Evening Star Newspaper, February 1, 1932, Page 5

THE EVENING TAR, WASHINGTON el MONDAY, R EBRUARY 1932. wxx A-S BRITAIN MOVES FOR NEW PROTEST Japanese Ships Fire on Nanking—Italy Sends “Vigorous™ Warning. (Contir From First Page) destroyers Satur- Japanese-Ch One rs which arrived at will be dispatched quested day, w Shang up ig at ntration aLy protec- be taken notified today of Brit- owever ted frol eached ssador Ca d th be United There at reply States dic press s was 1 he rec Am informed the at Rome is sending r 1g to Japan that Tokio's a anghai are *danger E American reported tha there. Was Both arged the present ead paganda is directed acuated Asked Sufficient Notice. f the Simpson night that that time s we on Sat- be prepared that time as and sandbag ion for an at- with 800 Hongkong rnoon Herme planes and stood read carrier was order speedily as p 0il Plant Fired On, The for ad reinf Sund. der the pers; di; Hoover Bullet r Shang| plant » Oil Co. when steaming American nal a being fired ng | r gun- her ution Demo rnoon op t protect at there Pu demanded t send We | rtation on, b tion of the Tokio gove American, British, ¥ in stopping t rone t between the Chinese forees down sisted Jap to st Japanes Chinese do Johnson's Report Awaited Debuchi _had knowledge of the shellin He expressed doub ese troops would be sent t nghai from d repor s of the nt for the nd Italian with Japan in Shanghai establish a neutral Japanese and broken nd_ he in- for the o compel the Chinese He contended the stop firing as soon as the to have assador said, a alternative is Seems no nking Peipi the 32 membe tion st Wt ol the Sino-Japanese conflict vestments there i country are of such tremendous amount as also to be getting attentior Americanr investments in China as a whole ated at the Commerce Department between and $280.000.000 Direct investments of American firms in China are estimated at $129.768,000 and bonds and other portfolio invest- ments at $46,000.000. an lega- cern nost this Nanking Situation Described. Officials of iny said investments there was about invested by American residents China and between $50,000.000 and $80,- 000.000 of missionary property The disordered situation at Nanking the estment fon 25,000.000 le | on | for American lives in | 250,000,000 | that in addition to the foregoing situation in the Far East China’s Case Outlined Delegate to League Thinks Problem Can be Settled by Nothing Short of United Inter- national Effort. In the following article W. W. Yen, Chinese delegate to the Council of the League of Nations, outlines the case of China in the present tense BY W. W. YEN, Chinese Delegate to the Council of the League of GENEVA, February 1.—On September 18 of last year Japan began the | invasion of China without any declaration of war, giving as an excuse that a inese | section of the South Manchurian Railway yards. | ‘more | bY Japanese railway guards, had been destroyed by Chinese soldiers. | | tions Which was carefully guarded Within a few days Mukden, Changchun, Antung | New along Chwan, Kirln and other the South Manchurian Railway important places and else- where in Manchuria were occupied by the Japa- nese troops This constituted territorial integrity violation a A gross and was Nations, which was then in session. threat China appealed to the Council of the League of Two resolu of China’s of war tions were unanimously adopted—one enjoined the Japanese to withdraw int~ *he railway zone as | speedily as possible and the other treated of the | necessity of taking steps to prevent any extension {of the incident or of coing anything which would aggravate the situation. Bent upon bringing under h the marched forward in took Chingchow on Januar; Japan even Manchuria | every which she | Great Britain not take. | 200000 Square Miles Occupied. Today, Japan occupies about 200,000 square miles of Chinese territory in Manchuria and has extended the area of her military activities to points in- side the Great Wall. At the moment of writing Japan s menacing the cities of North, Central and South China. Her latest outrage is the attack against Shanghai, the gateway to Nanking, capital of China In so doing, Japan not only violated ! the provisions of the covenant and the resolutions of the Council of the League of Nations, but also the nine-power | treaty, which guarantees China’s terri- | torial ‘and administrative integrity, as | well as the Kellogg pact, denouncing | war as an instrument of national policy and calling for the peaceful settlement of all international disputes, whatever | their origin o1 naturc may be. From the very beginning of the dis- ute the United States has evinced | intense interest in the solution of the issue in co-operation