Evening Star Newspaper, January 29, 1932, Page 5

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, ‘D. €., FRIDAY, JANUARY 29. 1932. SHANGHAI FIGHTING - STILL N PROGRESS drmistice Report Denied. Chinese Quarter in Flames. {Cantinued From First Page.) Shanghal, was threatened seriously while around the rest of the world an international tension grew that involved the League of Nations, at Geneva: Soviet Russia, Great Britain and the United _States. The Russian manager of the Chinese Eastern Railway at Harbin, in North Manchuria, where the Japanese been endeavoring to send troops as & result of fighting there between Chi- nese factions, denied the use of the railway to Japan for troop transporta- tion, on order of the Soviet government at Moscow More Ships Sent to Shanghai. The navy department at Toklo or- dered two more aircraft carriers, three cruisers and a flotilla of destroy from the Sasebo naval base to start for Shanghai. At Shanghai it was re- ported 2,000 add ional Japanese marines were to be sent into the city to re- nose already in the Chapei Are department of the Interna- Settlement at Shanghai stood anx- ready to fight flames from when they crept over the set- border, Foreign residents of the area adjoining the settlement evac- ted their homes after a bomb drop- arby. A badly aimed bomb also dropped within the settlement and arted a fire which was put out with- casualties, but after considerable e had been done hapel tlement WARNED. SETTLEMENT I Chinese Threaten Attack Unless Shang- hai Occupation Is Ended. SHANGHAI, Saturday (®) —A menace came ss the boundaries of the Internatic Settle- tod the form of & warning ry command that ccupation was not would attack the January 30 acn new ment ¥ in put an end to reports forces had signed a weir influence { Chinese_terri were still en- weuld train concession as flames licked up a wide the Chinese quarter of re were bursts of machine- dicating_that, though th reached the objective they were having ing it approached fighting was on at several poin Once band pushed across the the International Settle- nd fired on the Japanese mili- headquarters, but they were re- a brief skirmish were current that the Japa- over control of the nt here tomorrow such a night of those who watched 1e_occupation « Chinese, who heavy g0 s " Chine indary by ment RUmors ghai an the Japanese arrived the twisting streets, with machine guns began W pushing thr clearing & Bombs Start Fires. added the down ever m and droppir h started fires at six sepa- way Airplane to swooping clockwork bombs rate pe ] e of the nd. station, obje rned to the gro Nanking was h and telephone went_down. ded came in by the score to emergency dressing stations and it seemed certain many women and chi had been killed. The Chinese d their losses at 300 killed and ded. The Japanese said they had st only a handful One shell fell in Settlement, but nobody the damage was s The Chinese commander asked for forcements and the Japanese mili- t attache also wanted more men it Japan’s naval commander said he ought men were able to handle the situation Reports that American mission build- ings and other American properties within the settlement and without had v Japanese planes could t be confirmed, and consular authori- ties said that la e of such developments they believed nothing of the sort had occurred. Neverthe consular officials pene- trated the embattled areas and suggest- ed that 1 American missionaries living there withdraw o the settlement The latter were quoted as replying they would not attempt a departure in da light and would wait for darkness t Iroa lines to the International was hurt and started by the grew into o which was bombing last night ing conflagration as the attack con- It licked its way through the warren-like streets of the mud cobblestone city as a prairie attack the nests of a colony st Y0 tinued narrow Chapei Section Threatened. conflagrations roared There was no one to check them and they soon out- stripped the military action in danger, threatening to wipe out the greater part of Chapei The Commercial Press Building and the railway station, against the latter of which the Japanese had directed several. destructive bombing attacks, were finally reached by thé flimes and gutted. The freight station further westward also was blazing by 5:30 p.m., and another fire, fanned by a slight northeasterly brecze. crept dangerously close to the International Settlement Earlier in the afternoon a badly Six separate their way at once have | The | broken | | | evacuating their homes and moving into the settlement for protection. Chin workers _throughout Shang- | hai threatened tonight to go out on a general strike tomorrow as a protest against the Japanese action at Chapei It was expected if the strike ma- terialized that public utilities would be paralyzed and that a stoppage of the movement of foodstuffs into the ternational section might creatc a seri- ous_situation. Chinese banks would not open tomOrrow. The Chinese Chamber of Commerce ment anese attack plete standstill British consular and military author- ities viewed the situation with growing anxiety as the battle spread with grow- ing fury along the borders of the set- |tlement and Chinese troops began to arrive in thousands from Nanking to resist the Japanese invasion. Every bit of available manpower in the settlement was mobilized on the borders of the area this evening The Japanese occupation of Shang- hai, begun at midnight, led to the most menacing situation since the seizure of Mukden by Japanese soldiers last No- vember set the spark to a new conflict between the Oriental powers In the International Settlement where the greatest anxiety prevails, troops of three nations and volunteers stood by for defense. The American consul general, Edwin S. Cunningham expressed indignation at the Japanese attack. He said Japanese Consul General Murai had assured the foreign consuls that the Japanese did not plan to use force, at least until after today Wu Teh-Chen, Chinese mayor. protested to Consul General Murai that the resort force was “unwarranted and illega inasmuch as the Chinese had made ac- ceptable replies to demands for an end to anti-Japanese activities. Cunningham said a report the con- sulate had been bombed was untrue and malicious The consulate is in the heart of the International ~Settlement. _Japanese planes have been constantly flying over the area, but no bombs have been dropped anywhere within the settle- ment. as a protest against the Jap- Business was at a com: Battle Alternates- The battle alternated. The Chinese, forced from the important Nanking | Railway station soon after the Japanese | marines occupied the city at midnight, recaptured it eight hours later as its Nipponese defenders were diminished I'by calls for reinforcements to other sec- j tions of the native city. | " Chinese troops broke through the de- | fense lines around the International | Settlement and menaced a residential district, but were driven out by British troops | " Shortly afterward the Chinese mili- tary headquarters fell to the Japanese mavines The Japanese early in the day ex- ended their way across the Wangpo River to Pootung, where Japanese cot- | ton mills were declared to be in danger. A formidable fleet of 24 Japanese warships lay in the harbor itself, ready action, while others were anchored within striking distance Fight at Edge of Settlement. It was estimated the Japanese that 4,000 Chinese opposed their 2,000 marines at the beginning of the fight- ing, but considerable reinforcements were moved in by the Chinese. About 24,000 Chinese troops were believed to he in the immediate vicinity of Shang- hai The bitterest fighting of the occu- pation, which was carried on with the same machinelike precision displayed by the Japanese when they pushed their Chinese enemies out of the cities of Manchuria, took place at the very edge of the International Settlement Within the barbed-wire boundaries of | the settlement patrolled United States Marines and the military forces of other nations, backed by artillery and tanks. Advancing along the bounderies, the | Japanese attempted to break through these defense lines, but were refused passage. The civilian male population of the foreign city was mobilized, armed with rifies and put on guard in the business district. No clashes between Japanese troops and the soldiers of any nation except China ere reported Several hours after the first wave of the Japanese advance moved through the tiny streets of the native city, Chi- nese reinforcements were rushed up for a counter-attack of major proportions Twe armored trains brought these re- inforcements and they were deployed and hurriedly put into action in an effort to stem the inexorable Japanese advance. rlanes were brought into play. The planes flew high but the roar of their aimed Japanese bomb landed within the boundaries of the western end of the Settlement and started a fire, but the blaze was put out without casual- ties, although considerable damage was