Evening Star Newspaper, February 3, 1932, Page 4

A—4 xx THE EVENING STAR, WASHYR®¥ON, D. ¢, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1932. JAPANESE VESSEL SUNK BY CHNESE U. S. Ship in Range of Fire| as Battle Is Renewed at Shanghai. __ (Continued From First Page) immediately transmitted by Secretary Adams to the State Department, for its information and guidance JAPANESE BOAT SUNK. Destroyer Sent to Bottom of Whangpoo in Fight on Fort. SHANGHAI, February 3 (#).—Chinese uns from the fort at Woosung sent a Lu\m's(- destroyer to the bottom of the Whangpoo F Chinese headquarters hounced tonight the announcement pened fire appar ly and announced after ment that the fort had and that they saw no rs on a troop ship er said, however, t fire and that it d luck that the troop | truck by one side or the Shells Close to U. S. Ship. near the U. S. S. Par- tied up alongside the in the Whangpoo. Oth se to the oil storage| Texaco Co. and n the y Bri n-owned Aslatic \ Co. on Gough Island sther report sald Japanese air- s flew over the area tonight and bed a Chinese oil storage plant near aid the fort an effort to put ashore a land- from the destroyers, and in one of the craft| g hits on two others. same time the Japanese naval repeated its assertion that ad been red to a pile of an a score in the Renewed. anese put out to ated that they k would be renewed. tle since the out- air- ing at- the Japanese re on the forts s cruiser Houston e Aslatic Fleet, arrived in just in time f the battle iston, whic jed a landing of 300 American Marine was to proceed directly to IS hal, but to stay down the river beyond the forts to avold entering the line of fire [ rward the cruiser moved up the to Sh: hal and tied up before city ‘The fire upon the forts was directed from the g six Japan y- Dy the Chinese forti- While it was going on Jap- lane bombers roared over the t of Shanghal, scene of a and des ve fire I ned down bombs ted in fresh fires in a num- ber of areas. The Japanese Navy Department at Tokio said this aftermoop that thel bombardment was not started until the fired on Japanese warships in the Woosung,” said the d fire on the Squadron The squad- fort at Japanese De h was on the way out ed to the fire. er-attack.” rs who watched the battle e said the area was a At the same time machine gunners directed a stream of fire into the concen- s of the Chinese defenders in the | Chapei Great clouds of smoke rose over the area where the Chinese troops battled desperately. »f the afternoon Jap- 1l General Murai informed can and British consuls gen- | \e Japanese Were occupying | Airplanes Join Fight. | se artillery in the Japanese Hongkew Park, in s of a boys' school on ading to a rifle range, but | nent | forts of Pooc \at the two forts| tion and fears | | e | Smith. | terior of | blocks of | w Creek The Chinese forces, either snipers or troops, by that time were believed to | have reached the north boundary of | the Settlement and possibly to have pushed slightly inside the border. Three serious fires were burning within the area The United States Marines, now | aboard the cruiser Houston in the river, are expected to land tomorrow. British Troops Land. The second battalion of Argyll and | Sutherland Highlanders, comprising 800 | officers and men, landed from the Brit- | ish cruiser Berwick and marched from the customs. jetty along Nanking road, which was erowded with masses of Chi~ nese. At that time Japanese planes Were bombing Chapei and there was a continuous roar of bursting bombs and | rattling machine guns. i Two “dud” shells fell on the property of the British-owned Asiatic Petroleum Co., on Nough Island in the Whangpos, | halfway between Shanghal and Woo- sung They fell just clear of the oil tanks, but it could not be determined imme- diately whether they were Chinese or Japanese. Toward evening forefgn residents were continually endangered by shells, which landed in the water im front of the Asiatic Co. plant and near the Ameriean-owned Texaco Co. Property. An American destroyer was tied up alongside & Texaco barge in the ‘Whangpe. Lieut. R. A. Boone, U. S. M. C., of Twin Falls, Idaho, reported today after | a tour of the Chinese military lines abouti. Shanghai that the men were well equipped and in high spirits, ap- parently not. at all nervous under fire was MAR! CHING TO FRONT Chinese Troops in War Zone NEAR CHINCHOW. ESPITE the fact that major operations in the Sino-Japanese fighting have been removed to Shanghai, troops of both countries still are active in Manchuria, in and about Chinchow on the march near Chinchow. Here is a group of typical Chinese troops —A. P. Photo. TAON'S TROOPS DRIVE ON HARBIN Gen. Ting Prepares to Resist Advance Into Northern Manchuria. By the Associated Press. CHANGCHUN, Manchuria, February 3—Gen. Jiro Tamon led half of his division northward from Shuangcheng at noon today and began a rapid ad- vance on Harbin Late this afternoon Gen. Tamon's troops passed Sanhsingtun, 12 miles south of Harbin, and there was & pos- sibility he might reach the Northern Manchuria city tonight The critical _situation at where severe fighting has been going for a week between local forces and troops of Gen. Ting Chao, led Gen Tamon to leave Sangcheng without ting for the arrival of another brigade of his army. | advanced