with the League { of Nations, as may be seen from the statement in the special message which President Hoover sent to Congress on December T1, when he said, in part, that the United States was deeply concerncd the situation in Manchuria and t as a party to the Kellogg pact and the nine-power treaty the United States had a responsibility in maintaining the integrity of China and. in direct inter- | est with other nations, in maintaining | peace. After a succession of events since last December had taken a turn for the worse, the United States found it nec- | essary on Januarv 8 to remind the gov- er of China and Japan in a note that she could not admit legality of any de facto situation d that she did not intend to recog- any treaty or agreement entered between those governments or ats thercof which might impair the hts of the United States her citizens in China, including those relating to the sovereignty of the Re- i over nize relati to China n as the “open door.” nited States did not intend to recognize any situation, treaty or agree- ment which might be brought about by means contrary to the coverants and obligations of pact of Faris, to which treaty both China and Japan. as well as the United States, are parties. Efforts commonly and that Appreciated. The Chinese government deeply ap- tes the efforts which the league and the United States have made to bring about a peaceful solution of the dispute with Japan but events since last December have defeated every hope gradually has come to be getting as| much close study as that at Shanghai vy dispatches described the Japanese {naval force at the former capital as consisting of three cruisers and four destroyers. Their armaments and man- power were not known The Chinese have two destroyers nboats and four torpedo boats hored in the Yangtze near that city Also nearby are two Britigh ships, a flect sloop and a gunboat Wants Public Kept Advised. With official advices pointing to spread of the Shanghai conflagration Nanking and Swatow, Senator T (Democrat, Oklahoma) pro- posed a resolution requesting the reign Relations Committee “to advise 1e Senate and the country, from time to time, upon the developments in the East, wherein American citizens, safety and rights are involved.” A tense situation at Swatow has en, American Consul Leonard N. Green reported, as a result of a pub- lication by a Chinese newspaper of what Japanese there term an i t to the Emperor, It was reported the Jopancse | demanded an apology o: the se mayor and the closing of the “or the Japanese would take such steps as they considered expe- dient " Five thousand Chinese troops immediately took up positions in the city six a omas paper U. S. Destroyer Headed There. The Chinese mayor and Gen. Chang. commandant, immediately advised American consul they expected precaution would be taken to injury to Americans and their " An American destroyer al- headed there to act in any loc: the every avoid property ready is rgency Americans in the Swatow consular :a number 82. Most are missionaries in the outlying districts. There are at least 15 Americans in including the consul Because of its proximity to Formosa Swatow has always been a seat of trou- bles between the Japanese and Chinese Many Japanese have migrated from Formosa to Swatow, and there are fre- | quent minor clashes between them . Will Co-operate With League. Precaution was taken today to give Ambassador Forbes, at Tokio, plenty of latitude to preclude any delays of im- { portant action that might be necess tated by communication with Wash- ton Intent more than all else on protect- 1 Americans at Shanghai or wherever threatened in China, the United States ceclined to participate as a member in the League of Nations Neutral Com- mission for investigation of the chaotic cituation at Shanghai This Government agreed, however, to truct a consular representative at ai to “co-operate” with the in- The position was explained at the State Department to be due to the fact that the commission would be. sitting der erticle 15 of the League cove- at, and since the United States is not | a member of the League, the American | Government could not sit as a member of the commission Infantrymen Leaving Tomorrow. Admiral Taylor. aboard his flagship | radioed to the Navy the news of his de- parture and that of the six additional | destrovers from Manila. He expects to | rrive at Shanghai at 2 a.m. Wednesday. | Eastern standard time, and the destroy- ers at 4 a.m. Thursday, Eastern standard time. The Houston carries 331 Marines. 