Evening Star Newspaper, May 26, 1933, Page 26

HORTH N TRCE REPORTED SIGNED Official Denials.and Censor- ship at Shanghai Dis- counted by Tokio. By the Associated Press. Dispatches from both Shanghai and Tokio agreed today that a truce had ‘been signed to put an end to the hostil- ities in North China between the Chinese and the Japanese. In Shanghai "there were official denials and strict censorship, but none the less there was no doubt that the agreement had been concluded. The Tokio announcement was made by the foreign office. : The terms of the truce, the Japanese #nnouncement say, are that Chinese forces are to be kept southwest of a line futting across the North China terri- tory rumming within 15 miles of Peiping, while Japanese soldiers remain north- east of the boundary. Cessation of Chinese “provocation” also figures in the deal Meanwhile, unconfirmed rumors cir- culate in Tientsin that Japan has de- manded evacuation of eping and ‘Tientsin, recognition of Manchukuo and payment for Japanese military expenses south of the Great Wall. TRUCE TERMS OUTLINED. SHANGHALI May 26 (#).—Despitestrict ¢ensorship and official denials due to fear of the consequences, there appeared fo doubt today that a provisional Chinese-Japanese truce was signed at Miyun last night. . Representatives of the Chinese and Japanese commanders were believed to have reached an understanding con- taining the following points: Chinese forces will withdraw to agreed line. . Until a formal agreement is OFFICER SHOT BY COUNTERFEITER REPORTED IN SERIOUS CONDITION Herman L. Lay, one of two police- men shot by Lester L. Lillie, who was given a two-to-three year prison sen- tence following his recent trial on counterfeiting and assault charges, was re] in a serious condition today in Emergency Hospital, where he has been confined since the shooting. Lay's thigh bone was shattered by one of the four bullets fired at him and Policeman Arthur Gernhofer, and surgeons resorted to an operation in an effort to save his leg. Since the operation, it. was said at the hospital, Lay's condition has steadily grown worse and is now considered “extremely | serious.” Lay and Gernhofer were wounded February 8, when they arrested Lillle as a suspected counterfeiter. A few minutes before, it was testified at his trial, he had attempted to pass a bogus $10 bill in a restaurant near Eighteenth street and Columbia road. Lay placed Lillle under arrest and Herman L. Lay Suffers Relapse Following Operation in Effort to Save His Leg. escorted him to a nearby police call- box to telephone for a patrol. Lillie suddenly attacked him, it was sald, and Gernhofer, who was standing nearby, ran to his assistance. During the furious battle that fol- lowed, Lillle, it was said, began firing through his Pockzt, Both Gernhofer and Lay recelved leg wounds, but con- tinued fighting. nevertheless. e offi- cers finally’ overpowered Lillie, after Gernhofer had clamped an “iron claw” on the young man’s “gun hand.” Gernhofer'’s wound was not_ serious. Both officers are attached to the third recinct. Physicians said at the time, owever, that if Lay recovered, he prob- ably would be crippled. Lillie, who signed a confession soon after his arrest, was sentenced May 18, by Justice Alfred A. Wheat, who also imposed a $100 fine. He had n charged with counterfeiting and with a dangerous weapon. Lay is 28 and lives at 1838 Connecti- cut avenue. signed, China will undertake not to! send troops into the area bounded byi the Great Wall on the north, the| Pelping-Mukden Railway on the east | and the Peiping-Suiyuan Railway on the west. | (3). Chinese Volunteer Corps in| the area mentioned will be dissolved and no longer encouraged or supported | by Chinese authorities. (4). China will undertake to exer- cise strict control against an anti- Japanese movement in the area men- tioned, and also in Peiping, Tientsin and eisewhere in Nos#h China. (5). 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