more than 20 miles dur- I afternoon. His headquarters at SF cheng did not mention the means of his advance, but it was be- lieved he used motor trucks | The temperature was 30 below zero F. Japanese dispatches said Gen. Ting Chao is determined to oppose the Jap- anse if they attempt to dominate Har- bin and North Manchuria, although he anticipates he will have to quit Harbin Japanese sources said Gen. Ting's men intended to prevent an advance of Jap- anese troops from Tsitsihar to Harbin and that they destroyed the railway tracks near Anta and Yensungtun, be- | tween Tsitsihar and Harbin. A west- bound international train, these sources said, was compelled to hait at Anta and | an eastbound international train halted | at Chalantun. | ~ TRANSOCEAN FLYERS T0 MEET IN ROME, Harbin n Fight Zone ‘ = manchRig MUKDEN /~ G o MANILA'C —— o Map showing relation of Mai United States Arnty and Navy base, to the Shanghai battle front. The new capital of China is Loyang It was moved from Nanking a few days before Japanese fired on that city. JAPAN TO OFFER COUNTER-TERMS FOR CHINESE PEACE (Continued Prom First Page) the fifth proposal, it was learned on good authority, is not concerned with the reference to the spirit of the Kel- logg pact, but entirely with th lation that neural observers nd negotiations for the settlement of all outstanding Sino-Japancse ques tions, including Manchuria, Whi Japan insists must be settled direct between Japan and China withcut outside interference. The government appeared to be em- barrassed over newspaper dispatches | the Naval Academy FLEETVISITED HERE Admiral Nomura, in Com- mand at Shanghai, Guest in Capital in 1929. Admiral Kichisaburo Nomura, who been appointed commander of panese forces in the Shanghai angize River area, was received Presides Hoover at the White » in September, 1929, and enter- at an official dinner by Secre- tary Adams on September 28, that year. Japanese bluejackets went on & sight- Seeing tour of the Capital, some of their officers went to Quantico, Va., and were ) ned by the commanding general and the Japanese naval medical ors were entertained by the com- manding officer of the Washington Naval Hospital and his associates. | al Nomura was here as the | head of the Japanese Midshipmen's | Training Squadron, comprising the armored cruisers Asama, flagship, and Iwate, which arrived from Havana, | Cuba, at Baltimore. Lieut. (Junior Grade) W. J. Sebald, | U S. Navy, reported to Admiral N mura for duty as his aide. The mayor of Baltimore gave a dinner in honor of | the Japanese admiral, and, on his visit to Washington, the admiral stayed at | the Japanees embassy, with the officers | living at the Hamilton Hotel. Japanese | officers and midshipmen went sight-see- ing in Baltimore as guests of the cit Admiral Nomura, his staff, and the captains of the Asama and Iwate called on Secretary Adams and high ranking naval officers and the American cabinet | officer reviewed the Japanese midship- men The Japanese admiral, now com- manding at Shanghai, who was felici- | tated as an old friend vesterday by Ad- miral William V. Pratt operations, | staff_and officers and midshipmen at Dinner was served | in honor of the admiral by the com- mander in chief of the United States chief of naval V| fleet, on board the U. 8. 8. Texas, { anchored off Annapolis. The visitors, | likewise, were entertained by American { naval authorities at San Francisco, Bal- | which made the detals of the fifth ]3I0~ | poa " Canal Zone and New York. International Meeting in May to Study Problems of Navi- gation. An international meeting of trans- | oceanic aviators, sponsored by the Royal Aero Club of Italy, is to be held in Rome May 22-30, according to word re- ceived here by the National Aeronautic Association. The meeting is to honor the pioneers of transoceanic flying and to enable group study of the problems of ocean navigation. | Every pilot or navigator of & plane which has crossed an ocean is invited to be guests of the Royal Aero Club. The Itallan air ministry and Italian embassy here are making arrangeme: with Italian steam p companies o furnish special steamer rates for the trip. Ocean flyers from the United States whose names b & 1 submitted to the It n Lowell Wade, L He ry H. round- itland and y B. Bronte r C. 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These points call for a cessationt of vio- lence, no more warlike preparxtions, withdrawal of combatants from pyints of contact and the establishment of neutral zones to protect the Interns- al Settlement. Japan, he said, would Iy halt hostilities at Shanghai, but ist be adequately assured the Chinese would do likewise and inquired who would furnish this guarantee. Powers Criticized. He indicated Japan favored a perma- nent neutral zome 15 or 20 miles wide around Shanghai from which Chinese troops would be excluded, although Chi- nese troops would be employed. Today’s newspapers, reflecting a gen- eral reaction toward the program of the great powers, asserted that the foreign proposals are “encouraging China and discouraging Japan just enough to pro- long the trouble.” The newspaper Hochi said the for- eign proposals are based on “lecture room theories” and referred to the “unfafr interference of Great Britain and the United States.” Other