1.000 infantrymen and 70 additional Marines, is expected to leave tomorrow. Forces under Taylor have been cau- P the Chinese administrative authority direction and the provision#t capital of whole of Manchuria military occupation and the disruption therein, in solemn promises to the governments of the United States, and France declared she would | that the situation could be mproved.! To the Chinese government the prob- lem approaches the point at which the roken promises and the specious ar-| guments from Japan cease to have any virtue and something more than the conciliatory functions of the league must be considered China can_no longer seeking remedies not only under other provisions of the covenant. but also under other instruments than the cove- nant of the League of Nations. China has, therefore, invoked before the refrain from | league's council in addition to Article XI, under which the s considered since September, Arti and XV of the covenant Indeed, the league has done its ut- most, though so far without success.; to bring about a solution of the pend- ing dispute. I should be lacking in can- | dor if I did not say that the effective ness of the ] as an instrument of peace would be greatly enhanced if a way could be found to enlist a more definite co-ordination between the league's effort and that of the United States so as to secure & more united front ituation has been Third Invasion by Japanese by is is t i of China’s 1945, when Kiaochow pied the the Washington Japanese out taining peace undertock a and arrested torious Na ast_strongh at Peiping of whi vasion Japan The was in the pretext of taking Germany, Japan occu- Shantung. It took nee the ma Japa on invasion ance of vic- armies aga the rthern militarists pos: 28 before diplo- a yea suaded by cuate Shantung occupied Man- g other part I Leagu iolation of the nir the pact of Paris ng short of another effort, in _which should 'participate the sanc- respected en- a the Japanese matic pressure w the Japa: churia and ar of Ch ve power treaty a now looks as if not ed international the United States can make Japan 1e tity the trea d that the engage d into must be China is passing through a trouble- some period. She is trying to work out her own problems. for which she has a as every nation has. The world including Japan, recognized this at th Washington Conference. What Japan is now doing is a complete reversal of every decision taken and emb:died ir the treaties signed at that time onn, of s m carried out Copyright v the American tioned to use the utmost forbearance in relations with the Japanese and Chi- nese. In that cond too, the State Department formally stated today “With reference to the movement of American ships and troops to Shangha these movements are solely for the p tection of American lives and property and for fulfilling our responsibilities to American citizens at Shanghai and other exposed ports in the Yangtze and elsewhere in China Transport Sails Tomorrow. From the study in which Lincoln di- rected the operations of the Civil War. President Hoover broke the Sunday quiet yesterday to send out orders to Army and Navy. A radio to the Philippines sent 1.000 khaki-clad dough- boys scurrying aboard the transport Chaumont, ordered to sail tomorrow By another message Admiral Taylor commander of the American Asiatic Fleet, was sent to sea with the cruiser Houston and additional * destroyers steaming full speed for Shanghai. They will stand by. ready to evacuate the American population if necessary The American action came with Great Britain's dispatch of three crul ers, infantry and artillery from Hong- kong. while France for the first time joined in with representations to Japan for the protection of the International Settlement of the Chinese seaport and the promise of an armored cruiser now stationed in Indo-China Short of presentation of an ultima- tumlike demand to Japan for with- drawal of her invading force, the Amer- ican action was the most forceful conceivable. Use of the Regular Army abroad has for precedent only the re- lief of Peking in the Boxer rebellion of 32 years ago and the A E. F. of the World War. Virtually the entire United States Asiatic Fleet will be massed at Shanghai But the commanders were carefully instructed to use the “utmost forbear- ance” toward both the Japanese and Chinese. Their assigned task was purely one of protection, not only of the large American and other foreign population of the treaty ports (some of the warships will take stations up the Yangtze River), but of the enormous property investment in commerce and | mission enterprises in | The-Navy transport Chaumont. carrying | The orders followed long consulta- tion between President Hoover and State, War and Navy Secretaries, as well as ranking officers of the Army and Navy They were issued after desperate pleas for "help from Shanghai’s Americans, who are guarded now