Nanking, July 18, Flying into the interior of China, Japanese military planes to-day' made three separate attacks on Chinese trains at various points fon the Peiping-Hankow Railway. Immediately upon receipt of re-ort of this wanton action of the Japanese, the Ministry of For~ eign Affairs lodged a strong. protest with the Japanese Em-
At 1120 o'clock this morning, two Japanese planes, frying over Changhochiao In Honan, sprayed "passing train with machine gun fre. Two passengers were killed and others Injured. A simile out rage occurred, at noon to-day at Kwanchuangtsan in Hope: when a south-ward bound passenger train from Paoting was attacked by machine gun fire from Japanese planes, resulting "in over ten casualties. A third raid by Japaneg0 from the ait occurred at 12.30 Oelock this "afternoon in the leinity of Yuanszehsien in Hopel. Over ten persons aboard a passing train wore killed or wounded, Central News.
Tientsin, July 1 General Sung Cheh-yuan has resolutely refused to sign a written agreement for the settlement of the so-called Lukouchiao Incident. Ac~
Jcompanied by General Chang Tee. chung, Mayor of Tientsin, General Sung visited the Japanese MUultary Club "here this afternoon and explained his attitude to Lieut.-Ger Katsuki, Commander-in-Chief of the [Japanese forces in North China, and this Chief-of-Staff, Major-General Hashimoto.
'After General Sung had made clear that he would not sign any written agreement, the Japanese, it} is reported, agreed' that verbal feoognition of the truce protocol of suMicient. This it isiven by General Sung. also said to have regrets over the occurrence of the Lukouchiao Incident, It is understood that arrangements will be made by Major-General Hash~ fmoto, representing the Japanese Japanese troops in Tungchow, the seat of the so-called East Hopel auto nomeus government, numbering approximately 1,500," will rush to Peiping immediately to deal with a possible anti-Japanese outburst by the soldiery and populace.
Chinese military circles admit that some differences. have arisen between the leaders of the 20th Army over their attitude towards the Japanese terms, but they emphasize that this will not impair the solidar~ ity of the army as a whole, Formal negotiations were suspended {in Tientsin yesterday after a conterence of the Chinese leaders lasting all night, at which the Japanese demands," which are reported 10] Involve an increased degree of me dependence from Nanking, important changes of personnel in' the Hopei and Chather Political Council, and measures to restrict the 20th Army, were discussed, 'Me, Wel 'Tsung-han, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Hopel and Charhar Political Council, Felurned last night to Tientsin from where he conferred with wun, the Mayor of Peiping, and General' Feng Chih-Governor of Hope! and commander of the 37th Division, According to reports from 'Tien-sin, Japanese military movements! are' proceeding apace there. The Japanese are reported to have posted a detachment of troops at the west ation in Tientsin and to have established garrisons at Peitsang, Yangtsun. and Wuching, along the railway to Peiping—Reuter.
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