Refusal to Accept or Transmit New Demands: Leaves fo Nanking for Instructions IE correspondent of this journal in Peiping on June 13 voiced what later proved to be a general renewal of alarm, with the following message:—"The situation is very serious.
The War Minister,. Gen. Ho Ying-chin, left for the south yesterday morning, after having refused to accept or to transmit a further set of demands made by the Japanese.
The Central News gives the reason for Gen. Ho's journey his "realization of the urgent necessity of receiving fresh instruc~ tions from the Central Government," and that he will "make a detailed report concerning the real situation and the nature of the Japanese demands."
Though the new demands are denied both by Japanese and some Chinese officials, Reuter's has found corroboration of their receipt and an indication of their nature.
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