Japanese Police Stage Sham Battle, Peking, July 26, 'A message from Mukden says that at five o'clock in the morning lon July 22 everybody living in and in the vicinity of the Japanese, Cons awakened by inter-tent machine-gun firing lasting nearly an hour. ater that the y guards stationed staged a sham fight jin the central part of the conceslsion. The troops were divided into two parties, attacking and defend-ug, he "defending party "had machine-guns in the windows of riy houses and the attacking Jparty came along the main street equipped with machine guns, tanks, [steel helmets, ete, The final stage of the battle was fought in front of the Yamato [Hotel, in the middle of the town, There are few foreigners except Russians living in the Japanese Concession 30 no protests have been ide and the Chinese have said Inothing, although the attacking party Is alleged to have begun its Imovements outside the concession, At the same time considerable sur= in rise is expressed that a sham "fight should be staged in the mid lie of a big town of half a million fnhabieante without. thet silghcat ing to the Wrapulation. haute a
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