Peiping, June 30.
An undisclosed number of troop trains, carrying Japanese troops and artillery, arrived at Shanhaikuan from the Tientsin area yesterday and today.
This movement is causing much speculation, but is believed to be connected With the movement of guerillas "from points north-west of Peiping towards Shanhaikuan with the avowed object of severing communications between Peiping and Mukden.
Shanhaikuan, situated at the northeastern end of the Great Wall, is twe and a half miles from the coast and "on the Peiping-Mukden JRailway.—Reuter, Up to 8.30 o'clock this morning 11 bodies had been recovered from the wreckage and 32 persons rescued alive. The fate of the others was not known up to that time.
Troops were called out to assist iñ the rescue work, A rescue squad was rushed óut by the Naval Flying Corps at Kasumigaura.—Domei.
Tokyo, June 30.
An investigation revealed that the populous twenty-mile zone between Tokyo and Yokohama had been converted into. a muddy lake The downpour is still continuing—Reuter, Espionage in France Now Punishable by Death Paris, June 30.
Following the "progressive increase" in cases of espionage, the offence is now punishable by death in France, as in Germany, Italy, and elsewhere, it was announced here yesterday.—Reuter, Statement Recalled On June 24, referring to the incident at Nanking, in which an American, Dr. J. C. Thomson, was involved, the Japanese Embassy spokesman was reported as saying:—"Some third-party nationals now residing in Japanese-occupied territory in China appear to labour under the misconception that they are above Japanese law because they enjoy an extraterritorial status insofar as China- is concerned. That is wrong. In the same way that aliens do not enjoy special privileges in Japan they are not entitled to special treatment in Japanese-occupied territory in China."
On June 25, the Embassy spokesman amplified this statement, declaring that the Japanese military authorities would not accord any special status to third-party - nationals in Japanese-oécüpiéd territory th China only in cases where third-party nationals had "directly or indirectly caused, planned to cause, or in any way conspired against the safety of the Japanese forces, or had acted in a manner prejudicial to the successful conduct of the Japanese military operations."—Reuter.
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