Evening Star Newspaper, February 7, 1932, Page 4

At = THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, 40k C., FEBRUARY 1, 1932—PART ONE. o0 BLUEACKETS - LAND N SHANGHA .L:arger Force Expected Soon. City Given Heaviest Bombardment. (Continued From First Page) use Chinese operations ment was lald- down ntly 6-inch edge of been \ missions were re- Japanese blueiackets nghai dispatches to American Presby- ‘ Press, alt s in New York s 1 to believe thel been touched 1 Metho- ported atta were said have ransac and most of ps 16 dea REINFORCEMENTS ARRIVE. nflict. ed Press) (Sunda bardment of Nine-Day Co; 4Cox; 1933, by the Ass SHANGHAI, Fe! Ch! and Jar power into the unceasir over the mbles of Chapel, battered by the heaviest Japanese bombardment of from Japan troops, se three days ago, n soon afterward but of morrow. newspaper: many as 10,000 Japanese f d come ashore k luejackets were landed near thé Japarese cou 2 the banks of the Whangpo River attack on Chin by in a note ts from t Mayor Wu uthorities 2 forces to use s a base for th made t's neutrality ex of agreements among ving political or other in the Settlement, the Mayor Wu said, and neutrality could only be main- tained by the same powe Government Responsible. apan is one of these powers and Japanese government n the Council, is solely resp: » acts of Japanese forces W tt ““the note added foreign settlement a ho. ¢ Chinese t all foreigners vhich vas an Amer- ago and in still is known by American iment reiterated against Japanese 1t as the base for learned 1 notes n and them to the notes . Japane ican ¢ mar an a a_administered The e Chir were handed ‘British Ministers, requestir hout an end to wk justifiable a es In permitting vas rcported consular able to have ai tionals at Woo- 3 cction was impossible to penctrate to zone of action, but the heavy rum- from the region of the Jg on the northern edge of the International Settlement indicated that 6-inch guns had been set up there to blast the Chinese from their positions about the North Station in Chapei, only half a mile away. There were two significant features about, this heavy cannonading. Hither- to the Japanese guns have been Guieted along about midnight, but to- dey they roared on through, laying down more explosives than they did during the bombardment Saturday afternoon and evening Big Guns Are Whole Show. As in preceding artillery actions the Jesser arms have been involved, both the Japanese and Chinese keeping their machine guns and rifles Sy, but this morning the whole show be- Jonged to the large-bore pieces. Echoes of the thunderlike bombard- ment reverberated throughout Shang- hai. Buildings rattled. The Interna- tional Settlement was in darkness, but the sky in the north was lighted up at equent intervals by burstg of the s . mongag:nfmmm in the of the settlement as 2 ) of the i fleet this pleces, ty of the Japanese | the In- officials | [TRUCE DEPENDS ON CHINA'S WITHDRAWAL, SAYS SHIOSAWA ing of Naval Special Dispatch to The Star. SHANGHAI, February 6—"A truce between the Japanese and Chinese bol- ) ligerents in Shanghai can be based only upon the withdrawal of the Chinese 19t} Rear Admiral Koichi wa, commanding the Japanese here, informed the correspondent of the New York Tribune this evening in an interview aboard his flagship, the | ! Ataka. “The 19th Route Army must Wwith- draw to a safe distance from Shanghai, | at least beyond artillery range, if peace is to be achieved.’ rumored to have committed nt of the appointment ichisaburo Nomura as ander of the Japanesc waters, Admiral Shi- ed in the best of spirit plain uniform, unadorned gold braid, and conducted his in English, which he speaks He declared that the object Japanese naval landing forces is “to protect Japanese but added that since the appear iers would stop ese for I seitled fir tion ¢ 10 ng on t 1ld be Efforts to Stop Fig When asked how far the Japanese iing party intended to extend its activities, the admiral said: doing our best to stop the but the 19th Route Army is a most stubborn attitude.” ng this conversation the occa- detonations of Japanese which had been rained on the Chinese positions in | Chapet by a Japanese force of 17 planes, could be heard. Perhaps dis- ing that the disconcerting sound of loding bombs made his previous lightly incongruous, the ad- t on o explain that the Jap- anese air bombing and artfllery bom- hardment were being conducted in the hope that this show of force might n the of the Chinese m to withdraw an ting the necessity for further la military We are ting, bombs, since | | dawn ng to a safe distance,” dicated, he meant that 1d retreat 5 or 6 nt positions. He of the Japane: forces against the Ch most_difficult ers were Strong pro- 1ts and sandba “This has greatly We are going however, step by step, preparing with " artillery bombardment * bombing. : Japancse naval landing forces e in an awkward position. If we were in the most strate- he point of view of sent positions of the enemy, we surely drive them out, but we Id run the