Fighting Described from the Front Line Peiping, July 12.
ing _with him the first eye witness account of the Chinese bomb erdment of Japanese lines off Fengial, a Domei correspondent returned ' here this morning after an overnight visit to the fron Chinese newspapermen, who re. ceived permission to pass throug the Japanese lines, were subjected te-Chinese fire "near Wanpinghsic and took to their heels, the Japenese correspondent said, tense atmosphere, ho added, is prevailing at the front' lines because of the intermittent firing by Chinese troops and their failure to carry out the terms of the agreement reached here yesterday.
At" 10 o'clock this morning, the correspondent went on, the Chinese troops stationed on the toft bank of the Yungting River were holding positions stipulated in the accord.
The Line Crossed Other Chinese troops, which came south from Siyuan to Papuoshas have, however, erossed the Yamen kou=Papaoshan'line, whose inviola ity "was specified in yesterd:
"The correspondent said that he could clearly sce, through his binofeulars, these " Chinese soldiers strengthening their positions on sand~ banks and in kaoliang fields. along long front, about one kilometre east of Lungwangmiao, The Japanese units at the front, he added, were, "visibly angry" with this "violation" of the terms of the agreement by the Chinese troops.
'As he left here for Fengtai "by rain last night, the correspondent said' he could clearly hear the roar fof guns on the front, But in Fengtai, jofcers and soldiers at the Japanese barracks appeared to be calm, and }Jno reply was made to the Chinese Are.
"Customary?
A. Japanese officer told the newspapermen that it was "a customary nocturnal occupation" of the Chinese troops, and predicted that afler a brief lull fire would be resumed.
Hiis prediction came true at 11,50 Jorelock at night, when the Chinese [soldiers opened' rifle fire on the Japanese positions. Machine guns, mortars and field guns soon took up. the refrain, waking up the entire Jcountryside' for many miles around, "The Japanese troops," the newspapermen said, "again refused to
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