FAR EAST CRISIS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11947, 18 May 1933, Page 5

FAR EAST CRISIS

talk OF PEACE. MOVE TO STOP HOSTILITIESTN PEKIN AREA. (U.P.A! by Eiec. To). Copyright (Received May 17, 10 p.m.) SHANGHAI, May 17... . With the departure of, the Nanking emissaries northward, bearing terms designed to stop the present hostilities in the Peking area, it, was announced to-day that the Chinese and Japanese had virtually agreed to terms for the cessation of hostilities along lines similar to the stoppage of the Chapei fighting last year; The exact nature of the proposals is not divulged. , Chinese troops, under General Hochukuo, commenced evacuating Tangshan on Monday night, while Japanese troops are now stated to have left Kiking on route for Tangshah. The Chin* ese forces are concentrating on. Lutai, thirty miles west of Tangshan. The foreign concessions in Tientsin are receiving a huge influx of Chinese refugees. The exodus of Chinese from Peking is now reaching three thousand daily, JAR’S WARNING TO CHINA . MUST STOP PROVOCATIVE ACTS! MJ.R A. bv F.lci* Tel. fiopjrmiit-< SHANGHAI, May 16 Tangshan has been heavily bombed, and cement works and a cotton mil! were severely damaged Mivun also was bombed, and the city swep by machine-gun fire, with heavy casualties.

Tlie Chinese are makng preparations to evacuate Tangshan. A Japanese message from Harbin states that Chinese Mongol troops at Kalgan, within the province of Chahar, have declared their allegiance to Manchukuo , whose officials already have left to take control. In view of the large numbers oi Chinese who are fleeing towards Tangshan, looting enroute. Japanese sources report that the British manager of the Tangshan mines has decided to suspend operations in the meantime. The Janpanese Legation has issued a statement that- should the Chinese ■discontinue provocative acts the Japanese will quickly return to the Great, Wall and resume their regular work of maintaining peace in Manchukuo, “but unless the Chinese army alters its attitude, oouirter-atacks will be kept up.”