done The huge bombs which the airplanes dropped with clocklike regularity sent btions to a height of at least }50 he sky was partly obscured by of smoke from the fires, and the es swooped down through them. Residents Terrified. The terrified people were faced with a dilemma of terror. They had the choice of staying in their huts and being burned to death or flecing into the open to be shot or torn to pieces by bursting bombs. The Fire Department of the Inter- ational“Settlement was gravely alarmed over one of the fires, which by 6 o'clock was creeping perilously close to the Set- tlement border on the north side. Every possible preparation was made to begin fighting it as soon as it reached the Evundary in order to prevent its cross- g The printing plant of the Commer- cial Press, reputed to be. the largest in the world, was destroyed. It turned out an enormous number of English language books. newspapers and maga- zines and millions of copies of pam- phlets and books in Chinese. Reliable reports received at 5 o'clock this afternoon saig 2,000 additional Japanese troops were on the way to reinforce the 2,000 marines then in Chapei. Following the bomb which fell into the settlement about 2 p.m. another Janded on the edge of the district. in the residentis] area, where many for- eigners live. These immediately began HOME OF SMITH SMART SHOES W NY S °1 Extra Pants, $3.00 1744 PENNA. AVE. I4TH & EYE ! Nations Prepare to View of the beautiful Shanghai Racing Club, near the International | armed camp, where American troops assembled with foreign detachments in anticipation of posible trouble—A. P. Photo. It was then that the Japanese air-| $95—330—335 New Spring Suits & O'Coats Protect Inte quarter. in- also declared they | declared a general strike in the settle- | motors leafening to observers in the International Settlement After a brief bombing expedition, the planes were Tecalled, while a great fire blazed in the Chapei area Th Japanese, it was said, had suf- fered un ed reverses and the Japa- nese command ordered reinforcements into this district The occupation was effected by two waves of invaders, totaling- 2,000 men The first started exactly at midnight from positions outside the Chinese sec- tion of Hongkew and Chapei. Many of the men were crowded into motot- trucks for the push into the territory of china. They operated efficiently. As they moved along the boundaries of the Chapei section they dropped a strong | detachment at the head of every alley- way. These detachments, in obedience to a signal, moved as one to the in- terfor of Chapei, brushing back the lines the Chinese raised against them. The movement caught the Chinese between the boundaries of the Inter- national Settlement and the oncoming Japanese line. When the pincer action began to be felt the Chinese put up viclous resistance. Reinforcements were rushed to them. But the outcome ap- peared certain. There seemed no pos- sibility that the Chinese would be able to provide any more than a temporary barrier against what promised to be a greater penetration into the Chinese territory than the mere occupation of Shanghai Street Lights Shot Out. One of the Japanese tricks was to plunge the whole Chinese city into darkness. All street lights were shot out—a measure taken, a Japanese of- ficer explained, to protect the ad- vancing soldiers from the rifles *of Chinese snipers Heads down, rifles at the ready, with bayonets fixed, the Japanese line swept | onward in the darkness through the| little alleys of the Chinese section toward the open country beyond. | The advance was carried on_ under | the protection of the guns of 37 ships of war lying off the Shanghai Bund in the Whangpo. Simultaneously me! Japanese shelled Woosung. the fort 18| miles from Shanghai which commands the Whangpo where it flows into_the ! China Sea. After the shelling a Jap- anese detachment landed there. In those sections of the Chinese part of Shanghai where no resistance was made, the Japanese residents crowded the street to cheer their soldiers, and Japanese photographers took pictures of the troop movements But for the Chinese it was a night of terror. They remained in their houses, hiding behind barricades as the streets outside were swept by the machine gun fite of the advance guard. It seemed certain that many civilians were killed. | Three hours and a half after the first wave of the attackers got onto action Japanese headquarters announced that Virtually every position outlined in their original plan had been