, a widow, who was The Chinese, who were still en-Japanese authorities, namely to found strangled in her hut at Tai- renched · near the International avoid aggravating the situation. lengting, Kowloon City, three men Golf Course, are feverishly digging He expressed the hope that the Ja-appeared before Mr. K. M., A. Bar- resh trenches and anti-tank pits,panese Government would imme- nett at the Kowloon Magistracy aving suffered considerably from diately take effective steps to pre- this morning. he Japanese mechanised attack vent the Japanese forces in North -gainst which they have been prac- China from further action against ically powerless.--Our Own Cor-Chinese controlled areas.

espondent.

ATTACK REPULSED

Peiping, To-day.

Mr. Nitaka expressed concern over the heavy movements of Chinese Central government troops toward Hopei Province, which had caused grave suspicion among Ja-

The Japanese suddenly bombard-panese forces. ed the Chinese positions, using In reply, Mr. Chen Chai assured heavy artillery and machine-guns, him that the Chinese troops had no at Chiang Chin Village, Ching Ta intention of committing · provoca- Village, and Ku-miao at the western tive acts against the Japanese, but suburb of Peiping shortly after 1 they would not tolerate that their 'clock this morning and then laun- land should be freely invaded by ched a frontal attack. They were foreign troops.-Hua Nan. repulsed. Fighting is continuing and losses on both sides are con- siderably heavy.-Da-Dao.

PEACE REPORT DENIED

Peiping, To-day.

Interviewed by our representa-

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PEACE DENIAL

Chinese Say There Was No Agreement

Nanking, To-day.

The accused were Chan Cheung, wharf coolie, Shum Tam-yee, pig dealer, and Siu Ngai, noodle-maker. On the application of Inspector Portallion, a remand for 72 hours was granted.

THEY DON'T

LIKE THEIR NEW NAMES

Two million Turks are facing the prospect of paying fines amounting to over £3,000,000. They are those who have failed to adopt and re- gister a family surname, as ordered in the Law passed in July 1934.

Twice already the period allowed for the registration of names has been extended, and the Government now states that no more delays will be tolerated. Governors of cities

tive, an official spokesman of the A message from Peiping states Hopei-Chahar Political Council de- that the Government has officially clared that the rumour, that the denied that the Hopei-Chahar Poli- and country districts have received Chinese Government has acceded to tical Council has accepted the Ja-orders to that effect from the Minis- the Japanese four demands for the panese demands or that any agree-try of the Interior.

settlement of the Lukonchiao cident was entirely unfounded. Da-Duo.

AGREEMENT NULL

AND VOID

in-

•

ment has been reached with the All those not possessing proof of Japanese military authorities.

registration_will be fined and com- The message adds that the 29th.pelled to adopt names given them Army is determined to resist -Ja- by the authorities. panese aggression to the end at all Meanwhile, all Government de- costs.

partments have received orders to Early this morning the Japanese reject all forms and licenses from troops attacked Wanpinghsien people who cannot prove that they

have acquired a surname.

Chinese Deny Assent To again and fierce fighting is still go-

Peace Terms

Peiping, To-day.

ing on.

General Sung. Cheh-yuan arrived

at Tientsin from Shantung en 6.00 The Chinese authorities officially route to Peiping yesterday at 6 deny they had agreed to the peace P.m.-Our Own Correspondent. terms, as mentioned in Japanese re- pouts, and state the only agreement entered into provided for uncondi- tional withdrawal of both from the Wanping area.

sides

It seems clear that the agreement can be regarded as null and void,

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"Fair Generally" Forecast

A maximum temperature of 90 degrees in the shade was recorded in the Colony yesterday, falling to 79 during the night. - At 10 a.m. the thermometer registered 26 de- grees with 78 per cent. humidity. The Royal Observatory-reports that pressure remains highest "över the Pacific to East of Japan; depressions are sit over South West China, and the Sea of Japan.

Forecast: S.W winds, DESTINAZTETXEATH:mmmmmmmate; fair generally.

EARLIER REPORTS

ON THE SINO-JAPANESE

CLASH WILL BE

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Turks were formerly identified by their first name, coupled with that of their father. This practice led to great confusion, as instead of there being one "Mehmet son of Ibrahim" for example, there were thousands of them, making identi- fication of them impossible.

The new order was issued to avoid such complications.

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