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...details of the truce were published, and Japanese troops that had been pressing down from the Great Wall made no entry into Peiping. BUT by terms of the ever useful Boxer Agreement Japan has the right to increase her legation guard at any time. At Peiping's Chienmen Railroad Station 600 stumpy little Japanese soldiers detrained from Tientsin, marched through the streets with full equipment to strengthen the guard. Very quickly it became apparent that they would not be idle. Japanese patrols spread through the native city, taking over Chinese police posts, searching houses for Chinese snipers. Before breakfast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA-JAPAN: Truce v. Salvation | 6/5/1933 | See Source »

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