seized. But| | heavy fighting still was going on. A detachment of marines was dis- | | patched along the railroad leading from | | Shanghai to Fort Woosung. The Jap- anese plan seemed to be to seize the | road in order to prevent Chinese troop | movements. | “The long-threatened occupation of | | Shanghai, declared by the Japanese to | have been necessary to stop anti-Jap- | | anese agitators, was looked upon as the most_critical complication of the Man- | churian conflict because of the foreign | | interests in this port Meanwhile male residents of the In- | | ternational Settlements had taken steps | to protect their homes and families. | was 75 Pay Only $4.75 Cash Balance $1.50 weekly or $3 semi-monthly OW?’IF | | which portray the Japanese fleet as| rests . which is now being converted into an | corps of the settlement under arms to augment troops of the treaty The volunteer was called out the mobilized powers. The famous race course became the military center of the community. It was the assembly place for the regular troops, steel-helmeted and carrying field equipment. Cavalry units and tanks were included among them The United States Marines were posted along the Avenue Haig and Soo- how Creek. Troops from the standing lapanese detachment on duty in the settlement took over the protection of Honkew and the Yangtze districts north of Shanghai. The British went sent to the Hungjao area west of the city, and other strategic posts were assigned to the French. CHIN PUT LOSS AT 300. Capture of Four Japanese Armored Cars | Is Reported. NANKING, January 20 (@) —The government was informed by its com- | mander at Shanghal today that Chinese | losses in the fighting there totaled 300 killed and wounded up to this after- noon. He said the Chinese had cap- tured four Japanese armored Ccars in the Chapel district. Forty Chinese airplanes arrived here this afternoon_and their pilots insisted on going to_Shanghai immediately to engage the Japanese air force, but the | government refused to authorize such | | action. | |4 division of Chinese troops left for | Shanghai by train today to assist Chinese forces there. HALE WILL COMPARE | U.S., JAPAN NAVIES capT | Announces Plan for Senate Speech in Behalf of Increase to Treaty Strength. Chairman Hale of the Senate Naval | Committee, sponsor of a bill to authorize | building the American Navy up to treaty strength, said today he planned an early Senate speech shortly com- paring the American and Japanese fleets. Hale already is at work on the speech. The Maine Senator hopes to get his bigger Navy bill enacted this session, | but the House Naval Committee has sidetracked moves there to report such a measure. There were indications, however, that in the light of Far East- ern developments, naval legislation might be taken up in committee soon | again. Hale expects to call attention to fig- ures brought out in recent hearings, | growing more rapidly than the Amer- ican or British navies. Directs Acquittal of Banker. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., January 29 (P). Special Judge J. D. G. Morton today directed a verdict of acquittal for J Basil Ramsey, president of the closed Holston Union National Bank and Holston Trust Co. on a charge of fraudulent breach of trust This beautiful Repousse pattern has achieved a tre- mendous popu- larity with the modern hostess. 1t is distinctly dif- ferent and a life- time service. Tea Spoons Hal/ Dozen Jewelers RN N LB Arthur J. 39 Years at | ture” | as a result of Nanking's new tactics. The Original Sterling Silt BALTIMORE ROSE A. Xahn Jnc. Sundlun, SHANGHAL REPORT | ASKED BY GENEVA Ambassadors “Requested to Investigate”—China In- vokes Drastic Articles. By the Associated Press. i GENEVA, January 29.—The 12 neutral members of the League of Na- tions Council were reliably reported today to have proposed that the Am- bassadors of the great powers at Tokio assemble quickly in Shanghai to in- vestigate the situation there and Te- port to the League. The Chinese delegation to the League decided today to invoke articles 10 and 15 of the League covenant, which re- quire the League to take drastic action to preserve the territorial integrity of China against military aggression. Naotaki Sato, representing Japan, challenged_the Council’s right to deal with the Far Eastern issue under ar-, ticles of the League covenant invoked | by China. He renewed his insistence the conflict be settled by direct nego tiation between the belligerents The articles of the covenant which guaranteed