1937-08-12 — Page 9

To Use Force If Two Demands Are Not Accepted

SHANGHAI HARBOUR LIKE JAPANESE NAVAL BASE

AIRCRAFT CARRIER OFF WOOSUNG READY FOR

AIR RAIDS

Shanghai, To-day.

Shanghai's harbour now looks like a Japanese naval base, with four Japanese cruisers and eight destroyers in harbour and twelve Japanese war- ships outside.

CRITICAL STAGE

REACHED

Consul General's Talk With Shanghai Mayor-

Shanghai, To-day.

The situation in Shanghai

reached a critical st though morning

were no clashes up to early

כי

The total number of warships in the area

All the Japanese troo

ed after the arrival of

First

O BRITISH TROOPS ON WAY

of the

War Council with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek as the Chairman, Marshals Feng Yu-hsiang and Yen- Shin-shan as Vice Chairmen, Gener- al: Per Chung-hsi as Chief of Staff,

well as all the Pacification Commis- sioners in the different provinces as members of the Council

The Generalissimo and Marshals On the other hand, it is reported Feng and Yen will direct the fight- that the Chinese troops near the

avoided.

Huge quantities of munitions and supplies were from the Yangtze Valley have as and all the ministers in Nanking as landed by the Japanese warships of the First Fleet sembled in Shanghai which entered harbour yesterday afternoon, and 2,000 more Japanese ma there are now at least four thousand marines in the Fleet warships. Shanghai headquarters: -

The Japanese allege that there are 100,000 Municipality have received instructing themselves if war cannot be Chinese troops within a 50 miles radius of Shang-tions to be ready to advance hai, in addition to the 10,000 militiamen of the Peace Preservation Corps in the city.

The Japanese Naval Landing Party are apparing a settlement of the Hungiao - ently determined to use force if the Chinese au-come "firm.” thorities do not agree to withdraw the Peace Pre- The Japanese Consul-general in servation Corps and to demolish the defence works Shanghai called on Mr. 0. K. Yui, the Mayor, at 4.30 pm yesterday to that have been erected.

exchange views It is said that be

STILL HOPE":

There is still hope that last minute negotiations will succeed in produc

cident, though the Japanese have be

requested the Mayor to order sus-

pension of defensive activities

Own

If a clash occurs, the Japanese are expected to rely mainly upon air attacks from the aircraft-car-the Peace Preservation Corps rier which is now lying within thirty miles of Woo- the request sung, the presence of which the Japanese appar- ently wanted to be kept a secret. Reuter. CHINESE SHANGHAI PREPARATIONS

espon

FRENCH REL FORCIN

After re

ces at French Shanghai

Chinese military mobilisation around Shang- hai is following closely on the concentration of the the Governor Japanese naval First Fleet at Shanghai

It is reported that one division of crack Chinese troops is being despatched to Shanghai from Che- kiang Province and that they will take up a de- fence position at Lunghua.

Chinese fighting planes have been massed at the Hungjao Aerodrome. Hua Nan

CONSULS SEND REPRESENTATIONS

for the despatch of a

of Infantry to Shanghai as rein-

forcement-Da-Dao.

WAR ATMOSPHERE.

IN NANKING - Moderates Said Now Convinced

Nanking, Amid the thick wan atmosphere shrouding the Chinese capital,

At the last conferences, the

Marshal Yen flew to Taiyuan yes- terday to despatch more troops to reinforce the 13th. Army at Kalgan

the

The former“.

under Cha Teh are con- at Kalgan. They are at of Marshal Yen Hsi-shan.

Correspondent.

AIR PASS

a

of check- ents. But

air raid proved unsuccessful-

TRAIN WRECKING IN NORTH

Chinese Participants Summarily Shot

mghai, To-day.

Tientsin messag states that about 200 employees of the Peiping- Mukden Railway attempted to de- stroy the line at Hsinho and Tang- kus simultaneously, last night with a view to wrecking the line for mi- litary use They were successful

the result that one sergeant of Ja-

Forty of thinese participants were arrested and summarily shot

Despite the threat of hostilities in consequence Chinese Government officials went in removing a section of the rails of the Hungjae Incident, both sides appear to be in-into conference during the past at Lulipu, derailing a tram, with

-four hours for the purpose twenty-f clined toward a diplomatic settlement if possible. of formulating plans to deal with panese artillery, was killed and five

injured. Mr. Okayama, Japanese Consul General in the situation at all the dange spots, Shanghai, called on Mr. O. K. Yui, Mayor of Great including Shanghai, er Shanghai, last evening and held a three-hour sue of war or peace seemed conversation, during which Mr. Okayama verbally er in dispute as it was almos presented two demands, namely, the withdrawal of animously agreed that China

tience had been exhausted a the Chinese Peace Preservation Corps from the the existence of China as

could not be Shanghai area and the demolition of all the defence works in the same area.

Mr. Yui, m reply, said he was no

to accept these demands, but.

that the incident would be amic

diplomatic channels after a thoroug

tion

The Consular Body in Shanghai comm identical memoranda to both the Chinese and

anese

at Shanghai

their attenti to the need for

antee the safety of foreign life and Shanghai in the event of hostilities.

Hua Nan

FIGHTING IN NORTH

IMMINE

Yen Hsi Shan More Troops

PIPPERMINT

hed ice

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