CHINA WANTS TO SETTLE ACCOUNTS
(Eeceived 16, 8.45 a.m.) PEKING, July 15. The Japanese forceg at Fengtai have issued a proclamation in Chinese imdicating that tbe despatch of troops to North China is for the purpose of expelling the Chinese Twenty-ninth Army as opponents of law and order. Oompetent observers expressed the opinion that Japan is only awaiting reinfojrcements before driving out the QVenty-ninth Army from Hopei. The tenof of Chinese press cotnments in Shangai is that the time has come for a settlement of accounts with Japan. The papers advocate the abandoument oi negotiations so as to give Japan time to prepare her war maeliiue. Tbe populace acclaims the IVenty-ninth Army as national beroes. A message from Tokio says that warships have been ordered to the Chinese and Manchukuoan Coast. The Premier, Prince Konoye, who is ill, sent a message to Cabinet urging them to be cairn. "The Government intends to seek China' s prompt reconsideration of a peacefu] solution," he added.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 153, 16 July 1937, Page 5
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