news- papers warned the powers that it was a were an orderly, responsible nation.” Factory to Your Home il $6.00 down and $100 per week to those of approved credit. Your old piano will be accepted in trade. Several used Pianos such as Stieff, Steinway, Shaw and many others. $3 Down—$1 a Week EVERY PIANO REDUCED visited | CHURCHILL TO SPEAK Lindsey Will Btatesman Next Week. &ir Ronald Lindsey, Ambassador from Great Britain, is to introduce | winston Spencer Churchill, English statetman, who will speak Friday eve- ning of next week at 8:15 o'clock at | Constitution Hall under the auspices of the Coramunity Institute. He will dis- cuss “The World Economic Crisis.” The spexker has peen one of the na- leaders of Great Britain for years, holding several cabinet Tntroduce Noted | tional many posts. of the exchequer. Money Expeme “ta];ea the of a goocl "Luy" 1 REVISED PACT SEEN | - AIM OF JAPANESE Shanghai Situation Regarded as Somewhat Easier Despite Fightipg. BY CONSTANTINE BRO Despite the battle which is raging at | present in Shanghai, the situation in the Far East is considered in official | circles in Washington as easler. The Chinese government has informed the United States Government that it accepts in full the friendly offer of mediation of this Government and of that of the other three powers; the Japanese government has unofficially intimated that our offer of mediation is favorably considered by Tokio. A definite answer will probably be sen tomorrow. The real reason is that the | Jnpanese government intends to make | certain reservations to the fifth point of the American-allied peace plan This point is-“that upon acceptance | of the conditions for the cessation of | hostilitles, prompt advances are to be made in negotiations to settle all out- standing controversies between the two nations in the spirit of the pact of Paris and the resolution of the League ‘I)f Nations of December 9, without prior demand or reservatfon and with the aid | of neutral observers or participants.” CHIEF OF JAPANESE. was entertained with his| At ane time he was chancellor only natural that a pact which has be- A BANK for the INDIVIDUAL v W}lat Results n Money Besins Wltl’! tu}l tal(cs the discount . .. Have you need for the money to take xdvanmgc home, or sometl:ing your home requires? 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The Japanese have brought reinforce- ments and have replaced Admiral Shiozowa, who serfously mismanaged the military operations last week, by {a kinsman of the Emperor, Admiral | Nomura, | The Japanese are believed here to be making a supreme effort to dis- lodge the Chinese from their present positions and occupy the Chinese section | of Shanghai. | "It is believed here that the Japanese | will succeed in their objective, and as | s00n as this has been achieved they will be ready to open negotia D | accordance with the wishes of | principal Western powers. Of Paramount Importance. Those who have been following | closely the developments in the Far | East are convinced that the occ | tion of Shaighai, if it is only a tempo- | ° rary measure, is of paramount impor- tance to the Japanese. A defeat of their purposes at Shanghai would weaken tremenduously the Japanese situation and their entire action since September 19 would be jeopardized _Furthermore, by the occupation of | | Shanghat the first three points of the | four powers' peace plan would becor | void; " the hostilities would cease 4 mediately and there would be no longer any question of cessation of lities, or mobilization of new forces or with- |drawal of combatants from all points | of mutual contacts. The Chinese troops | | would have been driven out Shanghal area The Japanese are apparently quite willing to leave the International Set- | tlement as it is at present, once the Chinese troops have been driven out of | Shanghal. Consider Pact Revision. It is belleved In well informed quar- ters in Washington that as soon as the Shanghai military operations are s cessfully concluded the Japanese will be not only willing, but anxious, to sit down at a round-table conference to| | discuss with the Chinese and the pow- ers interested in China the new situa- | tion. The reason for their eagerness to have a new conference is that they hope thereby to obtain a revision of the nine-power pact. It is recalled that some five weeks ago the Tokio foreign office spokesman indi- cated clearly that the nine-power pact | was now obsolete and that the Japa- | nese government considered its revision | of paramount importance. | At the time the statement was made there was no favorable reaction either from this country or from Great Britain ‘The Japanese believe, however, that now that the shadow of war has been hanging heavily over the United States and Great Britain the governments of these two countries may be willing to change their point of view, especiaily if certain assurances were given them that the interests of their nationals in China would not suffer. The Japanese contention is that { there can be no_question of & national government in China, as was the case when the nine-power pact was signed in 1922. May Oppose Revision. If this contention is correct, and the Japanese are willing to prove it, it is come obsolete on account of changed caum" wl’len rcacly in merchan Jise, a of the | {in MorrisiPlan Bank Under qul:l;nu.