The Archive · 1937

Large Contingents Come Through Great Wall

Tientsin, July 19

Japanese troops continue to pour into China Proper through. Shanhai-Euan, where the Great Wall runs to the sea, Numerous detachments are being accommodated at Tongshan, between Shanhaikuan and Tientsin. It is estimated that 3.500 troops have arrived in the last 24 hours The Japanese wharfage company at Tangku, the port of Tientsin, ha: been instructed by the Japanese itary authorities to remove 7,000 tons of coal from the wharf by July 22.

The company has also been structed to hold all its lighters in readiness for the Japanese military at a moment's notice, presumably for the transport of Japanese troops expected by sea,—Reuter.

Chief of the 29th Army. to Lieutenant-General Katsuki, Commander-in-

Chief of the Japanese forces in North China, does not satisfy Japanese official circles.

Four objections raised:—1 It was merely an oral expression of regret. 2. General Feng Chih-an. Commander of the 37th Division which wa erly involved in the incident, has made no apology. 3. Other terms of the agreement of July 11, including punishment of those responsible for the incident and future guarantees, have not yet been fuifilled. 4. The Lukouchiao incident was not accidental. "but the inevitzbie outcome of the anti-Japanese agitation carried on by the Nanking Government for many years."

Both Foreign and War Office circles declare that it is necessary to maintain a vigilant watch to ensure full observance by China of the terms of the agreement of July 11 The spokesman of the Foreign

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