Hankow, July 7.
Tension prevailed for about 30 minutes this morning along the boundaries of the French Concession here as armed Japanese and French forces were deployed in fighting formation.
The trouble arose when the French authorities refused passage to motor-float parade organized by Jay fanese and Chinese newspapermen to mark the second anniversary of the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese host tes.
Annamite soldiers were seen manning the closed gates to the Concession, while more than 100 sailors from the French station ship here were landed. The latter setup machine The -dificulties were settled after Jnegotiations between the French and the Japanese military authorities.
Emergency orders, however, were Jgiven the local Japanese garrison forces, who turned out in full cam-Paign kit to take up positions facing the French area—Domet.
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