only by 1300 Marines and 5 destroyers at anchor in the harbor. Three of these have just arrived In both the military orders and the protest to Tokio, this Government brushed aside the repeated assurances from Japan that American interests would be scrupulously protected, heed- ing instead the factual reports from consular and military representatives in_Shanghai These told of acts of invasion within American territory as well as the bombing of an American mission build- ing in the half-destroyed native sector where most of the bloodshed has taken place. The President’s action in dispatch- ing troops and ships was announced in a terse White House statement which recited the receipt of a plea for rein- forcements, the order for troops, and concluded “As soon as conditions permit troops will be returned to Manila.” No comment was made by officials on | receipt of word that France had joined | the American-British action in China, but there was obvious gratification in view of former reports to the effect that nation would act only in concert with the League of Nations’ peace efforts. the | ton | ternational | and | positions on the city wal | for service here in Shanghai | the postoffice FOREIGN POWERS BOLSTER DEFENSES Soviet Warns Tokio Protest| May Follow Entry of Troops in Harbin. ___(Continued From First Page.) tection of Japanese lives and property All Japanese Nationals have been evacuated from the central district of the International Settlement, south of Soochow Creek, and from Hongkew with the exception of one area in the southwest section, where American | Marines are assigned to patrol duty This section contains half a dozen cot- | mills owned by Japanese capital and the refugees now gathered in the | factories are mostly employes. | /| now Two hundred Japanese Marines, sent to guard civilians and property in that section, are posted with trench mortars and machine guns within the com- | pound walls, The Japanese civilians | there total 2,000. As Chinese soldiers are concentrated directly across Soo- | chow Creek. it is feared that fire from | the Japanese Marines at this point will | draw Chinese fire toward the settle- | ment, forcing response from the Amer- | ican Marines and involving them in a| battle with the Chinese soldiers | Col. Hooker, commanding the 4th | Regiment of American Marines, was | | not ready to announce the course to be | pursued in case provocation of Chinese fire by the Japanese Marines brings | an attack on the settlement | SOLDIERS RU FOREIGN ZONE Japanese Destroyer Makes Attack on | American Oil Plant. SHANGHAL China. Tuesday. Feb- ruary 2 (P —Shanghai boiled with indignation today at reports Japanese warships had shelled Nanking, landing marines under the protection of gun fire from destroyers Thirty thousand of in all China were there probable there would gagen Martial the finest troops and it appeared be a major en- 'nt law was declared in the T Settlement here last nig ts were kept clear s United States Marin foreign troops t itanglements 10 feet } streets. planting machin points ts from »ped and the stree bed- the cross ins at strategic Mach nese b Ja w a throug estroyer an-owned Texaco oil plant on Whangpo River. and a Japanese marine patrol in the Hangkew district ripped down the American flag over a school for Chinese boys Offictals File Protest. No one at the Texa rt but company with the American They said it was only by good luck the b had | not set fire to the of! One representatis said some Chinese ashore b bunch of firecrackers, and Japa ese destr probably thought it was h a protest o plant officials filed consul. rage tanks. of the company | d set off a the ver wa ired John by Episcopal Cl 1pol Hawk the director of property American Methodist h South. reported Japa- nese marines had invaded the school for Chinese boys which the mission | operates in the Hongkew district. They ripped down the American flag, but d not molest any of the staff It was their second visit, Dr Hawk d. Last Friday thev ransacked the place 3 that quantities of anti- Japanese rat had been issued from the property. In their search t discovered no such documents Wireless reports from Nanking said two Japanese cruis d one d royer were shelling the city while ma- rines were put ashore. e Japanese | have seven ships there. One American naval vessel and one British ship also are there Dr. owr 3 1i Troops Stream Into Nanking. | Yesterday morning a crack division | of 30,000 Chinese National Guardsmen, | the pick of China's fighting men streamed into Nanking and took up| behind sand- bag fortifications. They were equipped | with German automatic rifles ul‘." like mar Chinese troops disciplined and well uniformed Originally 7 an, were well | these troops were intended | but with today's developments it appeared they probably would be needed to defend | Nanking. | As recently as Sunday night the mayor of Nan 1g was assured by the Japanese consul that the seven naval | ships in the Yangtze River would open | no offensive against the city if the | Chinese troops refrained from hostile action Before moved back the shelling began civilians in droves away from the water front. Last night some Japanese | landing parties had been put on the | docks, but there were no open hostili- | ties then | Sniping Continued. Some of the refugees, fleeing what ap- peared to be certain trouble, had gone down to Nanking from Shanghai to escape danger here. With the increas- ing menace at Nanking many of them piled into British steamers on the way back to Shanghai | Up here there was u except for the snip which still goes on and is so commo now that it is considered a normal state of affairs Yesterday there was shooting from somewhere near the central postoffice in the International Settlement. Crowds of pedestrians ducked for safety and Japanese marines hurried up with machine guns. but were unable to locate the source of the shots. They said Chinese snipers were at work. The settlement _authorities put a guard in accustomed calm Postal Service Paralyzed. The Chinese postal employes fled thc building in terror and the whole postal service was paralyzed. In the night the Japanese marines threw up barricades all around the building Under martial law, which went into effect at, 10 o'clock last night and will continue indefinitely, no civilian was permitted in the streets of the Inter naticnal Settlement between 10 pm and 4 am. At all other times of the day or night every one must have a passport bearing his photograph The Chapei district, where the most serious figmma1 of the past week took place. was quieter, but it appeared trouble might break out again .,F'linnfi kew, Where the Japanesc were in contral. All Lights Shot Out. That section was in complete dark- ness, for all the lights had been shot out and some of the wires had een cut The Japanese threw up barricades and barbed wire entanglements which iso- lated Hongkew from the rest of the city. Yesterday's “China press 1 the streets with screaming headlines over a story asserting the Japanese were preparing for a new drive and intended to “reduce to a minimum” their co- operation with the International Set- tlement garrison In the harbor lay four American de- stroyers and six more American ships, | including the cruiser Houston, were cn the way from Manila A British cruiser with 800 men was on the way from Hongkong and other British vessels were standing by for orders to follow her Other European nations also had or- dered their vessels in the Orient to pro- ceed to Shanghai to protect their na- tionals. tthree brothers Charles and Forest Hawkins, | Will Carry Troops to China The transport Chaumont Infantry Regiment from Manila to Sh who will command)the troops. which is expected to carry soldiers of the 31st anghal. Below: Col. Lorenzo D. Gasser, Troop Movement Ordered TEXT OF WHITE HOUSE ATEMENT AFTER CONFEREN he text of the White House statement on the troop movemen prolonged conference ssued after vesterday a his military, naval and diplomatic A conference was held by State, War and Navy, Undersecretary MacArthur and Chief of Naval Opera The request of the American officers at Shanghai for still further International Settlement at Shanghai Directions have been given to 1.000 men, now at Manila, t Chaumont leaving ruiser Houstor advi about ransport The Shanghai With these additions to the Ma forces in the settlement will numbe permit the troops will be returned to tomorrow and six d CRISIS ABROAD AID TREATY LINIT NAVY Expected to Result in Con- gress Turnabout in Pro- posed $600,000,000 Plan. B e Associated Press e conflict in China about in congressional att val of the $600.000,000 up the A Purel; val m an Navy t for reasons bershi ) stay Geneva This Senate’s mal Senator plans to push Now Ameri called out on a would g0 « there at Disarmament decision has aval Comm Hale, Republica similar legislation an warships have been errand which indicates there still is vital need for fast vessels and powerful guns. Many members feel that if the Eastern situation becomes any worse the construction measure should be put through More directly. however, the crisis is expected to bring a strong reaction against appropriation subcommittee ef- forts to slash officer and enlisted per- sonnel of the Army in the War Depart- ment supply bill, soon to be reported A bitter battle on the issue has been in sight since Secretary Hurley went o Speaker Garner to protest these