Tokyo, July 14.
Interest on Bank of Japan loans secured against Government. bonds was lowered from ¥.001 to ¥.0.009 a aay for ¥.100—Domei. sesFor detelle of the clashes, see pp.
The situation in North China, ace cording to despatches received here to-day, has not changed, Negotia-jons are still in progress between representatives of" Japanese and Chinese military authorities, although not personally" between Lieutenant General Katsuki, Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese troops in North China, and General Sung Cheh-yuan, Commander-in-Chief of the - 20th Army and chairman of the Hopel-Charhar Political Council, 'A Tientsin message reports that Lieut-Gen. Hashimoto, Chief-of-Stafl of the Japanese troops in North 'China, saw General Chang T2u-chung, Mayor of Tientsin, late last night and requested that the Chinese military authorities "manifest sincerity' in full Jobservance of the three-point agree-[ment of July 11."
The despatch of troops from Japan Proper to North China has been necessitated, It is explained, by the fact that the Japanese garrison troops in North China are only about one-tenth the number of Chinese troops.
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