Word: peipingers
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"Japan regards the Great Wall as a definite boundary between the State of Manchukuo and China proper. . . . The Japanese troops now south of the Great Wall will return to Manchukuo shortly. The Japanese Army has no intention of advancing into the Peiping-Tientsin area."
After a bloody battle, Japanese troops mashed their way into Miyun, 50 mi. from Peiping. At one point the Japanese advance reached Tungchow, only 13 mi. from Peiping's walls. To the east, Japanese troops were nearing Lutai, 40 mi. from Tientsin. Unaware of Ambassador Debuchi's statement...
"If the Chinese do not show signs of reasonableness, our army must necessarily continue beyond Peiping and Tientsin, and occupy Paotingfu [80 mi. from both] and points even further southward."
New York Times Correspondent Hallett Abend reported that the following message had been handed foreign diplomats in Peiping:
''Unless responsible Chinese agree to our terms without equivocation, without further delay and without new major attacks, we will occupy Peiping and Tientsin at once."