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HOPEI

PROVINCE

Not To Advance Beyond Paotingfu For Present JAPANESE BRINGING ARMY ALLEGED

CORPS FROM KOREA

IMPORTANT KULING

CONFERENCE

What is regarded in many quarters as de- finite and final indication of Nanking's intention to resist the Japanese in North China was provided yesterday when Central Government troops enter- ed Hopei Province.

News of this sensational development is con- tained in a brief Reuter telegram from Peiping, re- ceived in Hong Kong this morning.

The Nanking troops, amounting to several divi- sions, though the exact number is not specified, have reached Paotingfu, 100 miles to the south- west of Tientsin, according to a reliable foreign

source.

POLICE PRECAUTIONS

IN HONG KONG

both

It is learned that both police bowls matches have been cancell- ed to-day owing to the precau- tions taken by the Government in view of the North Chiña crisis.

It is understood that an

"TIL official" stand-by order is being observed and that special picket patrols have been organised.

JAPANESE LEAVE TAIYUAN AND KALGAN:

Taiyuan (Shansi), To-day. According to a Japanese source of of Taiyuan and Kalgan have cleared information, the Japanese residents

out en masse upon receipt of structions by the Japanese Consul

Later reports from Peiping, however, reveal Da-Dao. that the Central Government forces have been in- structed by Nanking not to proceed further north of Paotingfu for the present.

ARMY CORPS ARRIVING

Meanwhile authoritative reports from. Tien- tsin state that preparations are being made at Tongshan, about half way between Shanhaikuan and Tientsin, for reception of a Japanese Army Corps from Korea to-day.

MORE CHINA TROOPS MOVING UP

Peiping, Today.

Reports of the arrival in Hopei Province of Central Government troops have been confirmed by various independent sources

The strength of the force is variously estimat- ed as between 50,000 and 80,000 men.

IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT ADDITIONAL DIVISIONS ARE MOVING UP THE PEIPING HANKOW RAILWAY AND THAT SHANSITROOPS ARE MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTH-WEST BORDER READY FOR ACTION SHOULD THE NECESSITY

Han Fu-chu's attitude has not been made clear, but there are

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HOLD-UP BY EUROPEAN

A sensational story of a hold-up by a European in the Castle : Peak district was related to the police this morning by a Kowloon Bus Company driver.

He alleges that at 1.45 am when on his way to 261, Castle Peak, where he resides, he was attacked by a European in Un Chau Street, and robbed of a watch and $1.40 in money.

According to his story, the Euro- pean came upon him from under the verandah, struck him until he fell to the ground stunned, dragged him to a nearby vegetable garden and there searched him før -valu- ables.

scription of his alleged assailant,

He has given the police a de-

in-but the police are inclined to be sceptical regarding the truth of the stor

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