WAR CLOUDS IN THE ORIENT
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Japanese Occupy Langfang and ChineseRetreat
ULTIMATUM TO GOVERNOR
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(Bepeived 27, 10,30 a.m.) PEIPING, July 30, The Japapeso have occupied Langfang, and the Chinese ara retreating toward Huan TflUl- A later message states that after fighting in thq Wangping area, strong forces of Japanese marched to the Chang Y-Imen gate and entered Peiping after resistance, and are now controlling a street inside 300 yards from the gate. A Nanking message states that a representative of the Chinase 39th Army reports that 500 Chinese were killed at Langfang. According to a Shanghei message, Sung Cheh Yuan, Governor of Hopei Province, is reported to have ordered the 35th division to counter-attack to-night and recapture Langfang. It is reported from Tokio, the Domei Agency says, that Lieutenant- Gener al Katsuki, commanding North China, sent an ultimatum to Sung Cheh Yuan, demanding withdrawal of all troops in the Peiping area by noon on Wednesday.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 162, 27 July 1937, Page 7
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