slashes to the irritation of the appropriations men Another subcommittee is to pitch in this week on drafting the appropriation bill for the Navy. which also may be cut below bt et. Only a few months ago this naval budget was cause of bitterness between the White House and the Navy Department, which viclded almost $60,000,000 ‘worth of ems the admirals had insisted were vital BROTHER'S.ARREST BRINGS GUN FIGHT Conference. affected the whose chair- Maine the Three Relatives of Liquor Pris- oner Wound Officer—One May Die After Sharp Battle. By the Associated Press HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. February 1— Enraged because their brother was ar- rested on a liquor charge, three men started “shooting up the town” at Crofton yesterday. In a pistol battle that followed one of the brothers was critically wounded and an officer shot Prohibition Agent J. S. Payne and County Patrolman Nelson Clark ar- rested Smith Hawkins at Madisonville Saturday night and seized 93 gallons of whisky found in his automobile. Hawk- ins was brought here and placed in the Christian County Jail County Patrolman Clark then went to his home at Crofton of the arrested man, Grover, started firing pistols in the streets of Crofton. The county patrolman did not hear the shots, but Hankins investigated. The three Hawkins brothers opened fire on Marshal Hankins. one shot wounding him slightly in the side. Re- turning the fire, the officer critically wounded Charles Hawkin: The officer seized Grover and placed him under arrest. Meanwhile Forest Hawkins had placed his wounded brother, Charles, in an automobile. He took him to the hospital at Madison- ville, then fled. . UTILITIES CHIEF DIES MEMPHIS, Tenn., February 1 (®).— William D. Kyser, 49, traction and utilities magnate, former United States district attorney and at one time a law partner of Senator K. D, McKellar of e. died of a heart attack at his home here today. He was president of the Memphis Street Railway Co., the Memphis Power & Light Co. and the Memphis Natusal Gas Co. ] He was appointed United States at- torney for the western district of Ten- | fingers of the women and took what | ‘ nessee in 1917 and served four years. the President consul Early yesterday | Town Marshal Ed | to China between President Hoover and follows today with t of State Castle, Chief tions Admiral Pratt Gen. Gunningham protection of Amer, was considered d to Shanghai ether with about seTs e Secretaries of of Staff Gen and citizens our nav in t the 31st Regim 400 Marines, estroyers left Manila this morning \es_already there to about 2,800. As Manila the total soon as Americ condit WESTERN NATIONS UNITE TO PREVENT WAR IN FAR EAST (Continued From First Page.) the ¢ ned | n ham and at while the Chinese and the sumed. it may be i the nature of des de- between < been re- lement the othe the Belgi wedish and their utmost in order to protec fonal Settle om effects it would have t that settlement become an armed conflict b nese and the Ch. The eflorts of the foreign o started Saturday and while a certain amount of progress is being reported notking definite has been achieved as vet. A favorable impression of the re- sults of these efforts can be drawn from the fact that in the last 48 hours there has been no_violent fighting be- tween the regular Japanese and Ctinese the truce 1e Inter the disastrou suffer should the scene of ween the Japa- inese regular forces. e presence of an increased armed British-American force may have ben- eficlal effect on the whole situation since the consuls can talk with greate authority when the belligerents know they are backed by a substant French Action Expected. abroad t joined at Britain in a from have Even the reports France and Italy United States and C common action in Shanghai do no seem to have created any atmosphere of optimism in official circles in Was| ington Both France and Italy have large in- terests at stake in the Shanghai Inter- national Settlement and it is consid- ered only natural that they should senc armed forces to protect the life and property of their citizens In order to obtain a satisfactory ution in Shanghai it is necessary tc cnow what the Tokio authorities ac- tually have in mind There is no doubt that a sincere joint action of all the nations interested ir the International Settlement and ir China’s independence as a whole would have a tremendous effect even on thc Japanese military cast in Tokio. Re- sponsible American officials cannot co ceive how the Japanese would be willing to face the whole Western world anc continue their provocative attitude in China if they thought this would bring about a co-operation of the leading powers. They could not resist such a pressure for 24 