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THURSDAY, AUGUST

No, 19284

Japanese Prepare To Force Acceptance Of Demands in Shanghai

MARINES POURING

POURING ASHORE

FROM FLEET IN WHANGPOO

Shanghai, Aug. 12 (6.30 a.m.).

This great seaport looks like a Japanese naval base to-day. There are four Japanese cruisers and eight destroyers in the Whangpoo, whose guns frown behind Hongkew, the Japanese area of Shanghai just north of the International Settlement and east of the Chinese city of Chapei, all a part of Greater Shanghai. Just outside the harbour proper, in the direction of Woosung, are twelve more Japanese men-o'-war.

A huge quantity of munitions and supplies have been landed from the warships and 4,000 Japanese marines are now in Shanghai.

The Japanese allege that 100,000 Chinese troops are within a 50-mile radius of Shanghai and that 10,000 Chinese militiamen are in the city itself.

The Japanese are apparently determined to use force if the Chinese do not agree to withdraw their militiamen and demolish the defence works of the Chinese city. If a clash occurs the Japanese are expected to rely mainly upon air attacks, using the planes from the aircraft carrier now lying within 30 miles of Woosung. presence of this vessel in the Shanghai area the Japanese apparently wanted to keep secret, but the fact has been revealed that the carrier is close at hand.-Reuter. Intends To Refuse Demands Province and that they will take up

Shanghai, Aug. 12.

(12.40 a.m.).

of

The

defence position at Lunghua, Many Chinese fighting planes are massed Nan News. at the Hungjan Aerodrome-Hua

No Swatow Landing

German Bid

For Ocean Air Trade World's Largest Flying Boat On

First Voyage

Berlin, Aug. 11. A step towards the establishment of a German North Atlantic postal Swatow, Aug. 12. air service, potential rival to the Bri- The Municipal Government has tish-American line, was taken to-day rumour that a number of Japanese Nordmeer,

statement

denying the when the world's largest seaplane,) marines have landed in Nan-Ow District, opposite Swatow,

left Travemuendic this arrived at Lisbon

The Mayor of Greater Shanghai, Mr. O. K. Yut, following a conference with Japanese naval ofleery inst night, indicated to the United Press that he would not accept the Japan- ese demands for the withdrawal the Pence Preservation Corps from issued Shanghai, and the destruction of the elly's barracks and other defences, within a twelve mile radius. The secretary of the Mayor declared that 2,000 Japanese marines had already been landed from the warships which belag spread by traitors-Hug Nen steared into the Whangpoo yester-News. day afternoon and are now unchored there-United Press.

China Will Strike Back

morning and The Government advises the po- in the afternoon. pulace not to be misled by rumours,

Nanking Parleys

She is four-engined craft, burn-

ing crude oil, with a cruising speed

More Wages

For Railway

Employees

London, Aug. 11.

Newly 500,000 British rallway workers will receive higher wages as from Montlay If the findings of the Railway Staff National Tribunal are accepted by the companies.

Under the award, the last of the

1931 economy cuts would disappear. The concessions would cost the

| companies about £3,000,000 annually.

-Reuter.

Protecting Public From Bad Brokers

Numerous People Robbed In Past

New Stringent Regulations

London, Aug, 11.

In order to suppress fraudulent share dealers who in the post have robbed numerous poor people of theh life savings, a deparimental commit- lee of the Board of Trade has recom- mended that all dealings be pro- hibited unless the dealer la registered under new and stringent conditions, or is a member of a recognised Stock Exchange.

The committee emphasises that the vast majority of outside brokers are honest, but, os on instance of the pre- sent fax regulations, mentions that a greengrocer and a boot-mender secured oficial registration at Somerset House is outside brokers.

It is further revealed by the com- mittee that a man, shortly after his release from Dartmoor Convict Prl- son, established himself in business as a stockbroker in a North of Eng- land town and defrauded many who entrusted their money to him.

The committee states that frau- dulent dealers invariably offer whol- ly worthless shares to persons be- lieved to be gullible or inexperienced, and then disappear with the plunder, appearing later under different operations.-Renter, names and addresses to repeat their

SHIPBUILDERS GET RAISE

London, Aug. 11.

of 182 miles per hour and a crew of Amalgamated Union of

A total of 13,000 members of the four. Her commander

Engineers is Captain and Shipbuilders have had Nanking, Aug. 11. Blankenburg, whe has

their Chinese Governinent leaders have South Allontle 43 times,

crossed the wages raised since last month, ac Nanking, Aug. 12. held many conferences during the

cording to a statement issued by the (12.34 a.m.) past twenty-four hours for the pur-

She will By the Atlantic by way of

union to-day. Officials at the Foreign Office here pose of formulating measures to deal the Azores, where the floating air- told the United Press that f the with the situation at all the danger port, Firesland,

Employment among

union's Japanese start trouble In Shanghal spots, including Shanghai,

lower than members. however, Is relatively the Chinese will retaliate.

where

in other ere Reuter. Sino-Japanese liestitics appear in-

Industries, evitable.