risk of dropping shells the Intcrnational Settlement. That are scrupulously avoiding If we used the stronges bombs in our p ! nese outposts near the Settlement boundary, but the use of such bombs would endanger residents within the Settlement We have bombs 10 times as powerful as those which have been | droppad on Chapei. | " “We are at a disadvantage in being | unable to use our full strength. Our | hands are tied.” i Possible Destructive Force. | The correspondent who has witnessed the ravages made by the “small bombs” in Chapel, could not help wondering whether a single building in all the area oops had e Chinese sol air | ession we could rout the Chi- | Japanese Fleet Commander Declares Land- Forces Is to Protect Countrymen. would be left standing if the Japanesc used bombs of 10 times that force. |~ “Our object,” the admiral said, | not to desiroy the Chinese Army, only to force it to withdraw | Asked whether it would be neces- sary to use other parts of the Interna- tional Settement as a base for military operations against the Chinese if the 12th Japanese Army Division were | brought to Shanghai, Admiral Shiosawa said that although Japan "ad the legal right to do so, it had no_intention of using any part of the international | Settlement as a military base, cxcept the Hongkew district, where is located the permanent headquarters of the Japanese naval landing forces. The admiral declared, specifically, that the landing forces would continue | their cperations until the 19th Route | Army withdrew to a safe distance Asked if Japan intended to continue to occupy the captured torritory, the admiral replied: “Jape - uas no inten- tion of occupying any Chin As soon as order can be main v the Chinese municipal au- our force will withdraw, pr the 19th Army has g is but X it authority the Jap- anese milita servists had acted dur- ing the period when they wer g the Hongkew distr nent, taking over the dutles of the r ular ‘Shanghai municipal police. miral Shiosawa explained that the re servists were a body of self-governing volunteers who had assisted the Jap- anese naval landing forces as guides and interpreters, since the bluejackets were not familiar with the city. He said that while he had the authority to curb their activities if they were found to be illegal, they did not take orders directly from him. He said that un- doubtedly during the first few days of excitement some of the reservists may have lost their heads, but he was able to understand and appreciate the cause of any excesses they might have com- mitted. Denies Starting Fight. The admiral repeated the explana- tion recently issued in the form of statement by the Japanese Minist China, Mamoru Shigemits, declaring that the Japanese did not initizte th | hostilities on the night of January He said the Japanese forces poured out of concentration points at 11:15 pm. on that date, going | Chinese territory traversed by extension | of settlement roads, were merely occu- pying defense areas assigned to them according to the general defense scheme of the settlement itself. The Japanese bluejackets, he said, were fired upon by the Chinese and hostilities were thereby precipitated He did not explain the significance | on| of his stitement issued at 8 p that night, that the Japanese were sending forces into Chapei “for the en- cement of law and order.” a state- ment which has been generally inter- preted as a declaration of hostilities. The admiral confirmed the s of one Japanese afrplane at Chenju yes- terday. He said the plane was not shot down in combat with a Chinese plane as widely reported, but was believed to have been hit by anti-aircraft gunfire He also confirmed a report that a Jap- anese plane had been forced down at sea near Woosung, and said it came down because of lack of fuel. Its pilot he said, had been picked up by the American steamer Hanover. The admiral said that a widely pub- lished report of yesterday that Japa- | nese troops had occupied Woosung forts was erroneous. No Japanese troops | have arrived. he added, and he ex- pressed a belief that all the guns in the Woosung forts had been disabled naval shell fire. (Copyright, 1932.) | lines during the last few days, standing | up under heavy bombardment, were re- lieved during the night. | _The Japanese are opposing the 19th Route Army, supposedly 'the best fight- ing outfit in the country, but by Western standards they appeared deficient in training and short of equipment. The most impressive thing about these troops is their extreme youth. Many of them seem to be no more than 114 years old, but they took their hazard- ous position with as much stoicism as any veteran could show. | Some Carry Antiguated Weapons. | They were armed in all sorts of fash- ons. Some of them carried antiquated long-barreled pistols, and some had { obsolete rifies. Only a few of them | were equipped With steel helmets, and | these obviously had been selvaged from | the Japanese. | The whole countryside to the rear of ! the Chinese line has been covered