political independence and territorial integrity envisaged entirely different conditions than exist now be- tween China and Japan, he caid, add- ing that Tokio never has ceased trying to settle the dispute by direct negotia- tion and will continue those efforts. Japan Is Overruled. Joseph Paul-Boncour, the French- man, who is acting as chairman this meeting. overruled the Japanese | and asked Sir Eric Drummond, the League secretary, to cutline his plan of procedure. Sir Eric said he would kave his answer ready tomorrow Before the Council adjourned Mr. Sato registered his reservations to the chairman’s ruling and reminded the | Council it Was necessary to proceed very slowly “in a matter which might so gravely compromise the peace of the world.” W. W. Yen, Chinese spokesman at the League Council, called for drastic meas- ures. The new Chinese appeal, switch- ing the standpoint from a milder article of the treaty, was made in a letter to Secretary General Sir Eric Drummond today. Mr. Yen sald he took the action on instructions from his government at Nanking. The League Council was slated to meet at 3:30 this afternoon Informed quarters here said they be- lieved Mr. Yen, who is also Chinese Am- bassador at Washington, was acting in close harmony with the United States Government in taking the new stand China’s appeal heretofore has been based on the less-drastic article 11 of the covenant China_reserved the right to invoke | any and all other articles which may be warranted by the developments in China, Mr. Yen said. He indicated he has had orders for some time to extend the appeal to| these two articles if the events in the | East reached a certain stage American Consul Curtis Everett of Consul General Gilbert's Geneva staff conferred with Ambassador Yen early | today. While reports of fighting at Shanghai | were reaching Geneva, 12 members of | the Council of the League of Nations | | in secret session adopted a declaration | that the League will not recognize any | Sino-Japanese agreement imposed by | Japan's military invasion | Position Like America’s. This position in effect ranged the council alongside the United States. The declaration was adopted at a meet- ing not attended by the Japanese and Chinese delegates { The Councilmen took their stand upon the famous article X of the covenant of the League which aroused such heated controversy in America 12 years ago. The declaration will be made public— according to plans announced tonight— at a Council session tomorrow by Chair- man Joseph Paul-Boncour of France. It may not be submitted in advance to Naotake Sato and Dr. W. W. Yen, the | Japanese and Chinese delegates. The chief effect of the declaration | was said to be moral. It was under- stood to refer definitely to the note sent recently by Secretary of State Stimson to Japan and China, and to associate the Council members with the princi- ples of Col. Stimson's conclusions | “1In effect, it was said, the United States and the League were saying to | Japan, “We warn you that we will not | permit you to enjoy the fruits of mili- | tary aggression.” i United States a Party. Article X of the League covenant| pledges members to respect and pre- | serve the territorial integrity and politi- | cal independence of any member state against external aggression Thus ll; embodies and extends the pledge in the | first article of the nine-power pact, to which the United States is a party. Article XV is based on the hypothesis | of a dispute “likely to lead to a rup- which has not been submitted to arbitration or judicial settlement. Under this article the Council seeks a settlement by unanimous vote of all except the parties to the dispute. The Council is in a difficult position | The 12 neutral members yesterday adopted a declaration agreeing in prin- | ciple with the recent American note | to Japan and asserting that no Sino- Japanese agreement arising from the | present military occupation would be recognized. It was intended to read the declara- tion today, point to the creation of Lhe Manchurian Investigation Committee and ring down the curtain so far as the Council is concerned. Now in the face of the occupation of Shanghai the declaration already sounds archaic and may not be read at all. The present attitude in the Council seems to favor doing nothing at all on the ground that public opinion in the various countries will not support a strong policy. Talk of a diplomatic or economic boycott is received with scep- ticism, and suggestions of military co- ercion