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FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1937. 日入初月七
No, 15283
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MOTORISTS
WHOSE MOTTO IS
Safety
First"
ALWAYS FIT
DUNLOP TYRES
TROOPS OUT IN S'HAI
BRITISH
VESSELS
International Areas PATROL Can't Be Guaranteed TRAPPED Inviolacy by Chinese
1,400 VOLUNTEERS MOBILISED TO MAN INTERIOR DEFENCES
WITH REGULAR SOLDIERS
Japanese and Chinese Face Each Other Across Narrow
No-Man's-Land
in Chapei
Shanghai, Aug. 13 (6.35 a.m,).
the
It is understood there was a dramatic development last night at the meeting of the International Truce Commission, when the Chinese representatives declared they could not guarantee inviolacy of the International Settlement, with all its population of mixed nationals, and the thousands of refugees who have come there from Chapei, Hongkew and Kiangwan districts, Shanghai Chinese areas.
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The Chinese representatives repeated the charge made in 1932 that the Japanese were using the Settlement as a base of operations.
It is a fact that in 1932 the Japanese had their headquarters for a time in Hongkew, which is the Japanese section of Greater the border of Shanghai, and that the first fighting occurred on Hongkew and Chapei.
There is a possibility of hostilities in Shanghai spreading to the International Settlement itself, therefore.
The city is quiet. At 3.30 a.m. to-day the prospective battlefield to the north of the International Settlement,
the crowded native city of Chapei and its surrounding countryside, were almost completely denuded of civilian population. The streets are bristling with the muzzles of machine-guns, projecting from their sand-bagged nests, and rifles of alert sentries. The armed Chinese
Yangtse Closed
When Chinese
Sink Hulks
Hankow, Aug. 13. Admiral Marquardt, comman- der of the United States Yang- tso Patrol, and Admiral Cramp, the British river patrol com- mander, announced last night that the Chinese naval and military authorities had closed the Yangtse River to inland military and commercial traffic by sinking hulks between Chinkiang and Woosung, 85 miles from the river mouth.
The British river flagship ILM.S. Bee and the U.S.S. Tutulla, which were procceding to Shanghai for re- pairs, have been boilled up, on ac- count of Nanking's determination not lo pernilt a Japanese fleet to steam upstream and attack Nanking:
This action, however, has closed the country's greatest waterway and has clogged business and suspended shipments of all sorts of important producis, to say bing of the British, American and French patrols on the Yungise.
Wor risk insurance as jumped to prohibitive rates. traffic is paralysed. Nume.oûf refugees have been stranded, especially in view of the report that all commercial planes wer to be grounded to-morrow, Fri- day, August 13.
STILL APPREHENSIVE Although the river is closed, all traffle above Shanghai and at interior points is apprehensive because of reports that a Japanese alreraft carrier is anchored off Woosung and is prepared to send planes to bombard the interior.
CHINESE, JAPANESE
TROOPS CLASH IN
STREETS OF CHAPEI
Russians
Close Gates
To International
Area
Shanghai, Aug, 13 (9.32 a.m.).
The Japanese Naval Landing Headquarters announced this morning the first clash between nen of the Japanese Landing Party and the Central Government troops
in Chapei. Two patrols fought at 9.15 a.m. at the corner of Paoshan and Wangping Roads.-United Press.
:
RUSSIANS CLOSE GATES
Shanghai, Aug. 13.
The Russian Regiment has closed 15 gates and manned five blockhouses in the west Hongkew district of Shanghai.
The Japanese report that three Japanese, including a sergeant of the Landing Party, an interpreter of the Tokyo Asahi and a photographer, are missing-United Press.
WITHDRAWAL DEMAND
According to World Scout
Body Asked
To Scotland
state
Nanking, Aug. 13.
the Damci News the Agency
Charpe Japanese d'Afaires here has presented the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs with a demand for the withdrawal of the Peace Preservation Corps froin Shanghai and the destruction of defence works there.-United Press.
