Peiping, July 28.
In a circular telegram to the entire nation to-day, General Sung Chehyuan, Commander of the 29th Army, pledged the defence of China's territory to the last màn and to abide by the orders of the Central Government during the present ci Since his assumptionofmofiicewme-way milly" established, however Chairman of the Hopei-Charh Political Council, declared General Sung in his message, he has been endeavouring to maintain peace in North China in accordance with the principle of non-alienation of Chinese sovereign rights.
"To our surprise" he continued, "Japanese troops launched a sudden attack on Lukouchiao on the of July 7. Realizing that it was our sucred duty to defend the territory, we put up a stiff resistance."
General Sung expressed his found regret that instead of c Gut the truce agreement reached between Chinese and Japanese authorities for the simultaneous withd of their troops, the Japanese milit continued their attack on Wanping, Langfang, Kwanganmen, Tungchow and other Chinese garrisoned areas.
At the time of wiring, he said, severe, fighting is still going at Nanyuan and Peiyuan, and Japanese forees are advancing toward Peiping.
The continued provocation on the part of -the Japanese has compelled us to put up legitimate defence and we are determined to abide by the ¢rders of the control authorities during the present crisis" he concluded.—Central New: gendarmes, recognizing him as being anything but Chinese, immediately suspected him as a spy, a theory which was the more plausible as Kiangyin is a fortified area. Consequently he was taken to Chingkiang and later to Nanking and turned over io the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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