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Forty Planes Sent To Loyang, Five To Nanyuan

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STATEMENT BY

JAPAN'S NEW G.O.C.

PLANS TO CHASTISE

"OUTRAGEOUS” CHINESE ARMY

Shanghai, To-day.

It is reliably reported that the Nanking Gov- ernment has ordered 40 military aeroplanes to Lo- yang and five to Nanyuan, the headquarters of the 29th Route Army.

The Japanese allege that the despatch of planes to Nanyuan is a breach of the Ho-Umetsu agreement, although no protest has yet been lodg ed.

THE CLASH THIS MORNING WAS NOT VERY SERIOUS, ACCORDING TO JAPANESE SOURCES, WHO STATE THAT

CHIEF FACTORS

IN NORTH CHINA CRISIS

LONDON, TO-DAY, “BY FAR JAPAN'S WISEST COURSE WOULD BE TO

-SHANSI & SHANTUNG MOBILISE

Nanking, To-day. Marshal Yen Shih-shan, Vice- Chairman of the Military Affairs Commission and Pacification Com- missioner of Shansi and 'Suiyuan, and General Han Fu-chu, Gov- ernor of Shantung, have been in- structed by the Military Affairs Commission to have their armies ready for the support of the 29th. Army if peace between the Chinese and Japanese troops can- not be arranged. Our Own Cor respondent.

SOUND THE CEASE FIRE tiations with the Chinese, who eas- AND INSTITUTE AN INQUIRY ily outclass their neighbours INTO THE INCIDENT OF JULY

diplomats,

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Secondly, the suppressed irrita-

8 AND, WITH CHINESE CO- OPERATION, ASSESS THE tion with which she has watched FEW STRAY VOLLEYS AT

THEIR TRUE WORTH.

earn

"She would also thereby the world's respect and gratitude," declares "The Times" in a leading article on the North China crisis,

the recent steady improvement of General Chiang Kai-shek's position and in the political health of China as a whole, and

Thirdly, the probability that the

THE ARMY IS AWAITING FURTHER ORDERS AND THAT NO while expressing the opinion, how. Army has got the bit between its

BIG OFFENSIVE IS LIKELY UNTIL CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TROOPS ARRIVE IN THE PEIPING AREA.

A message from Peiping says that several dis- turbances occurred within the walls of the city this morning between Chinese soldiers and Japanese residents.

The Domei news agency alleges that three Jap- anese residents have been arrested by the Chinese military and that many Japanese residents are

aking preparations for a hurried departure.

Strong protests have been lodged with the Chinese authorities demanding the removal of the 29th Army from Peiping, so as to avoid further dis- turbances. Our Own Correspondent. "CHASTISEMENT " -MISSION

Tokyo, To-day.

"My mission in North China is to lead the Japanese Army in justice and righteousness to chastise the outrageous Chinese and simultaneous- ly to protect Japanese residents' rights and inter- ests in North China on the basis of the immutable decisions adopted by the Cabinet on July 11."

So declared General Kiyoshi Katsuki, the new General Officer Commanding Japanese troops in

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ever, that the chances of her ing that course are lessened owing, Firstly, to her distrust of nego-

teeth.

WAR TO BE EXPECTED "The Times" is of the opinion

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