with an intricate system of trenches. In ex- | posed spots sand-bag shelters have been | put_up Although roads leading away from the front were jammed with Chinese refugees, a considerable civilian popu- n remained not far from the lines he Nanking road was so crowded ! that it was difficult to get an automo- | bile through the plodding refugee Other safety seekers, bending low under heavy loads of household goods, march- ed along the tracks of the raflway lead- ng to Nanking. These refugees had learned the | technique of self-preservation against | airplane bombing. Now and again a | Japancse plane could be heard in the !da overhead and each time the | Chinese flung themselves to the ground, | face down, | While air raiders were showering ! bombs on Chapel yesterday afternoon | it was rcported that two American mission houses within the International | Settiement had been attacked | Presbyterian Mission Shelled. One report was that Japanese blue- cts forcibly entcred and ransacked { the American Presbyterian Mission and press on North Szchuen road, well vithin the arca occupied by the Jap- despite the fact that an official of the American consul was up on the entrance to the od | believe their mission in Shanghai had n ransacked. They said the board by jon might have be confused with a mission press, formerly owned by the board, but sold January 1. Whether the mission press was occupied b | Americans these officials did not kno ¢ The mission of the American Metho- dist Episcopal Church South, in Hong- kew, which was ransacked by Japanese .hluria(‘k(‘tfl last week. was shelled by 1light artillery and officials who were in the building trying to find out how much damage had been done by the bluejackets, retired under shell fire. Whether the projectiles came from Japanese or Chinese guns was not known. Two big air raids were put on yes- terdey by the Japanese. Shortly be- fore noon 14 planes appeared over the Ttalian settlement and Chapei and soon bombs were raining down. The attack wes brief, but at 3 o'clock the planes i vangtze and dropped new loads of death and destruction. Gunners Open Up on Planes. got going. Chinese anti-aircraft gun- ners opened up on the planes at 4:30 pm., but the ships continued their maneuvers, dropping their charges as they picked out their objectives on the ground. Observers of the battle did not see any Japanese planes brought down. Apparently détermined not to suffer wept out of the mists over the lower | Then the artillery and machine guns | | the fate of the three Japanese airmen killed Friday, the bombers staved high altitudes as much as possible The airmen withdrew just as dark- ness fell. Then a heavy gun, the loca- tion of which could not_definitely be | determined, opened up, fiinging shells | into Chapel at frequent intervals. The belief was expressed that perhaps the gun was on one of the Japanese war ships on the Whanpoo. The expected Chinese air activity ma- terialized only in the appearance of two Chinese airmen, who salled over the metropolitan area, but soon disappeared | to the west Work on Landing Field. Just outside the eastern border of the International Settlement along the Shanghai-Woosung Highway, the Japa- nese naval forces started work on an airplane landing fleld. In addition to Japanese, & group of ‘white” Russians labored on the field. Japanese alrmen tested it by taking off {and landing as the work progressed. | Observers expressed the belief that this | activity indicated plans by tne Japanese for air operations on a larger s:ale Japanese naval officials deciared they had surrounded the headquarters of a group of Chinese gunmen who were |“pledged to kill all Japanese.” | Continued sniping, it was said, was i seriously undermining the morals of the | Japanese bluejackets. One report vas that the snipers were well organized |and that among them were 86 women. Chinese banks anrounced that in view | of the disrupted state of business here all loans in the future will be charged | interest at the rate of 2 per cent daily, |er 730 per cent a year. | China Secks Fore'gn Flyers. The Chinese governrient was report- ed to be seeking the gervices of foreign aviators as pilots for it: military planes. | The government's aviation bureau ap- roached two American fiyers well nown here, but they declined to serve. Chinese newspapers said 26 Chinese | airplanes arrived from Nanking during | the night, the craft consisting of Amer- ican, British and German makes. China had decided to use the air- planes against the Japanese, the news- | papers added, “but they do not carry bombs, and every effort will be made |not_to harm the residents of foreign settlements.” | This, Shanghai's second Sunday in the toils of battle, dawned late with heavy foglike mists blanketing the lower Yangtze Valley. i In Shanghai the visibility was re- duced further by a smoke pail from the |fires of Chapei, which burned even brighter after yesterday's bombardment. |Many of the missiles dropped on the hattered section were thought to