Hankow, July 10.
Four divisions of China's First Army have begun moving north along the Peiping-Hankow Railway on orders of the Nanking Govern ment, Domei learned to-night. The Chinese Concentrations Two battalions of the 29th Army have concentrated at the Yung Ting. Men (Gate), commanding the road to Wanping, ahd have torn up the railway track in order to prevent the approach of hostile forces. The Japanese are reported to have taken Similar action near Fengtai to hamper Chinese troop movements.
Chinese military reports received here at 1040 to-night asserted that eres fighting was still in progress at Wanping, Seml-oMlcial Japanese sources claim. that all that tappened was that Chinese troops fired on Japanese relntorcoments, who did not reply. The Chinese fire, they add, ceased after an hour.
Chinese quarters contend that the Chinese troops would not have open fire without provocation. The Airing, they add, became general and was prolonged by both sides The serious developments to-day followed the evacuation by the Japanese of the railway station "at Wanping, where they remained yes-0 supervise movements of the evacuating Chinese forces.
'After' the withdrawal, a detachment of 50 Japanese soldiers was encamped in tents under the shelter of a railway embankment half 2 mile east of the city, while 200 troops of the 29th Army were stationed on. the opposite side of the Yungting River, guarding the West end of the Marco Polo Bridge." The remainder had withdrawn in the direction of Chan-army, regarded as the finest in this country, is also known as "Chiang
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