WHANGPOO BARRICADED
London, Aug. 12. Despatches reaching here
Shanghai, Aug. 13. that the International Boy Scout
A junk concentration In he A statement from the Foreign Office Association, at the close of the Jam Whangpoo has formed an effectual Issued to-day declares the Japanese borre in Holland. announced that barricade, paralysing the movement have attacked Peiping, Tientsin and invitations had been issued- for a of ocean-going shipping and render- Nankow and have concentrated large
whart Inaccessible lo incoming forces in North Chinn and Shanghai World Scout Conference to be helding the Dollar Steamship Company's
vessels. despite their professed intention of in Scotland in 1939,
It localising incidents. The Japanese
is reported that
three France is not expected to accept are infringing Chinese territorial sovereignty and violating treaties, the invitation as she expected the Japanese listed as missing earlier have been arrested in Chinese territory and China's endurance hus bren next Jamboree to be held in France where they are at present being held.
NO ULTIMATUM
taxed to the limit.-United Press.
CHINESE COUNTER-ATTACK
Shanghai, Aug. 13. According to military reports from Paotung, the Chinese have delivered a counter-blow and recaptured Tou- luchen, 16 miles south of Tientsin, and are now advancing on Liang- north of
CHOICE OF wanghwang, five miles
PEACE OR
WAR LIES
and Japanese forces are divided by a narrow no-man's- WITH CHINA
land.
SLEEPING IN STREETS
STOP PRESS
Japan Ambassador
Still Willing To Negotiate
Shanghai, Aug. 12.
their present position.
It is reported that a Japanese troopi tram plunged into the Crami Canal, drowning several men, during the Japanese retreat.-United Press.
FORMERLY IN P. W. D.
DOS SANTOS
in 1941-Router,
LOYALIST ATTACK SUCCEEDS
Famous Granada Line Pierced
Madrid, Aug. 12. Mesanges have been received here to the effect that the DEATH OF MR. D. J. Loyalists have captured the town of Lopero, breaking the famous fortified line in the Many residents will learn with Granada Sector at dawn. They deep regrol of the death, which
the entire Mr. Shigeru Kawagoe, the occurred at his residence, No. 2 Fort killed Japanese Ambassador, declared Street, North Point, early this morn- defendants, including the Com- in an exclusive interview to-day of Mr. Daniel Jose dos Santos, at
mandant Conrado Catalan and that he was still examining per The deceased, who had been ill for
10 claim have tinent information from many about two months, was an old re- captured much war material.
The Loyalists sident of the Colony. He was botn It is now stated by the office of sources but that he had not die in Macao, but later came to Hongkong advanced nearly seven and a half the Mayor of Shanghal that the covered room for a diplomatic and was a Government pensioner, be
In open places, in alleyways and of thousands on the pavements, Chinese refugees slept during the night beside their pitiful belongings. Many who had found the roads choked with refugees and troops had! travelled to Shanghai from Woesung and other districts in sampons and Junks, or ind chartered and packed themselves into decrepit launches,
Tho Shanghal International Settlement defence scheme follows the 1032 milotment:
JAPANESE ATTACK
Shanghai, Aug. 13.
(10.00 n.m.)
the age of 63 years.
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Mayor O. K. Yuf of Shanghai has denied that any ultimatum has been received.
The Japanese Consul-General has; ordered all nationals to evacuate the districts north of Range Road and West of South Szechuen Road.
The Japanese Naval Landing Party! has strengthened its patrols in Hong- kew and the police have been placed on an emergency basis.-United Press.
Iraqi Ariny Head Slain
Protector Also Murdered By Assassin
Frontier To
Return To Normal Soon
Sinds. Aue. $2.
The hostiliiles on the North- weat frontier of India, which have been protracted and have cost the lives of many British troops and tribesmen, are CX- pected to be ended within five or six weeks.
It is understood the Fakir Ipi and the hostile tribes are anxious for peace negotiations, and it is therefore expected thes 21 begin shorts-Netart Rulerin Servict
HOPPING ACROSS
N. POLE
Soviet Airmen
On Ambitious Flight To U.S.
Moscow, Aug. 12. Sigismund Levanevsky, ace Rus- slon dier, is piloting a giant, four- engined plane with a crew of Bix from Moscow to Chicago, by way of the North Pole.
Baghdad, Aug. 12. General Bekir Sidki, Chief of the Iraqi
General Staff, and Major Muhammad All Jawad, commander of the Iraqi Air Force, were assassinated to-day at the Mosal Airport by toy
He plans to make one stop during the long fight, at Fairbanks, Alasica, The big plane roared away from the flying base here at 5.15 p.m. to-day after days of careful preparn- tion, weather reports from the
1 British froops are stationed in Japanese have attacked the Chinese settlement of the Sino-Japanese | Ing formerly on the sinit of the P.W.miles across the Insurgent lines and common soldier, armed with a re-soviet meteorological station on the
the Eastern District, with Shanghai positions near Paoshan and Wang-
Volunteer unlia Along Road and in the pill boxen which road tracka. command it;
D. Ile leaves a widow and one they assert that Insurgent counter- Boundary ping Roads, chorging across the ruii-¡quarrel up to now and therefore married-son, Mr. D.E, dos Santos, of attacks were repulsed.
