August 5.
The "eagerly anticipated visit of General Pal Chung-hsi to Nanking became reality yesterday, when the Kwangsi leader stepped out of the. special plane sent by General Chiang Kal-shek to convey him to the capital. A Nanking report through Central News stated that he had conferred with the Generalissimo last night and it Was believed that the North China situation was discussed, Reports continue to be received from Japanese sources of Chinese preparations for defence against an impending Japanese advance. It is further Feported that there is a large concentration of Chinese troops, Salt Guards, and Paoantui in Shantung province. Chinese foresee an imminent battle at the Nankow Pass, where it is said that 4,000 Japanese troops from Peiping and Kupelkoui are massing for an attack'on Chinese positions in and around Kalgan, "Evacuation continues on all sides. Japanese nationals are leaving all Interior Chinese cities; Chinese are removing from Nanking and big coastal cities to interior points; and a huge exodus of Chinese from the Chapel fron marked yesterday in Shanghai.
Daventry's broadcast yesterday evening stated that London had received a report that the headquarters of the so-called East Hopel_ Autonomous Government had been moved from Tungchow to Peiping. This was regarded as a sign that the Japanese have assumed full control over the area.
August 6, Minister, said that the major poin(ot the proposals to China, consisted In a speech before the Diet yesterday, Mr. Koki Hirota, Foreign
ce-operation "in joint defence' against Communism," in which respect he {ait that eoneperation Yetween the two gallons "is not impossible"
The exodus from Chapel and Hongkew Into the international Settlement and the French Concession yesterday reached alarming proportions. 'A conservative estimate places. the number of refugees from. Chapel between July 26 nnd August 5 as 90,000.
Chinese crowds looked on in silence, while Japanese residents cheerer wildly, "when a Japanese motorized column consisting of 400. vehicles traversed Peiping en route from ental to Tungchow.
ver 650 Chinese, including 100 women, have registered at the Public Recreation Ground, "Nantao, offering, war-time. service to the "Chinese Government in case of hostilities.
August 7, Tension heightened in Hankow yesterday when Japanese. sandbag barriendes were strengthened, Foreign Fesldents in the Japanese Concession were, warned. to evacuate immediately, while Chinese residents made for Special Chinese areas.
General Chang. Tauechung resigned {rom the chairmanship of the Wopei-Chathor Political Council on the grounds of ill-health The Chinese Government is reported to have decided to evacuate 'N1 Chinese nationals from The House of Representatives, Tokyo, unanimously pasied a resolution supporting. the Japanese Governments polley towards. the North China Seavemongers. continue to amass wealth from gullible residents of Chapel and Hongkew by keeping the exodus from those areas at a fever leh and iting their own houses with refugees, August 8.
The evacuation of all civilian Japanese from Hankow was completed yesterday, The. ofelal Japanese" explanation is" that.the Foreign "Ofc tthe outbreak of riy incident which might. aggravate he general situation.
numbers of Chinese refugees in Shanghai attempted to board the 8, Keutwo just before she sailed for river ports. 'The police had. to help shift some' 2000 would-be passengers and their belongings before the ship Was able to'sall for' Hankow and river ports with 800 people on board' "Ships sailing fOr Ningpo were also fled to capacity.
Mr, "8. Kawagoe arrived in Shanghai yesterday, and reiterated his determination to. "exhaust all possible slops" for a solution of the present August 9.
papermen: left that city for Shanghai, she fow remaining residents of Nanking, outside of ofts and news 'Condiiions were virally normal in 'Tientsin yesterday; the, food situation Improved with the Telease of 1,000 bags of our from the British Concession and' 4200 bags of Saigon rice from the French Area 'Tsingtao is now a "dead city" at night, for all stores close their doors at apm 'The Chinese authorities have protested against Japanese marine'
{o Japanese lives. and. pray "ming out that they are already according odeatate protection 'General Tsai Ting-kaly Field Commander of the defunct 19th Route 'Army, arrived in Shanghai, and. called on all army men in China to come' forwoed and ght alien aggression under' the leadership of China's highest military command, August 10, Japanese officer of the Naval Landing Party in Shanghai, a Japanese seaman anda Chinese member of the Paoantul were shot dead yesterda ravening after an affray near the Hungjao Aerodrome.
According to the Chinese, the Japanese tried to enter the aerodrome and shot at a sentry, When the Chinese fired in self defence. According to the Japanese, the {wo Landing Party members were motoring along the road when they were fired_on by Chinese with rifles and machine-guns.
Should the investigation show the Chinese were to blame, the Japanese may demand the withdrawal from the Shanghai area of the Pacantul, on the grounds that they number in their ranks a number of "regular" soldiers.
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