Evening star., 1935-06-16
JAPANESE TROOPS
DRILL IN T|ENTS|N
Gunfire Is Heard in Streets
as Soldiers Stage Mock
Battle.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TIENTSIN, June 16 Sunday -
The streets of the city rang out today
with rnachine-gun fire as newly ar
rived Japanese troops put on a mock
battle, described by their officers as
"a defense drill"
AS Japan awaited China's next
move in the Asiatic crisis. the en-
pire's troops blocked of large sec
ton of the japanese concession with
harbed-wire entanglementS. Sandbag
barriers were thrown up at strategic
corners.
Japanese troops in motor cars and
or horse back again moved through
the streets of the city proper. The
authorities explained that they were
giving the new arrivals an opportunity
to see the city.
U. S. Troops to Leave.
Testifying to the American belief
chat the demilitarized zone Is peace
ful, the United States 18th Infantry
here completed arrangements for
opening the Summer camp at Chin
Wang Tao. Within week $50 men,
comprising half of the local detach-
ment, will proceed to the camp. The
remainder will 60 later.
Despite continued non-Settlement
of the Changed incident and the
national governments delay in reply
ing to demands presented May %,
apprehension in this area visibly sub
sided and an exodus Of frightened
Chinese residents southwark lessened.
A Japanese Army plane few over
Peiping again, presumably to oversee
the continued outward movement OF
Chinese, but reports from than an
cient capital said 1t attracted little
attention.
Await Governors Reply.
The Toxic military men, who said
the detention of four Japanese at
Changpei, Chahar Province, Wednes-
day was engaging our most serious
attention" awaited Gov. Sung Chef
Yuan's reply to demands for cessa-
ton of anti-Japanese activities there.
punishment of those responsible, apol-
ogies and assurances against repeti-
ton.
AS to Hopei Province, Lieut.. Col.
Gennosuke Matsu of Japan's Kwan-
tung Army said military preparedness
would not be relaxed until China &C
cepted in writing the May 20 demands
for removal Of all anti-Japanese ele-
ments and influences.
War Minister in Marking.
Gen. Ho Ying- Chin Chinese war
minister, usually stationed in Pelping
was in Nanking, comforting with ma
tional government officials who Thurs
dav decided to refuse written accept
ance. -,
Backing up Japan'S Hopei ulti-
matum, which neutral observers as
serted implied virtual japanese DOM
ination of this rich area, were the
STRENGTHENED Tientsin and Peiping
sarrisonS and nearly 5000 troops con-
centrated near the eastern end OF
China's great wall.
While China apparently made ready
to appeal to the signatorles OF the
nine power treaty against Japan's as
serted fragrant" violation of 1t, Lieut..
Gen. Toranosuke Hashimoto, Japan's
mild. soft-spoken little vice minister
Of war, denied at Toxic that Nippon
sought to set up an independent buf-
fer state in North China.
Interference Denied.
1--WE have never demanded that
Hopei be administered by a special
regime, free from the military infu-
ence Of the Nanking government" he
said. THAT would be interference
with the Chinese domestic admins
tration, which we have no intention
of doing"
He added: IF the Chinese want
to create such buffer state, we have
no objection"