The. outbreak of the Lukouchiao incident must be fundamentally attributed to the excessive increase of the Japanese garrison at Tientsin and the frequent manceuvres unlawfully held at places not permitted under the Treaty of 1901, Such actions were sufficient to cause the outbreak of incidents almost moment in the area involved "Late on the night of July Japanese troops chose a in hold such unlawful manceuvres at Lukouchiao which is situated in the neighbourhood of Peiping, and followed it up with a sudden attack fypon the city of Wanping. The Chinese Garrison there was constrained to take defensive measures and the subsequent hostilities result ted in the destruction of thousands ing the Shanghai Armistice Agreement of May 5, 1932, as a pretext, Japan has Sought to prevent Chinn from taking legitimate measures' of self defence during the present acute emergency. It must be borne in'mind that the aim and spirit of the Agreement were to ensure that a specified area, hoti-partie:
excise self restraint and moderation in order to avoid any med clash prejudicial to the pro-peaceful negotiations, if y after ha' violated its s by a ing troops at its own will attempted to impose on the other party, restrictions of/such a nature as to render it complete powerless against aggression, such an attempt was indeed based on a perversion of the Agreement which could not be justified either legally or morally. of Chinese lives and immense property by Japanese gunfire. All these facts are now well known to the world.
"The actions on the part of the Japanese after the outbreak of the Lukouchiao incident are further worthy of note. While repeatedly giving assurances that the Japanese Government did not desire to aggravate the situation, large numbers of additional troops with several squadrons of aeroplanes, tanks and other kinds of ultramodern implements of war poured into Hopei province from Manchu: Korea end Japan Proper. Such acts of systematic armed aggression cannot be obscured by mere verbal prof sions.
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