The Bismarck tribune., 1937-07-13
OF NIPPON
CANT AlGN AGAINST
COMMUNISM ASKED
Jap Cabinet Said to Have DE-
cided to Use Military Mea-
sures In Crisis
CHINESE AIRMEN FEARED
ominous Silence Prevailing in
Trouble Area May Forebods
Storm Is Belief
CHINESE AIRMEN FEARED
BULLETIN

Felp1n&, emma, July l3-R)-
Five Japanese bombers, Chinese
sources reported, bombed the Nam
yuan barracks and airdrome eight
miles south Of this ancient city.
The report was not at once con-
firmed.
The aerial attack, according to
the Chinese informants, occurred
between and I p. m. Il and 2
4 m. CST).
The report first became known
here late In the day, delayed be-
cause telephone communications
with Nanyuan were cut during
fighting.
Tokyo, July l3.-(ReThe Japanes
cabinet was reported Tuesday to haw
decided on military measures to solv
the North China crisis unless the Chi
nese government accepts all Japan's
terms.
I'VE are making fullest prepara-
tions for the emergency" ono member
Of the cabinet said.
The decision to carry out the gov.
ernment's original plan to end the
tense situation was said to have been
caused by the increasingly grave de-
velopments in the Peiping area. Jap
anese and Chinese troops have been
fighting there since last Wednesday.
just previously Foreign Minister
Koh Hirota had appealed to q war
council Of Japan's industrial leaders.
bankers and business men to support
the governments plans to deal with
the emergency. 49,. = g. .,--e
Outlins Demands
Japan1 demands are folkfold;
Withdraw all troops from the area
Of hostitties; punish troops held re-
sponsible for tho outbreak; end anti.
japanese activities: support Japau's
anti Communism campaign.
I'VE have no axe to grind In China
but our rights there must be respect-
ed," Hirota told tho council Of Japan's
business lords. ''That Is why No are
sending reinfoFcements to enforce our
rights and protect the lives and prop
erty Of Japanese nationals.
when China returns to normal We
will withdraw the reinforcements."
Governmental leaders g well as In
dustrialists were called into war cor,-
cils In the North China crisis.
The unprecedented action was de-
creed at an emergency session after
the government indicated tho gravity
Of the situation by declaring . state
Of emergency" in the Japanese inspired
state Of Manchukuo and the Kwan-
tung leased territory.
Fear Air Raids
Both border on the trouble zone IN
North China's Hopeh province and
Japanese authorities expressed fear
Of air raids by China's powerful fleet
Of warplanes.
An ominously heavy silence. which
some observers feared might be the
calm before the storm, brooded over
the Orient.
The fighting between Chinese regu-
lars and Japaa's North China garrispp
broke out in the suburbs west Of
Peiping Wednesday night. japanese
charged the 10Th Chinese route army
had opened fire on japanese troops
On secret night maneuvers: Chinese
countered that Japan was seeking to
create m incident which would be the
excuse for extending her influence In
the North China area.
Thirteen hundred Japanese troops
from the East Hopei and Fengtai rail-
way junction garrisons began con-
;erted and direct attack on China's
ancient and walled city Of Peiping.
Without awaiting arrival Of further
Manchukuoan reinforcements, the
Japanese directed their attack against
The city from the east and the south.
The troops drove to the very shadow
# the ancient capitals walls In motor
trucks and under the protection Of
cars and japanese infantry
men, supported by light field pieces.