The Japanese, he added, had recently demanded the right to Jest suspects in. the Shanhaikuan area, but he had resolutely refused. Tu case the Japanese attacked, he was determined to offer resistance, Bue he was not fortifying his posi tions as he wished to avoid a possible misunderstanding.
In the opinion of independent observers the situation at Shanh ung eyembles that which prev jen tsin last year. There is no doubting the dangerous potentialt~ ties of the situation.
The increase of Manchukuo police inside the Great Wall that the Japanese have been strongly fortified have not goryed to" ally" the apprehension felt in, Chinese circles.
Oficials of the Peking-Mukden Railway state that in the last three days passenger trafic been practically nil, but an improvement shown to-day.—Reuter,
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