have been incendiary bombs. Many Stories Circulated. | What damage the bombardment had wreaked nonme knew. What was going on there behind the blanket of fog and smoke in the early morning likewise was uncertain. But there was an added | undertone of machine gun and rifle | fire as the morning grew. | ,The bombardment caused many stories to circulate that the Japanese had landed more big guns. They ap- peared to have 6-inch howitzers akout their headquarters in Chapei. Some thought they also had brought ashore a number of heavy naval guns, but it seemed that they had no high- powered field pieces in action as yet. t generally was believed likely, how- ever, that they would land heavy ord- nance of various types to enable them to blast a path into the Chinese positions. On the other hand, although the Chinese continued to deny that they were using anything larger than Stokes and trench mortars, apparently well- founded reports indicated they had several 6-inch pieces mounted on an armored train. These were whecled into position, especially at night, the 1eport . said, .and_turnegytheir mighty on the Japlne& |k 28.| which | into | by | in | | sidering a proposa 1 for Japanese military system PHILIPPINE ATTAG BY JAPAN FEARED Warning of Encroachment Stirs Heated Debate in House Committee. By the Associated Press. The Far East problem crept into the hearing of the House Insular Com- mittee yesterday, when John H. Pardee, president of the Manila Electric Co., warned the committee against threaten- ed Japanese encroachment in the Philippines. Pardee’s Intimation that freeing the | Philippines within the would invite invasion provoked a heated debate, { which Representative Cross Democre:, Te! Lozier, De “scrat, Missouri, participated. Lozler ¢ tended Japan is bus its pro...ms in Asia and its destiny lies ria. Consequently, he said, Ilhr Philippines have little to fear. Wars and rumors of wars were ad- vanced by the Navy's highest offi william ~ V. Pratt ongress should not t al defense machinery He testi nditures Com: 1 for the consolid of the War and Navy Departments er with this time. House E: Calls Japanese Eff Admiral Pratt sald this Is experiment He exy no time ne id 1t is ‘probably the most efficient in the { world.” reorganization of the involving the withdrawal Vers submarines and rier, will not be carried until the Far Eastern A proposed Asiatic fieet of six dest an_ aircraft out by the Ni were to be the ancient the gunboats replaced cruiser by. three ships Asheville Rochester and cramento. need the jon and can citizens, he ships there now for possible evacuation of Admiral Pratt said added, “the plan ation will be carried out, resent dates for wi rits may be delayed oldest ship in a February Memphis and W Manila to join the Asi Commanded By Admiral Samps h Sampson. ommanded - Bal e Spanish-Amer- rs after it the y in t a few yea in 1891 The Sacr > and Asheville al have been replaced by the Wickes and Phillp af the Pai tion and are now en route to Admiral Taylor in April Admiral Pratt expressed s over the reol n at Panal “The cruiser and two destroyers,” he sald, “can move much faster than three ships we have had therc ing the Roct us one more ship for e poses. She was to he decommission but she will be pretty useful out there, she is pretty old.” 1 to be re- turned from the Asiatic and put in reserve commission at Mare Island are the Tracy, Truxtun, MacLeish, pson McCormick and S t. The Truxtun now is at Shang the Simpson at Nanking, the Stewart at Hongkong, while the others are at Manila. This had been ordered for March 15 The aircraft carrier Langley was to replace the aj tender Jason at Manila in April, the Jason to be placed out of commission Planned in November. The plan also called for the with- drawal of six submarines from Manila for basing at Pearl Harbor, Hawaiian Islands. This was scheduled for May 1 These plans were announced last No- vember 12 as a part of the * i system inaugurated as a part of economy. Despite Japanese denials, the Chinese d reiterated their claim to re of the spoils of the fighting at ‘Woosung. The Chinese legation announced re- ceipt of a message from Shanghal, re- jayed through Nanking, saying it was ‘confirmed” that a Japanese gunboat had been sunk and two others damaged during the attack on the Woosung forts Wednesday. Communications between Woosung and Shanghal had been cut, it was said The message added that military com- manders at Shanghai had reported they were “still holding” their line in the Chapel sector, with heavy casualties. ROCKEFELLER BETTER Takes Stroll in Garden After Week Confined With Cold. ORMOND, Fla, February 6 (#).