Hankow, Dec. 2.
A party consisting of two officers and 44 men with 87 ponies, which belongs to the newly-organized 11th Army that is to be stationed at Live chiamiao, a suburb of this city, tempted forcibly to pass through the [Japanese Concession at 8 o'clock this morning, but the attempt was pro-vented by Japanese marines on duty, who, after disarming the Chinese troops, took them to the Japanesa school.
The Commander of the Japanese landing party, through the Japa Consul-General, protested to the Chinese authorities against the unlawful act of the Chinese troops.
As the Chinese: authorities expressed their regret at the incident and promised that they would exercise strict control to prevent recurrence of similar incidents in future, the Japanese landing party handed over the Chinese troops to the Chinese authorities at 5 o'clock.
Ttis said that the troops referred to have just come from Anhui, that the incident occurred through their ignorance about the local eondition.—Toho.
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