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"DOOMED BATTALION" GO ON HUNGER STRIKE Two Deaths Follow Clash: High Shanghai Tension

NO HITCH AT CHANGKUFENG: NOON PARLEY

Tokyo, To-day.

Japanese Action Aggravating Situation

Shanghai, To-day.

Two of the Chinese soldiers wounded yesterday in the "doomed battalion" fight died in the police hospital during the night.

It was revealed at a press con- ference at the War Office this morning that there has been no hitch in the armistice arrangements The at Changkufeng.

THREE BOMBS THROWN BY S'HAI TERRORISTS

Shanghai, To-day.

The "terrorists" started anniver- sary activities this morning when, within 15 minutes between 5 and three bombs exploded

6. a.m..

remaining members threaten a hunger-strike from to-day in protest against the incident. Captain Osa, of the Kwantung The fracas has caused considerable bad feeling within the International Settlement. Army, met the A.D.C. of the

among the Chinese and as a result of this, and resulting in two Chinese being kill- Commander-in-Chief, Soviet Far

the close approach of August 13, precautions ed and 15 injured. Eastern Army, at a spot behind the Soviet lines at. 11 p.m. last have been tightened. night and came to an agreement The whole of the Volunteers regarding the collection of dead have been mobilised and are do- and wounded lying in ́no-man's-ing active patrolling, while the land.

Concession authorities have be

a

5.

at noon to-day in Changkufeng cades.

JAPANESE EFFRONTERY in which there were no casual-

Shanghai, To-day,

The first bomb was thrown at 15.45 a.m. at a Japanese box fac- tory within the American sector

ties and no material damage.

It was also arranged that

Ten minutes later, in the vici- further conference should be held gun closing a number of the side Adding further to the worries streets with barbedwire barri- of the already harrassed Shang-

hai Municipal Council, it has been nity of the first bomb, another for the purpose of settling the It is announced that foreign- officially stated that a Japanese was hurled, allegedly at the Jap- anese police quarters in the Bri- anti-Chiang distance to be maintained-be-ors are being subjected to search plane is dropping tween the two forces unless the as well as Chinese.

Kai-shek pamphlets in the West- tish sector, resulting in no injur

ed and no damage. frontier

com- commission has

The curfew is now being rigor-jern district of the Settlement.

The Council is taking a serious At 6.00 a.m. the third bomb pleted its task.

ously enforced and anyone, for- The War Office spokesman also eign or Chinese, afoot or in a view of the matter owing to the was thrown at a Japanese mill revealed that Mr. Shigemitsu is motor car, found out after 3.00 recent strong protests of the in the Italian sector and two per meeting M. Litvinoff in Moscow a.m. is forced to spend the night Japanese against "terrorist" acts, sons were killed and 15 were in- at noon in connection with the in the nearest gaol. Reuter.

as the scattering of pamphlets jured. establishment of the Boundary Commission.

The Japanese state that dur- ing the fighting they suffered 300 killed and 600 wounded. Our Own Correspondent.

BORDER AFFAIR DEFEAT FOR JAPAN

London, To-day.

HUNGER STRIKE DECLARED

Shanghai, To-day. Members of the "doomed bat- talion" are at the present on a "hunger-strike."

The Shanghai Municipal Coun- cil is taking no action for 24 hours.

of

Meanwhile, the condition two Russians involved in yester- Reuter. day's fracas is serious.

that an inquiry should have been, possible without a clash. Not the least satisfactory feature is that the Japanese militarists promptly obeyed orders from Tokyo.

All London newspapers to-day express gratification and relief at

SERIOUS DIVERSION the conclusion of the truce between The last thing that Tol yo Soviet Russia and Japan, and the could desire was a conflict with majority of them consider it to be Russia which would have been the deathknell to her enterprise diplomatic setback for the Japan China. Already her whole eco- nomy has been strained to main- ese militarists.

which has been pro- The "News Chronicle" points tain the war out that there will be no chair-longed far beyond her original man with a casting vote, so that calculations and of which there is one need not be a prophet to fore-no foreseeable, end. There is no see a deadlock. Nevertheless, in margin for a second war against the long run the problems are a major Power. likely to be solved. Russia, does Even thig minor incident, the not want to fight and Japan dare journal points out, has meant

* serious diversion of the Japanese not

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"Dally

of such a nature is liable to stir No arrests have been made. up more trouble.

-Reuter.

Reuter.

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