Whereupon, the telegram from Gens, Chin dnd Feng continued, the Chinese side came forth with a counter demand that henceforth Sopanese troops must not hold any more night manceuvres in order to fold future incidents. To this the Japanese gave their consent which was. included in the verbal accord) in. Peiping.
"This agreement was to. be followed by the evacuation on both sides, However, despite the withdrawal of the Chinese troops to their positions before July 8 Japanese forces failed to, retreat, To aggravate the situation Afteen trainloads of troops have arrived 'Tientsin, and yesterday alone more than 2,000 Japanese infantry men and artillery forces were coming west ward slong the. highway between Peiping and 'Tientsin. In addition, the' small companies' of Japanese troops have been creating "disturbances on the outskirts of Peiping.
"These were the facts about' the Intest situation, suid the two gen ferals who concluded their message to their local representative by entering an emphatic denial of rumours and allegations concerning Chinese acceptance of the Japanese demands, Central News.
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