MILITARY SETTLEMENT.
THE JAPANESE DECISION.
“AN UNFORGIVABLE INSULT.”
(United Press Association—Copyright.)
TOKIO, July 28
Tho Foreign Office spokesman (Mr Tatsuo Kawai) formally, announced that Japan, having abandoned hope of a peaceful arrangement, will proceed to a, military settlement of the North China trouble. Mr Kawai said the mere withdrawal of the 37th Division was now deemed entirely insufficient to ensure the safety of the lives and property of Japanese nationals; The Emperor had received the Minister for War and discussed the situation.
The Minister for the Navy (Admiral Mitsuzasa Yonai) announced that the Navy is standing by, ready to co-oper-ate in the military operations in North China. These at present consist of a full-scale attack' on Peiping from three sides, simultaneously pouring a storm of shells on the city. Colonel Matsui, the envoy of General Katsuki, informed General Sung Chehyuan, the North Chinese commander, that Japan Tiad been finally forced to take independent action. He.added that the Chinese insincerity, shown by the treacherous firing on Japanese troops at the western gate of Peiping, Was an unforgivable insult. General Sung Cheh-yuan, however, had already rejected the Japanese ultimatum.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 246, 29 July 1937, Page 5
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187MILITARY SETTLEMENT. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 246, 29 July 1937, Page 5
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