Peiping, July 19.
Gen. Chia Teh-yao, a.'member of the'standing committee of the Hopel-Charhar Political Council, yesterday informed Major Takeo Imai, assistant Japanese military attache, that troops. of the Twenty-Ninth Army in Peiping have been withdrawn to their orignal positions This pledge found confirmation day ina marked decrease in the umber of soldiers posted at import fant street intersections.
'A Domei correspondent touring the city saw soldiers removing sandbag, barricades. from. city walls "in the Eastern and Western districts, which wye a heavy Japanese population, Five machine-gun posts, over= looking the eastern entrance to the 'Japanese Embassy. however, remain Jed' in position. The gates on roads Teading to Nanyvan and Fengtai were also elesed—Domel.
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