hours Nanking Bombarded. | Yet. according to dispatches reccived this morning by the Navy and the State Departments, Japanese, while marking time at Shanghai, have begun to de- velop their operations further on the Yangtze River and have started bom- barding Nanking, the official capital of China The troops with a is that Japanese explanation Nanking are being massed at view of operating against the Japanese at Shanghai, and that. in accordance with the rules of war Nanking cannot be considered any more an _open city. The question which puzzles our diplo- mats is whether the Japanese have de- cided to restrain their operations in Shanghai, in order to avoid a direct conflict with the European powers over | a matter which interests them vitally {and continue their march into the in- | terior of China with the main object the occupation of the Yangtze Valley, or whether their action today at Nanking is merely an assertion of their power when they consider withdrawing from Shanghai The Japanese have gone too far, it was stated in official quarters, to be able to withdraw as soon as the Eu- | ropean powers put their foot down | Such an action would ruin the efforis | they have made since last September. | But if they are actually confronted with | a united front of all the western powers. |they may have to withdraw from | Shanghai, and in order to save their | face with'the Chinese they must “show force” before doing so. | HOLD-UP NETS $3,000 DETROIT, February 1 (#)—Four men | who demanded admittance as policemen took $3,000 worth of jewelry, fur coats | and money early vesterday from guests | in the home of Charles H. Coyle Coyle, reporting the robbery to police, said that the robbers intimidated him- self, his family and 30 guests with pis- | tols, herded them into the basement |and there stripped rings from the { money the men had. CONVICT LOVERS IN PENITENTIARY TRUCK of K nsas Authorities Auto Thieves “Honeym LANSING. Kar s St Afte Prison r Escape. Febr ped » careful Seek Farm ELOPE Pair ning" n prope was was se said Warden or Cupid will slip inside for Miss 11, SENDS FORMAL " PROTEST 10 T0KI0 Forbes Complains of Use Shanghai Foreign Zone as Operations Base. of By the Assoclated Press TOKIO, February 1—United States Ambassadcr W. Cameron Forbes filed a formal protest with the Japanese gove ernment against the use of the Inter- national Settlement at Shanghai as a base of operations zgainst the Chinese Was not a written protest, but the foreign office regarded it formal and as something more than diplomatic representation it has ccnsidered other for- warded by W: The British Ambassador made a simi- lar protest and the Ambassador from France conferred with the foreign min- ister. The American protest contends th the Japanese are aggravating the sit ation at Shanghai by using the Inter- national Settlement as a base. It as communications shington at China Files Protest. China alo filed a formal protest against Japanese military acti at anghai and asked that the Japanese naval commander there be instructed to cease hostilities immediately The note, filed with the Japanese for- n office by Chinese Charge d’Aflaires instructions from the Nan ment, blamed Japan for the ighting at Shanghai May Claim Damages. The Chinese government protested that Japan took the offensive and said China reserved the right to claim dam- ages as a result of the attack Japan used armored cars and artil- lery in the fighting and Japanese ai planes dropped bombs a densely populated section of Shanghai. the note said, causing many casualties and heavy damages. Japan will send no troops to Sha hai until requested to do so by powers or municipality or until ituation reaches a stage where the &1 unable to handle it, it was au- thoritatively stated. It was added that Japan welcomes the increase of forces of Efforts to establish a neutral zone in Shanghai were reported to have been made today. It was authoritatively said, however, that Japan could not agree to give up defense of its sector tese to a third powe he spokesman contended that this d be tantamount to withdrawal of Japanese subjects from that area, as the Japanese would be aroused by its occupation by the forces of another nation. ng- the the VISITORS TO ASK BORDER CAMPS BE CONTINUED Abol Douglas, Ariz., Plea Against shing Two at i1l Be Pre- sented Here. By the Associated Press NOGALES, Ariz.. February 1.—Can- cellation of plans for abandonment of Camp Stephen D. L nd Camp Harry J. Jones at Douglas, Ariz. as United States Army post on the Mexi- can border, will be sought by personal intercession at Washington r.H. R. Sisk, president of the Nogales Chamber of Commerce. and E. K. 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