are merely laughed at. Dessert Spoons Half Dozen 51200 $1050 $12.00 $6.00 $550 $7:50 $4.00 $12.00 Medium Knives Half Dozen Medium Forks Half Dozen Butter Spreaders Half Dozen Oyster Forks Half Dozen Salad Forks Half Dozen Coffee Spoons Half Dozen Soup Spoons Half Dozen Platinumsmiths President 935 F Street | catculated quiet JAPANESE ATTACK ON SHANGHAI COLDLY AND SECRETLY MADE . S. REINFORCES Chinese Policomen Stand Transixed as ONANGHAI FLEET Rifles Are Taken Away—Planes Spat- | ter Bombs on Burning Chapei. The following story by Morris J. Harris, Associated Press staff cor- respondent at Shanghai, describes his personal experiences in the streels of the battle-torn city last night as the Japanese invasion be- gan, the news of which he sent in a Tapid-fire series of cable messages across the Pacific to the Associated Press offices in New York. BY MORRIS J. HARRIS, Associated Press Staff Correspondent. SHANGHAI January 29.—Late last | night I learned the Japanese forces | had determined suddenly to invade Shanghai. I secured an automobile immediately | and set out on a tour of the northern | districts of the city and the areas out- | side the limits of the International Settlement in which the Japanese headquarters were established. In the darkened streets, almost deserted by civilians, Japanese blue- jackets and marines were lined up, rank upon rank, awaiting the order to begin the invasion. Everything was carried out with cold, | Above the Japanese neadquarters a signal flashed. Motors roared and the attacking force moved off while the bluejackets took over the policing of the Japanese residential area, which, while it is outside the limits of the settlemnet, is bounded by roads built and maintained by the Settlement Municipal Council The secrecy which was maintained over the Japanese plans was indicated by the fact that I saw Chinese police in the native city patrolling the streets as usual to the corners of their beats up to the very edge of the Japanese residential section. Police Stand Transfixed. As the Japanese bluejackets deployed down these streets the Chinese police- | men stared open-mouthed and para- | lyzed 1n surprise. They stood transfixed while their rifles were taken away from them, and then some of them were marched to Japanese headquarters Just previously I have visited some of the streets of the Chapei section, which was burned today. I found everything completely quiet and peace- ful there. Even the railway station w. deserted. Within half an hour these same streets were echoing with the rattle of machine guns and rifles, and the great battle of Chapei had begun The International Settlement. mean- while, was wrapped in calm slumber. Extra police patrols had been put on because a state of emergency was de- clared at noon the day before. The patrols were lounging at the street corners and were the only figures to be seen on the streets. I visited many outposts of the Settlement, manned by nited States Marines and Shanghai volunteer units. Refused to Believe Attack. They asked me: “What's the news?" and showed politely that they didn't be- lieve me when I told them the Japa- nese marines were ready to march into Chapei at midnight But even as they spoke the Japanese troops were moving off and a few min- utes later the first shots were fired By 3 am. I had been working con- tinuously for 24 hours. I looked over the beginning of the fight and then went to an all-night restaurant with the representative of Reuters News' Agency of London. We ate a combi- nation supper and breakfast solemnly, | plane for we wereé the enly persons present in the whole length of the dining room The rattle of machine guns and the crack of rifies punctuated our specula- | tions on when we might see the inviting comfort of a bed awaiting us. The Chinese waiters served us unper- turbed and seemed entirely uninterested in the raging battle outside. An hour later, from the top of a skyscraper in Shanghal, I saw the beginning of the disastrous fire which continued through- out all of today to ravage the center of Chapel. 