Mr, Chen Chung-fu, former chairman of the Foreign Affairs Commis sion of the Hopei and Charhar Poli tical Council, who was summoned from Tokyo by General Sung Chehyuan, Chairman of the Council, today joined the other Chinese negotiators at Tientsin.
After a talk with General Sung. Mr. Chen Chung-fu was a guest at a reception given this evening by Mr. Chen Chueh-sheng, managing direc-for of the Peiping-Mukden Railway.
The negotiations between the Chinese and Japanese authorities are, according to Chinese reports, confined to military matters. Although both sides are reported to be eager te avoid further conflicts, the general opinion of the Chinese public here is doubtful of the outcome when wider issues are discussed.
Meanwhile, the students of Nankai University have sent a telegram to Nanking emphasizing the dangerous situation in North China, Many "national salvation" handbills were distributed throughout the Chinese City to-day demanding that the Chinese Government adopt armed resistance to the Japanese.
Yesterday some Japanese officers formed the Tientsin-Pukow raily administration of their desire to post a detachment of Japanese troops in the goods yard at the station here, Despite the Administration's refusal to accommodate them, the Japanese sent a company to the yard while others were despatched to the Kungte cotton mill, which is in the vicinity of the station. Barricades have been erected near the goods yard. The Japanese declare tha: their Object is to protect the line Reuter.
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