Zhengjiatun Incident

Japanese: 鄭家屯事件 - ていかとんじけん

A clash between Japanese and Chinese troops occurred on August 13, 1916, in Zhengjiatun, Liaoning Province, China. It started as a trivial argument between a Japanese medicine salesman and a Chinese soldier, but the involvement of the Japanese garrison (since August 1914) led to a clash between the two sides, resulting in 14 Japanese deaths (including one police officer) and four Chinese deaths. Nakamura Satoru, commander-in-chief of the Kanto region, sent reinforcements (two cavalry companies and one infantry battalion) to occupy Zhengjiatun, demanding the withdrawal of Chinese troops from Sipingjie to Zhengjiatun, and erecting a military electric cable between the two areas. On September 2, the Okuma Shigenobu cabinet sent envoy Hayashi Gonsuke to demand that the Chinese side take disciplinary action against the commander of the 28th Division of the Chinese army, and that police officers be stationed at necessary locations in southern Manchuria and eastern Inner Mongolia.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1916年8月13日中国遼寧省鄭家屯でおきた日中両軍の衝突事件。発端は売薬業店員(日本人)と中国兵とのささいな口論であるが，駐屯日本軍(1914年8月より駐在)が干与したため日中両軍の衝突となり，日本側14名(うち巡査1)，中国側4名の戦死者を出した。中村覚関東都督は増援部隊(騎兵2中隊，歩兵1大隊)を派遣し鄭家屯を占領，四平街～鄭家屯間の中国軍の撤退を要求，かつ両地間に軍用電線を架設した。大隈重信内閣は9月2日林権助公使をして中国軍第28師団長の懲戒，南満州･東部内蒙古の必要な地点への警察官の駐在などを中国側に要求させた。

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