WAR DEVELOPS in Northern China

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 151, 14 July 1937, Page 5

WAR DEVELOPS in Northern China

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NO HOPE FOR PEACE Chinese Prepare to Resist Japanese FOREIGNERS EVACUATED

(Bj Telegraph-

(Received 14, 12.50 p.m.) SHANGHAI, July 13. " With the war fever burning in China and Japan and the armies drawing closer towards Peking, hopes of averting a serious clash are dwindling. Addressing the Foreign Office staff at Nanking, Mr. Chenchien, vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, said: "China is detennined to resist forther encroachment on Chinese territory." Meanwhile the Mayor of Peking telephoned Nanking : ' ' The outlook for peace is completely hopeless." The chancellors and professors of the most important universities at Peking telegraphed Marshal Chiang Kai Shek, urging the most drastic action against the Japanese. Twelve more Japanese troop trains have arrived at Tientsin and others are on the way. At least 100' Japanese aeroplanes were seen manoeuvring yesterday over the Shan Hai Kuan Sea and the Great Wall. Two Japanese naval squadrons from Formosa have been ordered to South China as a protection against anti-Japanese agitation. At Tokio the army spokesman stated : "Full preparations have been completed to assist in the liquidation of the North China incident. The army is prepared to take the most extreme measures in the event of further provocation." The British and other Embassies have wamed nationals living outside the walls to withdraw in«ide the city preparatory to evacuation. The city is now almost completely isolated from civilian transport.