— John D. Rockefeller, sr, was out of doors for the first time in more than a week today when he spent nearly an hour walking around his flower gar- dens at the Casements, his Winter home. The 93-year-old multi-millionaire contracted a slight cold 10 days ago and since that time has not played his usual game of golf nor attended church serv- ices. No statement has been made as to when he will resume his daily round of golf, but it was believed he will confine his outdoor activities to automobile rides for another week. to report isfaction SERVICE IS DELAYED Agreement Between Carriers to Be Aired Before I. C. C. ST. PAUL, February 6 (/) —Post- ponement of the beginning of passenger service between Chicago and San Francisco over the new Great North- ern Western-Southern Pacific route, scheduled to start in May, was an- nounced today by the Great Northern. Failure of efforts to negotinte am agreement with the Southern Pacific for interchange of Summer _tourist travel at San Francisco was given as the reason. A hearing on the matter is scheduled February 18, before the Interstate Commerce Commission at Washington, but Great Northern offi- cials do not expect a decision before Midsummer. Only Flying Bathtub Safe in China, Flyer Warns U. S. Aviators By the Associated Press. SAN JOSE, Calif., February 6. —After spending several months in Ghina looking for a job as an aviator, Hudson Mead, veteran fiyer of this city, today advised young Americans who may be ambitious to fly to stay at home. Mead said there were no jobs over there for American pilots. “And if there were,” he added, “nobody wants them because whenever the Chinese see a strange plane they take a shot at it just for luck. Only a fly- ing bathtub with steel wings is safe in the air.” next decade | and Representative | ster to the Asiatic gives | BY MORRIS J. HARRIS, Assoctated Press Stafl Correspondent. (Cop: ., 1932, by the Associated Press). SHANGHAI, February 7 (Sunday).— | Three days of bombing and shelling have caused terrible havoc in the| Woosung forts, but the red, blue and | white flag of China still waves over | their torn walls This T discovered today when T pene- | trated to the forts in an effort to settle | jrumors that the strategic position at the mouth of the Whangpo River had | fallen into the hands of the Japanese. Not only do the Chinese remain, but | | the elaborate defense works they arc| ! constructing indicate they have no in- | tention of evacuating. Although at least four of the forts' 6-inch guns have been silenced and many of the remainder are so ant- | quated that they are useless, the Chi- | nese garrison is prepared with rifles and machi guns to resist any at- | tempt by the besieging Japanese war ships to land troops. First Attack Beaten Of. | Already landing mpt has been beaten off, gates the 1gh a sce fortress a she of com- of | plete devastat Nearly every building compound had bee tered tile and spl { structures b | original for | shelied or bombed | The terrain it was Imposs line for more time The size of the holes indicated the Japanese were using bombs of tremen dous power. T measured the largest of the bomb pits and found them to be 30 | feet across and 12 feet deep. beginning to wonder were 1 abont in the fort duced to shat- od timber. A few a semblance of their but all of them had been as so badly le to walk than a few torn up in a straigh yards at a where d be pit In ich had bomb I inted cut to se: i had been man- ed States, alon e Were un- they made an ley were of an- had not been ers said 3 acitated Most of cannon 4 of I w inca 10 still could be used NUMBERS RACKET REAPING FORTUNE AMONG *“SUCKERS” _ (Contintied From Pirst Page) his few pennies or nickels onv“num- bers,” either. Police investigators say a majority of the unnumbered thousands of players in the Capital are in circumstances Is which they need for bread squandered daily in the forlorn hope that “this time" me will smile upon them Bread or $30—for one small nickel? { The $30 prospect usually triumphs | better sense and hunger, and the Many Classes Represented. Because of the small amount of the | average investment, a large clientele is 3S al to operating returns ion has that this clientele is scattered all over the city and that many classes are represented. While the customers are largely col- ored, a considerable number of white patrons have been observed enterin establishments known to be “district headquarters” of the operators. “Numbers” is similar to a lottery, 3 that no tickets are sold and the player is permitted to choose any number he may desire to bet upon, within certain limits The operator's only equipment is a plentiful supply of small scratch pads and pencils. Instead of drawing slips from & hat or twirling a wheel, the players watch the daily newspapers for the lucky number. The winning number may be found in the daily temperature chart of the Weather| Bureau, the clearing house figures, the stock sales report or the race results. Betting on the weather and the clear- ing house figures appears to have been | discontinued, 'The Weather Bureau in | the past has received many complaints about its unwitting connivance with | the gamblers, but the officials do not believe they would be justified in dis- continuing issuance of ‘the daily tem- perature bulletin. | Turn to Other Sources. i | The Star several years ago tried the experiment of eliminating