Reuters

ference, of it was almost unanimous- It is learned that at the latest con- ly agreed that China's patience had

The Foreign Office has denied the eariler report that the evacuation of Chinese nationals from Japan has commenced, but added, however, that such a move might be made soon. been exhausted and that existence of United Press.

Two Japanese Demands

ardent

China as a nation could not be milin- tained by any means except by re- surting to war. Even the

most odvocates of "Lemporary that one speaker who argued against pence have given way. It is stated war until China is more adequately

Was shouted down.

Shanghai, Aug. 12. Despite the threat of hostilities in consequence of the Hungjao incident, both sides appear inclined towards prepared diplomatic settlement, it that sua Nan Newa. possible.

Vi

Mr. Okayama, Japanese Consul- General in Shanghai, called on Mr. Yu Hung-chun, Mayor of Greater Shanghal, last evening and held three-hour conversation, during which Mr. Okayama verbally pre- sented two demands, namely,

the withdrawal of the Chinese Peace Preservation Corps from the Shanghal area and the demolition of all the defence works in the same region,

Mr. Yu Hung-chun. In reply, said he was not in a position to accept these demands, but expressed the hope that the incident might amicably settled through diplomatic channels, after a thorough investi-

be

The Consular Body In Shanghai communicated Identical memoranda to both the Chinese and Japanese authorities at Shanghal yesterday calling their attention to the necessity for measures to ensure the safety of foreign life and property in the event of hostilities-Hua Nan News,

Chinese Mobilise

Shanghal, Aug. 11. military

mobilisation

Chinese around Shanghai following

Is proceeding,

the concentration

Japanese warships here.

of

It is reported that one division of crack Chinese troops is being des patched to Shanghai from Chekiong

STOP PRESS

Is awaiting her.

PEAK TRAMS NOW RUNNING

A

The Peak Tram Service, which had been Interrupted sinco Tuesday afternoon duo to Heavy landslide just below Barker Road station, was re- *umed this morning.

the

POTATO GROWERS SCARED

London, Aug. 11. Potato rowers of Great Britain Rave a sigh

of rellet when they learned that the reported discovery

of the Colorado beetle in Essex, dend- liest enemy of the potato farmer, was a myth-the insect found was a big, queen ant.--Reuter,

GULLS CRASH PLANE, STRIKERS WANT CUT- WORLD GOING CRAZY?

London, Aug. 11. Three amusing incidents occurred in different parts of the world to-day.

One was a shortage of petrol in a producing country, the second the bringing down of an aeroplane by seagulls, and the third a stay-in strike for lower wages.

In Mexico City, there is a shortagestant town stating that he was forced of petrol owing to a strike of two to land when he flew into thousanda thousand employees of the oilfields at of seagulls, in order to see it his ma- Porto Rico, with which Mexico City

chine required repairs.

The stay-in strike is taking place

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In the area represented by this map Chinese, and Japanese armies are trips to-day. Yesterday the Japanese attacked "In the vicinity of Kalgan, attempting to cut off the Chinese troops at that point (see upper left corner of map) from the strong body at Nankow Pass in the Great Wall. Coming south to Tientsin (lower right hand of map) we find the city where British and French troops are "standing to" In readiness for any emergency for there has been a sound of firing to the south.

In fact the Japanese attacked Chinghai, on the Grand Canal yesterday; but were repulsed. They also attacked Toulluchen (not on map only a few miles from Chinghal, and were again repulsed.

WAR SPREADING

IN N.

CHINA

Chinese Repulse New Japanese Attacks

BRITISH PRECAUTIONS

IN TIENTSIN

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GLASGOW MASS MURDER

Ghastly Crime Perpetrated By Egyptian

Glasgow, Aug. 11. Six persons are dead follow- ing a grisly shooting drama here, in which Upendra Mamjan Biswas, described as a handsome and popular Egyptian physicn! training instructor, allegedly turned into a mass murderer.

He apparently planned a whole- sale murder plot with great delibera- tlon and completed the plan within a few minutes.

