1937-07-27 — Page 9

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CLASHES AT PEIPING

Japanese Attempt To Occupy Railway Station TWENTY EMBASSY GUARDS -NO NAVAL BASE

KILLED IN CAPITAL

near Lanfang,

NANKINGPLANES LEAVE source, and the battle will

FOR NORTH CHINA

Peiping To-day.-

All telegraph wires froud Peiping have been cut with the exception of the line to Tientsin, while telephone communication has also been interrupt-

ed.

continuing in this morning

General Sung Chch- ported to be sending

inforcements to Lanfang, attempt to recapture the

believed the Chinese will

General Sung's attitude has trengthened by further

from Generalissimo Chiang - Kai- shek in Nanking to resist and to reject General

Our Own2 -

PEIPING STUDENT

Martial Law has been enforced again throughout the old capital.

Fighting occurred yesterday evening at a for withdrawal. suburban railway station just outside the west wall respondent. of Peiping, when Japanese troops attempted to oc- cupy the station and were repulsed by Chinese rail- way guards.

Contrary to earlier reports there has been no fighting at Wanping, apart from sniping-Reuter. PLANES LEAVE FOR THE NORTH

Nanking, To-day.

AGITATION

600 Japanese Leave Old Capital

Peiping, To-day

TRINIDAD

recent the

the British Government did intend to create a naval base

Benter.

TIENTSIN MAYOR IN PEIPING

Confers With General Sung

Perping, To-day.

eral Chang Chi-chung, Mayor Tentsin, arrived here late last nght. He held a conference this

with Gen Sung-Cher yuan, Chin Teh-chun, and Chang

yung

to discuss steps to be

order to deal with the new d lopments along

Between 500 and 600 Japanese the Tientsin-Peiping Railway line. residents are believed to have left!

Although the men are determined

A protest hage

maintained a firm

Tension continues to prevail in the capital. The Peiping during the past few days the Japanese mili drone of planes of the Chinese Air Force is being to remain until the last minute, by the Chiese, but heard almost constantly, and a large number of women and children are being re- machines have arrived from the South and have moved rapidly to Tientsin and other

points of safety. left for an undisclosed destination in the North.

Local Chinese officials definitely

trolled.

All railway stations are busy with the trans- pledged on Sunday that anti-Japan- portation of provisions, including gasoline, for the fese moves by students and other North. A gendarmerie corps has already left, pre-subversive elements would be con- sumably for Suchow, in Honan, by the Tientsin- Pukow Railway. Union News. NANKING GETTING READY

Hankow, To-day.

-Dao

-lodged with

possibility of a

orities

and

JAPANESE GOODS BOYCOTTED

Spinning Interests

Hit

Shan

University students and other public bodies continue to stir up public feelings. Handbills and placards slogans are on dis- De

and play openly.

and cloth is dropping Students also, organizing Shanghai, Nanking In anticipation of a major conflict, the Chinese special service corps to participate the Yangtze River Military authorities are rushing construction of in frontline action. They will also sentiment, stimulate trenches on the Honan-Hopei borde, it is reported materials. here. Two trains loaded with lumber, cement, Funds to comfort Chinese sol-cotted, although shovels and other materials have been sent by the diers at the front are being collect-more Lunghai Railway, together with a special communi-ed by students in the West City. vantage of the a cations corps of between 300 and 400 men.

WITH CHANGHO, ON THE PROVINCIAL BORDER, AS THE BASE, THE ENTRENCEMENTS ARE SAID TO EXTEND ALONG FARMERS THE SOUTHERN BANK OF THE YELLOW RIVER. ARE BEING DRAFTED TO ASSIST IN THE WORK

AN ENGINEERING CORPS OF GENERAL LIU SHIH'S 1ST DIVISION, PACKING A 20-CARRIAGE TRAIN ALSO CARRYING MATERIALS FOR BRIDGES, IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN RUSHED TO LOYANG

The Central authorities are understood to have been long en- gaged in perfecting preparations for the present situation. materials carried by the Peiping-Hankow Railway in

ly included 71 field guns, 1,650 cases of shells, 2,500 light

3,630 bundles of rifles, 21

bullets, 7.200 mines, 64

nch materials,

ments, 213,000 bas

240 carlos

SUNG TO REJECT

ULTIMATUM

Split In 38th Division

nder General Char which lost

yesterda was m

General Chang Chinese sour

the

assist in the tra

China incident,

Japanese prod

The Chine

Bearing flags marked with antito eliminate Japanese mottoes, they started a ese spin house-to-house canvas. - Union Union N News.

TWENTY JAPANESE

KILLED

Clash Under Peiping Gate

Peiping

een killed

along

hese North

being boy- goods cost

are taking ad- on to attempt fluence of Japan- rests in China-

Government Watching Palestine

day.

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