from its col- umns the clgaring house report, only to find the gamblers turned to other sources for number: | The operator or “banker conducts‘ his business through agents, known | popularly as “writers” because they write | down on a pad the numbers chosen by | a player. Some of the operators are said to take in several thousand dollars | a day. The agents receive a commis- sion, usually 10 per cent, on the morey | they collect from the bettors. Several of the operators limit to $1 the| bet that can be placed on a single | number, while others are reported to take a maximum of $5. Thus, the win- ner of a dollar bet will receive $600. | This pay-off, deducted with the com- | missions from the money taken in, | leaves the average operator a substan- | tial profit. Some days, of course, no one Wwins but the banker and other days he may | have to pay two or three winners. Difficult to Get Evidence. Because the ‘agent will “write num- bers” only for persons he knows to be “all right,” it is difficult for the police to obtain first-hand evidence required by the courts. Strangers expressing & desire to make a bet are turned down curtly, and when they leave they often | are trailed for blocks, the police de- clare. ‘To make a bet the player simply tells the “writer” one or more three-digit numbers he has chosen and the amount he wishes to play on each selection, If he chooses three such numbers, and wshes to put up 2 cents on each, he gives the agent 6 cents and receves a carbon copy af-the small sheet on which the numbers and amount played have been written down. Then he waits for the late editions of the afternoon newspapers to learn his fate. If stock sales are beng used to rule the selection of a winner, the player will find the winning number hidden in the total sales of shares reported for General Electric. General Motors and North American stock. If the sales of General Electric tofal 56,300 shares, of General Motors 124,500 and of North ept |CHINESE FIGHTING TO DEATH IN RUINS OF WOOSUNG FORTS Troops Show No Lack of Morale and Appear Determine& Not to' Yield to Japanese Bombardment. | to sacrifice our lives to hold the forts.” | my automobile was stopped by a trench undamaged guns were of such caliber as to be of little value. Looking out to sea, I counted seven Japanese ships of war, 2 miles off shore The characteristic Chinese attitude | was expressed by the fort’s commander in these words i “We are fighting a defensive war.! We do not fire unless we are fired at Wwe are determined not to yield to the Japanese invaders. We are prepared There was no lack of morale among he troops. The men were aheerful and emed to enjoy telling through an in- terpreter about the horror they had ex- perienced. Losses Comparatively Light. Because of the protection offered by underground shelters, the casualties had been comparatively slight, despite the ct that several hundred air bombs and nearly as many shells from Japa- nese naval guns had exploded within inclosure | The Chinese losses in the Woosung a were estimated at 30 dead and 30 wounded All the buildings were uninhabitable. and I was shocked to hear what seemed to be a baby’s cry from the barracks. A little goat emerged, bleating pitifully. Nothing above ground escaped dam- e from the Japanese shelling. Even | fort’s sentry house had a couple of | tly cut peepholes on each side where olls had whistled through On my way out to the fortifications t across the road two miles away. I ked a few hundred yards, passed a succession of barricades and was stupoed at a block house by suldlers who | quickly let me go my way so tha might, resume their game of mah-jone Then T entered the village of Woo- sung. where shells, hombs and fire have ken a heavy toll in 1 Fire last night, allegedly set by an cendiary, Jeft five blocks of desolation "he few householders rema the area probed about the smol wreckage, seeking to retrieve an: value. Beggars cowered over the smoking ashes. Entrench on Water Front. Along the water front sol enched, prepared to wa \ese landing parti The embankment side the that runs along the coast was cx intervals to provide shelter 7 Mac for use ers_were d off 1 road th se troops in the Woos red to be correct. Tt the Cantonese 19th It is difficult to see how they cou be routed by distance figh ol it see | that they woul of a hand-to-] have proved their mettl nder the punishme e ST AVERICANS OUT OF NANKING 86 More Depart, Making To- tal of 109 Evacuated: Jap- anese Fail to Attack City. he Associnted Press. NANKING, February 6.