He first shot his 17-year-old Eng- lah wife, who had taken refuge at her father's home, and then his own baby daughter. Subsequently he shot his father-in-law, his sister-in- law and a taxi driver who tried le interfere with the greatest courage,

In the end he Renter.

shot himself.—

Three-Year

Voyage Of Exploration

London, Aug. 11. The three-masted schooner which has been exploring the Antarctic Ocean for three years arrived at Portsmouth to-day,

The little vessel spent two winters at Grahamland which is now established as a peninsula of the Antarctic continent and not a group of islands, as WEB hitherto beloved-Reuter.

RUSSIANS CALL 1915 DRAFT TO COLOURS

Improved Standard Of Conscripts

Moscow, Aug. 11.

A decrce issued by the Commissar of Defence to-day calls to the colours In September all, Soviet men born in 1015 who were not called up last year, and also the entire draft of the 1916 class.

At the same time the decree dis- charges on long term leave the rank und Ale, junior commanders and the commanding staffs which have served for a fixed term in the Red Army on the frontier, or with the internal defence forces of the Commissariat of Internal Affairs.

The Soviet Press declarca the mental and educational standards of the new drafts will be of the highest.

According to Pravda, in 1912 33 per cent. of the Army conscripts were illiterate, but last year only 03 of I per cent. of the draft was classed

Nanking, Aug. 12 (12.44 a.m.). Chinese military reports state that the Japanese forces from northern Charhar and Jehol clashed with the Chinese in "the vicinity" of Kalgan. It is reported that they are attempting to cut off the Chinese troops in considerable number of those now position at Nankow, where a sudden and powerful attack was delivered yesterday,

Nankow, it is reported, is in flames, having heavily bombed.

as luterate. Izvestia states that a

called to service passed through the secondary schools, including a large number of cavalrymen. Vorosailov Sharp-shooters, snipers, parachutists been-men who have received prelimin-

ary training for highly speelalised work.

"We shall zuepessfully use this

might in the cause of peace," Izvestia

The Central News Agency states that more than 700 Japanese cavalrymen and infantrymen from declares-Reuter.

Touliuchen, 16 miles south-west of Tientsin, crossed the

Grand Canal and attacked the Chinese positions.

The

battle raged for 12 hours last night and throughout about 20 field guns to support their troops, the Japanese yesterday until early afternoon. Although they used

were repulsed.

Simultaneously the Japanese at- tocked Chinghai, which la only Ave! miles south of Touliuchen and one of the larger cities on the Grand Canal (see mop). They were repulsed at this point also-United Press.

Guns Go Up

BRITISH PRECAUTION To Scotland

For Grouse

London, Aug. 11. There was a big rush for Scot

New Stories

Of Revolt

Trouble Behind Rebel Lines ?

Madrid, Aug. 11. The Spanish Government continues to claim to have information of re-. volt and friction behind the Insur- gent lines. The latest story that Italian and German officers and men were killed when they rebelled against the Insurgent

nt command on the southern front,

Loyalist troops, it is asse

is asserted, have had successes on the eastern front,

Santander, meanwhile, has ex-

Shanghai, Aug. 12 (1.09 m.) According to Domel News Agency despatches from Tientsin, early yes terday afternoon the Brisalt and is connected by the longest pipe-line at Cracow, in Poland, the workers tionary measures in the concessions French authorities took precau- In the world. The strike has been being brick-makers. A few months due to tension following a brief out- going on for twenty-one days, and ago, the men had a forty per cent, in- burst of aring in the direction of the land to-day for the opening of the perienced the forcest air raid of its the supply of oil to Mexico Cily is crease in wages, which caused the Race Course, two miles south of expected to be exhausted very soon.

price of bricks to rise, in conse- Tientaln. The incident in which an aeroplane quence of which business dropped un- was involved occurred when

It is sald tension

Was mau the factory closed down. Now heightened due to the reports of the

further morrow, the "glorious twelfth." chino carrying nine passengers from the brick-makers are staging a strike reappearance of Chinese plainclothes Seattle to Alaska was more than a for a reduction of forty per cent. In snipers and men of the 38th Division is being carried on Scotland-bound day overdue, but anxiety was allayed their wages, in order that the face between Tientsin and Toullucher trains and many more are travelling A large number of extra passengers when the pilot telephoned from a dis-liory may re-open-Reuter's Bulletin. United Press,

by motor car.-Reuter,

There

were humerous-

grouse shooting which takes place to....when the strongly fortified:

city was raided by six Insurgent populated central section of the city motor, which was completely des machines which bombed the thickly and scored a direct hit on a gaND- troyed-Beuter.