( s! Treasury 1408 H Street Northwest ‘Near Shanghai Trouble Zone The American consulate in the International Settlement at Shanghai. RADIO SILENCED AS BLUE FLEET SPEEDS TO "RECAPTURE™ HAWAII Fears That Enemy Will Locate Position of Ships Brings Order From Admiral Leigh, Commander of Forces. ‘ BY CAPT. C. M. AUSTIN, U. §. N Assistant Chief of Staft. By the Associated Press. U. S. . CALIFORNIA, AT SEA, Feb- ruary 3.—Quiet has settled over the radio on this the third day of the 60- | craft “Blue” Fleet's advance westward from California’s coast Richard Leigh, commander of the “Blue” forces, has imposed radio silence on all ships of the “Blue” expedition seeking to recapture the Hawailan Is- lands from the mythical enemy, the “Black” Army and Navy at Oahu Only one radio channel still is oper- ative, a hig! requency, short-wave one reserved for use by umpires accompany- ing the fieet to the war games There is good reason for the silence order, for were we t. would be of great aid to t This is because the compass bea our transmissions would give the exact position. It was not long ago that the very ex- istence of radio direction finders was & strictly guarded military secret—a secret 50 well kept that the allles Teaped full advantage of it The historic example is the use made new instrument to inform the conditions within to the nations, detriment but to meet of the this ed from well informed that neither the American nor the British government will view with favor a revision of that treaty, be- cause it is believed both in London a: in Washington that China will -come into its own soon, and that it is not ht to chang. a fundamentally fair account of & temporary situa- in But nothing is definite or permanent international politics. Once the powers are gathered at a round-table conference there can be a good deal of bargaining, and some powerful argu- ments might be brought forward by the Japanese and their friends, arguments possibly totally foreign to the actual Far Eastern situation, which might in- duce the American or the British gor ernment to relent and accept a modified nine-power pact A good deal depends, however, on the outcome of the Shanghai battle. If the Japanese do not suceed in dislodging the Chinese, the situation, which appears improved today, may become very grave tomorrow again, Maine Leads in Clams. laine produces about 400,000 bushels of clams al ally. This is believed to exceed the clam production of any other State in the country. 10 years should be' British of the fortie of the German bat- tleships on the eve of the battle of Jut- land. An increase of German messages always marked an incre of the ships. That was first noted and the British rightly interpreted the heavy radio traffic as indicating some- thing special on foot. Then, thanks to | well "placed snd numerous direction finders along the coasts of England and | Scotland, they were able to get suc- | | cessive bearings of the sources of those | messages and to plot the movem, the ships from the inner to the | harbor and finally to sea The same plan was successt lowed in tracking German There is another reas from disclosing our positt this silence golden to those ness. In a word, we must the enemy’s de session. A sational, on the art—or perhaps breaking code messages secret plans and pol In these games, we tr every arm and every facli lating war conditions for China Assembling Planes Bought for Use 12 Years Ago Aireraft Have Been Stored in Packing Cases Since Their Purchase. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, February 3.—Chinese soldiers and engineers worked feverishly | tonight attempting to assemble the Chines2 air force equipment which was still in the packing cases in which it was dellvered from England 12 years ago. In 1920 the government ordered 130 | airplanes fitted with powerful motors. The planes were shipped to be assem- | bled in China, but because of disorgan- ization of the government no one would | | take the responsibility of putting them | together and they were never unpacked. | They are considerably out of date now, but may still be made airworthy and the planes are capable of high | speed. LEAGUE EFFORTS * DEPAREDIN VAN . Russian Says Action to Bring Peace in China “Won’t Do Any Good.” By the Assaciated Pr GENEVA, February delegation to the ference, tting today 3 Disa Tt ame Russian t C house si in haughty boarding on outskirts of n to y s Row summed up its rea jterday’s attempt to bring about peace in the Far East by saying “It won't do any good!" | Yesterday's action of the powers, a |spokesman for the delegation said, was |only another of the series of fruitless steps taken by Lea, in recent months, “e: resulted in a hep, skip and rward by the Japanese.” “The League long,” the spokesm: | deliberated the Japan in t¥ delayed too |up one position after churia. ~ Wh; Commission was appointed last ; does it now choose the longer route to China by way of the United States? am this mor: The spc emphatic 1 clined to b althou consuited in S combined ac- tion of the T3 never yet par- Pressed for s plan for solving delega- down This 1s open Abyssir There 1s lots of American_ press spoke. 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