Demand for Chinese 37th Division Withdrawal to Paotingfu Tientsin, July 26. 'N the name of the Imperial Japanese Army, an ultimatum was sent this, afternoon to General Sung Cheh-yuan, Chairman of, the Hopei-Charhar Political Council and commander of the 29th Army, demanding the withdrawal of the 37th Division from Peiping and its vicinity within.a specified time.
The Note, which was presented by Colonel Takuro Matsui, Chief of the Special Service Section in Peiping, on behalf of Lieut.- General. Kiyoshi Katsuki, commander-in-chief of the Japanese forces in North China, demanded that:
1 Units of the 37th Division in the Lukouchiao area retire to Changsintion before noon to-morrow, and 2." Other units of the same division inside Peiping and Hsi-yuan retire to points west of the Yungting river before noon on Wednesday.
'Immediately after: the evacuation of these ares', the ultimatum added, the whole 37th Division must withdraw to Paotingfu—Reuter.
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