—While Nan- king expected an attack by the Japa- 86 Americans were evact ing a total of 109 of the 180 | residents who have left th city All American children and most of | the ican women have been re- | moved to places of safety. Some of the men left with their families, but the| majority remained behind to keep an eye on their businesses. They will not | leave unless there is serious danger of fighting. | Jnited States Consul General Willys k advised evacuation because of | the possible paralysis of transportation facilities. He pointed out that it was impossible to predict when traffic would be resumed on the Shanghai-Nanking Railway and that other lines might be | obstructed by military operations. Ship | traffic on the Yangize also might be interrupted, he said. | Nanking has been quiet since it was | shelled carlier in the week by Japanese | warships. i For four hours today a special For- eign Relations Commission of the gov- ernment discussed the proposals of the powers to settle the Sino-Japanese dis- | pute. No annouuncement was made at the conclusion of the meeting. | Lo Wen-Kan, Chinese foreign minis- ter, said it was impossible to accede to | the Japanese demand that the Shang- hai and Manchurian questions be | treated separately. Both of them “‘were | created by Japanese militarism,” he de- | clared. | HITS LEAGUE IN CRISIS British Labor Leader Urges Firmer Attitude With Japan, LONDON, February 6 (P)—George Lansbury, leader of the Labor oppo- sition in Parliament, issued a statement tonight attacking the procedure of the League of Nations in the Sino-Japanese trouble and demanding a firmer atti- tude in dealing with Japan. “Mere writing of letters and passing resolutions which the government of Japan appears to treat with humorous contempt,” said the statement, “is to reduce the whole existence of the League of Nations to a farce. — e American 86,700 (to use an example ad- vertsed by one operator) the winning nustber is obtained by taking the third figure from the right in each total and forming the number, 357. ‘Thus, if the player had selected 357 as one of the numbers he had wagered on, he is a 600-to-1 winner for the day. Also Used on Races. When race results are used to de- termine the winning number, a certain race is designated, as the second race at New Orleans, and the results each day of that race are used to arrive at the lucky number in the following manner: The pari-mutuel odds on the winning horse to win, place and show are added up to produce, let us say, the sum 12.40. Similarly, the place and show odds on the second horse are summed up to make, for example, 8.60. Let us assume the show odds on the third horse are 2.20. The lucky num- ber is obtained by taking the figure tm- mediately to the left of the decimal point in each of the foregoing results and forming the number 282. If the player has that number on his receipt and has bet a nickel on it, he is rewarded with a return of $60. Just how large this “if” is, as cal- culated by mathematical experts, and |APANESE LOSING | military | should | Heavy Casualties Reported in At- | wounded and that the Ch why the ‘“numbers racket” is able to flourish almost under the eyes of the police, will be revealed in subsequent articles, MANCHURIAN TRADE INECONOMIC WAR" ~ GAINS REPORTED Economists Wonder How Additional Capital Invested Many More Military Victo- | in Japanese Industry, U. S. ries Nation Can Afford. Attache Cables. Japan_today Is fighting two wars one in China with men and guns, the other at home with: silk and budget sheets and trade balances The “war’ in China was begun less than five onths ago, and from a strictly military point of view has boen |y T ey B O e Within a month after the Chinese have taken all of Manchuria from l0ops retrcated behind the Great Wall Chinchow to Harbin, they have occu- alter the fal chow, pied Shanghai and shelied Nanking i fall of Chinchow, Commercial The “war” has been one unbroken suc- | pesa n paloch A, Butts sald there has Ihe Sartihasine n been a noticeable increase in shipments Each victory, however, has been off- | .o, Darien of machinery and general set by a corresponding defeat in the | “Oqpiiuction material economic war upon which Japan em- | iy WoUld scem to indicate, Butts B S var upon Which Japan €m-| said in his cabled report, that’ “sddi- these defeats have been so crushing | Lonal capital is being invested in Jap- that economists in Washington Iy in Manchuria.” Darien wondering how many more military | 3 0D of the principal industrial and victories Japan can afford raliroad cities in this vast undeveloped Foreign Trade Drops. | The ‘machinery and coal industries in The invasion of Manchuria was be- | J2Pan. Butts declared. have not been gun and Japan abandoned the gold | fTected as have the silk and textile in- s The flag advanced foward | dustries because of the Shanghai in- the yon declined om for-|Vasion. Activity in the iron and steel Shanghal wag: oacn. | industries also ha ued brisk, with and & large and necessary portion | inereased prices f.llowing the reewal a’s previous forcign tade. was | Of the gold embargo, he said. The em- w out. ~Harbin fell and the silk|Pargo was placed when Japan went off exchange—the g alo source of | the gold standard on December 13 last. apan’s wealth—was closed 3 At every advance Japan has T Stasrnellis) losed. stroyed the very thing she sought Butts reported that the sugar mills in e e Frmpiry | Osaka, one of Japan's leading industrial centers, have closed down