A.P.C., had not conversed with any re- the
with whom much The Chinese are fighting from be-presentative of the Chinese Gov- sympathy will be felt.
The funeral takes place to returning 2. American Marines guard the hind sand-bag redoubts,
ernment sinco
evening, passing the Monument upper reaches of Soochow Creek; It is understood fighting was still
5.30 p.m.; no flowers, by request. 3. Russian regulars, of the Shang-continuing at 10 a.m.--United Press. Shanghai. hal Russian Regiment, are being held in rezerve)
volunteers.
He emphasised, however, that no decision had been taken against a
R
BRITISH ROAD TOLL HEAVY
Later, however, the Loyalist report | this adds, the victorious troops retreated, at abandoning all the ground they had won, because Lopero is too deep in Insurgent territory to be tenable, and susceptible to artillery attacks from the surrounding heights. - United! Press,
volver.
co near the North Polo proving General Sidki was on his way to satisfactory. After August, it is attend the Turkish Army manoeuvres. thought, the trans-polar lights will The assailant fired repeatedly, kill have to be discontinued, weather Ing General Sidi Instantly.
conditions being entirely too unde- Major All Jawad lost his life gallant pendable.-Reuter. ly endeavouring to protect his general-Reuter.
FLIGHT BEGUN
Moscow, Aug. 12.
12 MISSING panied by navigator Levchenko, co- WHEN SHIP
More persons were killed on the have suddenly closed the Spanish TORPEDOED
The pilot, Levonevsky, accom-
pllot Kostanaye, radioman Golovsky and mechanics Godöviköy and Pobezisov, hopped off in their four- motored plane at 0.13 p.m. (Moscow ime. They will re-fuel at Fair- banks, en route to Chicago and New York.
4. On the south side of the In- Military Headquarters in Hong diplomatic settlement. On the con- ternational Settlement is the strongly
settle without further hostilities if guarded French concession, where kong notify that arrangements|trary, Tokyo was still of a mind to
FRENCH CLOSE FRONTIER there are regular troops as well as are being made for the Royal possible. It still remains, however, Welch Fusiliers to stand by and for the Chinese Government to dis- similar disposition, Mr.
St. Jean de Luz, Aug. 12. Only a small portion of the defence to proceed to Shanghai If neces-play
Kawngoo said.
London. Aug. 12. The French, without explanation, forces were out to-night na the night was expected to be uneventful, but sary.
Meanwhile, the situation is drift-
roads of Great Britain during July frontier, Later, the Spanish authori- According to a Reuter message)ing towards grave events, he warn-
then in ony of the previous months ties also closed the frontier.
Head winda are indicated in the trom Tokyo Just received, the Japan-jed.
of the year. ese Prime Minister. In a special{ Nanking officials, Mr. Kawagoe
The 8,000-ton Spanish Government initial stages, but the airmen hope to An Argentino observer The foll was 607, compared with meeting with the chiefs of his Naval went on, wore divided into two 625 in June, and 630 in July of last Spanish closed the frontier to prevent steamer Compeador was torpedoed reach Fairbanks in thirty hours, laskage of information concerning and sunk off Kilibia, near Cape Bon, where the weather is clear and a light The American Volunteer Cavalry and Military departments, decided parties: one willing to settle pence-year. Company and the British Armoured last night to "invoke Japan's rights fully, the other determined on war. The previous highest month for that ofensive against Santander, to-day,
wind..........is - prevalling,—United Twelve of her crew of
41 ace Press. Car Company, another volunteer of self-defence in a drasilo manner" He indicated the outcome of this dif- fatalities in traffic accidents for 1937 scheduled for Friday and Saturday.
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was May, with a total of 534 deaths?——United Press,
the authorities are alert,--Reuter,
HELD IN RESERVE
Shanghel, Aug. 13.
in China.
says the
| missing-Reuter.
Tunis, Aug. 12.
cost