Peiping, June 8.
During the last week notable and rapid changes Move already taken place in North China as a result of the demands of the Kuantung Army, Tientsin, if not yet oMelally in the demilitarized zone, has become a demilitarized area, which rather goes to disprove Ambassador Arlyoshi's recent statement that "the area of the demilitarized zone is not the kind of thing that can be easily expanded or shrunken at will". has been and the protection of the city and neighbourhood been taken over by the special Peace Preservation Corps (Pao'An Tui) and the ordinary city police.
Moreover, the Hopel_ government has been removed to Paotingfu, the transfer having been effected with Another result of the Japanese demands has been the sudden departure from Peiping during the week—and dismissal, it is said—of General Chiang Hsiao-hsien, the commander of the notorious Third Battalion of Special Gendarmerie. This corps, composed of Southern soldiers and under the direct orders of Nanking, is a kind of secret political police, It was involved in the kidnapping. of the Mongol delegate Han Reng-lin which caused quite a stir at the time and was never cleared up, and has been responsible for numerous other disappearances and sudden execu tions. It is reported that the Japanese military are by no means satisfied with the mere. dismissal of Chia and are demanding his execution a5 being responsible for the Tientsin murders, The battalion anyhow is busy packing up, and nobody in North China will shed a tear at their Nanking Approves Big
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