because of lies som here between th devil d 1 the deep blue sea, for if economists are |6 1ack of demand from Chinese correct, the fate of this powerful na apparently possessing the milita e g strength to atiack and conguer all of %hich h Ch ¥ a silk cocoon | Made its 21 demar or a woman's whim. J!:rl . hglh one of the prin causes ’ of the Shanghai invasion, iled to Dependent on_ Silk. lessen its grip. throushon China. - The silk, they say, is the backbone of commercial attache said it has been Japan’s foreign trade, and foreign trade noted in Tokio that “trade with China s the beginning and the end of Japan's | proper shows no improvement economic life. Let the women of Amer- Japanese government is renew- ica, led by some modern Lysistrata, ing its $20,000,000 6 per cent bonds, due forego the use of silk in any form and March 15, and a new issue of 6.3 per Japan must face economic obliteration. | cent 5-year bonds is anticipated, Butts If the views of a majority of the gov-|said. The Industrial Bank of Japan ernment officials here are correct, the | is floating $7.500,000 6 per cent deben- economic C!(‘)‘Sls f“hl(n now 5 res at 90 for five years’ redemption, Japan was the force w also $7,500,000 6'2 per cent deben- in desperation, to attemp: s at 99 for fiy yr)flp“rs‘ dreemption, of Manchuri: If econ he added 5 the economic’ strength or He sald banks generally are restrict- the factor wt commercial aacion whie n! drafts on Shanghai Both a Tine Japan is losing no time in placing a on a firmer commercial basis, Department of Commerce was in- ! yesterday by its representative eign pled of J. de- to veott against Japanese goods, been in effect since Japan on China in 1928 weak) ltaneously with the receipt of ' cable came one from Commercial r she will | 2 lean Arnold in the strife-torn economic | city anghai, placing the damage to the business section by the warfare between CF ese and Japanese troops at about $12,500,000. $3,250,000 Press Loss. Id said the loss accruing to the mmercial Press, the largest printing house in China and which was com- pletely destroyed by shell fire, is placed at $3,250,000 Meantime a continuing demand in | Japan for American cotton was re- ported in an Agriculture Department survey of foreign markets. ul Donovan at Kobe said there was a general opinion among importers that Japan might purchase 1,500,000 | more bales of American cotton if the price situation remained favorable. ese bombers inflicted he c Along with the increase in Japanese es today on Chinese troops who | buy went a corresponding gain in entrated in the Pinhsien area after | Chinese purchases. having been driven out of Harbin by Heats Busiie Explaineds Gen. Jiro Tamon Japanese military officials said the The department in fits survey said bombing had been ordered because it that during the six months ended De- was feared that Gen. Ting Chao, com- | cember, 1931, exports to the two coun- nder of the ese, would make | tries amounted to 1,718,000 bales, or Pinhsien his base for further operations. | 46 per cent of total cotton exports Japan America and have virtually suicide. CHINESE BOMBED | IN HARBIN DISTRIC Arno T | co tack on Ting Chao's Forces at Pinhsien. v the Associated Press HARBIN, Manchuria, Februa [ fer Nine Departments of During the fighting over Harbin from the United States. Of this total Thursday and Friday the Japanese esti- | China bought 672,000 bales, a heavy mated that they lost 16 killed and 60 | increase over the corresponding period ties were 500 killed and 300 wounded.| From July to January 15, 1932, the ¢ e o ¢ | department said, cotton shipments to | Japan reached 1,097,000 bales, against COLORADO STEEL MILL | 562,000 bales for the same period in OPERATIONS SPEEDED | _Although cotton is regarded as a principal munitions ingredient, Com- — mercial Secretary Yasuto Shudo of the Munnequa | Japanese embassy stated the heavy pur- Plant to Go on 6 or 7 | facturers taking advantage of the low market here. | 5 b By the Associated Press. | PUEBLO, Colo.. February 6 —opera-| ACCUSES WIFE AS THIEF tion of the Munnequa plant of the e Colorado Puel & Tron Co. 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Pearson, 64, against George the rail mill, 25-inch mill, spike mill, | She also asked that she be awarded wire mill, pipe foundry, oil pressed a share of community property valued joints and hot work tie plate divisions; |at $1.000,000 and $2.200 monthly for four days in the 10-inch mill and three | her support pending trial of the case. ese casual- | of the year before. the preceding cotton year. chases were due to Japanese manu- Day Production. speeded up next we tion constitutes gest schedule | her husband with wrongfully accusing mill departments, six-day operations in | Pearson, retired Indianapolis capitalist. days in the rod mill. The couple married 10 years ago. A BANK for the INDIVIDUAL - AI‘C YOU Solemn ~Or Solomon , A long face never made short work of being short of funds. 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