Peiping, July 2. ssful week of operations in is claimed by Chinese According to travellers, two trains were wrecked, one 25 miles from Peiping and the other at Weeihuifu. in Northern Honan, on the new Japanese-built loop-line across the Yellow River to Kaifeng Twenty-five thousand men are said to have been involved in a battle between Japanese forces and Chinese guerillas proceeding all week to the east of Tinghsien. on the Peiping-Hankow Railway.
Reliable reports from Shihchiachuang describe a daily stream of wounded Japanese arriving there. while many wounded men and the ashes of the dead are coming from Shansi Province where numerous small engagements are being fought with guerillas—Reuter.
M. Henry Cosme, French Ambassador to China, arrived in Shanghai shortly after noon yesterday on board the President liner President Cleveland. A guard of honour was drawn up on the French Bund at 1 p.m. and was subsequently inspected by the Envoy.
Aboard the same steamer, Herr Altenburg, Counsellor of the German Embassy, arrived in Shanghai. Dr. Hans Bidder has arrived in Chungking by air, to replace Dr. Siebert as Germany's representative in the Chinese capital, a Transocean message states.
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