3 | When it began it was a red blotch which seemed no larger than my hand The small tongue of flame rose out of the north into,a pitch black sky and | increased through the night until the whole area was brilliantly lighted by the flames. Japanese Planes Drop Bombs. | The fire reflected an engry red on the clouds which hung over the city and through these weird banks in a few minutes the Japanese airplanes came with a roar and began to spatter their bombs on what a few hours previously had been a peaceful Chinese city. The tide of battle surged backward and forward throughout the whole night. The rain fell steadily. Lower- ing clouds delayed the dawn and ham- pered the action of the droning aircraft which soon began to be visible as swift moving shadows on the sky. Every available foreign soldier, marine and volunteer, numbering nearly 8,000 men, had been anxiously manning the long and winding settlement borders through- out the night In the middle of the morning a bril- liant sun burned up the clouds and with their objectives clearly defined air- began a_doubly furious attack on Chapel, which the Japanese had ex- pected to occupy within an hour or two last night, almost without resistance. | Today the Chinese population of the | International Settlement did no work. I toured the city later in the day and there was not a roof which was not covered thick with Chinese, watching with childlike fascination, as the whee ing afrplanes swooped like hawks, sometimes within 200 feet of their ob- jectives, to loose their bombs AMERICANS FEEL SAFE, SHANGHAI CABLE SAYS Sister of Returning Woman Resi- dent Advises Delay in Leaving U. S. Is Not Necessary. By the Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO, January 29 —That Americans in Shanghai regard the city as safe, despite the Sino-Japanese crisis there, was indicated yesterday in a message received here by Mrs. Lisa Spunt, for many years a resident of the Oriental metropolis Mrs. Spunt and her daughter, Miss Mary Spunt, were booked to sail for Shanghai aboard the President Lincoln today, but felt, in view of conditions, that she better ask her sister, Mrs Reuben Spunt, also a resident of Shang- hai, whether it was safe to return at this time “Perfectly safe. coln,” her sister Come ahead on Lin- cabled in reply | Seven Four Destroyers Speed From Manila for “War Zone” Under Forced Draft. | By the Associated Press MANILA, January 29.—Their crews hurriedly rounded up from shore leave, four destroyers of the United States Asiatic flcet are sailing under forced draft for Shanghai, latest battleground of the Orient, They left behind in Manila wild ru- mors that war had been declared be- tween the United States and Japan Ships of the Asiatic fleet remaining here made 1 to put to sea on short notice. ‘The war rumor apparently aros® from activity of shore patrols i crews of the destroyers dered to join other Ame craft at Shanghai to prot lives and property if needed d; Rumors Sweep City. ‘The rumors swept the city, adding to the excitement in the already turou- lent Chinese quarter and breaking in upon gay reception Malacanang Palace, the residence of the Governor General Shore patrols elbowed through the crowd of several thousands at the an- nual Manila carnival, ordering sailors back to their ships. The men apparently were in high spirits as their annual Winter stay in the islands rminated. Their comm ral Mont- gomery M ) comment as he hurried away from Malacanan Palace, where Governor General Pierre Pasquier of French Indo-China was be- ing entertained at the reception by Acting Governor General George C Butte Admiral Taylor remained in Manila while preparations for sailing were made aboard the rest of his fleet ir Manila Bay—11 other destroyers, 12 submarines, a number of auxiliary craft, and his flagship, the Houston, a 10,000-ton_treaty cruiser. He kept in touch with the Shanghai situation by wireless. Due at Shanghai Sunday. The four China sailed destroyers en route to night of busy ac- tivity are expected at Shanghai Sunday 12ing the number of United States destroyers in the vicinity to nine. 1 i nboats also he destroyer Truxton to from Shanghai were canceled. It was to have been T lieved by the destroyer Borie, which sailed from Manila Tuesday The four new destroyers each car- ried 105 men. Sailing under command of Comdr. E. W. McKee, they are to join the Yangtze River patrol, which is commanded by Rear Admiral Yancey Williams, who recommended that his force be augmented The destroyers are the Paul Parrot, Bulmer and Edsall the Borie and Truxton, the destroyer Simpson was at Nanking and the stewart_at Foochow, south of Shang- hai. The McCormick sailed from Ma- nila Monday to relieve the Stewart The French cruiser Waldeck Ro: seau_prepared to sail from Manila Bay for Hongkong at midnight, with Gov Gen. Pasquier. return to Mal Jones. Besides First Destroyer Arrives. SHANGHAL January 29 (£ —The U S. S. 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