Most of the local vernacular papers yesterday clamoured for "armed re-stance against the aggressor for the sake of safe-guarding peace," commenting on the tense situation in North China.
"We are resolved to resist aggre: sion," the "Central China Daily New declared in its leading article on the ubject. "This resolution is not only entertained by the 29th Army but also by people of the whole country "China is @ peace-loving country," the paper continued. "But she also loves independence and liberty.
She will defend her independence and liberty at all cost Reiterating the statement contained n the manifesto of the Fifth Plenary Session of the Central Executive Committee, to the effect that "China will not abandon peace until there s no hope for peace," the "Sin Wan Pao" believed that the so-called peace seems to have reached a hopeless stage at present. To cope with the crisis, this journal however, urged the people to exercise the utmost calmness and tolerance.
The "Shun Pao" declared that "we should not talk of reasóhs, facts and wearies with the Japanese any more, for Japan is a militarist country and to her might is right."
This journal warned the Japanese Government that it would not reap fruitful results by its military movements in China The "Ta Kung Pao" presented the following demands through its editorial column to-day: first, the japanese soldiers should immediately v to their original positions prior to the outbreak of the Lukouchiao incident on July 8; second, all reinforcements should return to
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