The entry of Central Army unite Into Hopel, observers here pointed out, would precipitate a serious situa. (ion as the Japanese military would regard it as a violation of the agreement between Gen, Ho Ying-chin, [Chinese Minister of War, and Gen. /Yoshijiro Umetsu, former commander Jot the Japanese forces in North China.
The Army communique also stated that "members of the Blue Shirt JSociety, secret group alleged to be Jdirected by Gen. Chiang Kai-shek, had begun agitation among students "in ce-operation with.student elements."
Blue Shirts were also barred from Hopei under the Ho-Umetsu agreement, Japanese military circles contended—Domel.
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