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AN DENES AN TOPARTTION CHM Ultimate Acceptance of Pro- posals Seen—U. S. Reaction Is a Surprise. By the Associated Press 9.—Japanese for- eign office circles expressed surprise to- day over accounts of unfavorable re: ection in the United States to Japan's proposal to remove the Chinese military from important commercial centers in China and place them under interna- tional control. “Those who disapprove of Japan's proposals should attempt to offer some- thing better,” a foreign office spokcs- man said. A continuation of the present stat> of affairs in China, such as the anti- Japanese movements and the boycott against Japanese goods would neces- sitate Japan's scnding troops into the country from time to time, he said “If the world is going to become hys- terical every time Japan takes military action in China proper,” he added, “it is time some permanent remedy were evolved.” Denies Partition Intended. he The plan suggested yesterday, he o said, did not mean the partition China, as some Washington quarters were Teported to have mterpreted it He denied it meant interference with China’s administrative integrity, since Chinese administrative organs, he said. " would reflect inside the demilitarized | areas. “If China is permitted to continue to drift,” he said, “a partition is much more likely thun if the powers step in with positive measures.” | The government, he said. looked upon | driving the Chinese armies from the Shanghai area as the immediate task, after which it would be time to discuss formulas for a settlement of the situa- tion and the restoration of peace and prosperity. fundamental notion,” he said, “is to break the power of the Chinese war lords, and the world ought | to have been convinced by now that the | Chinese soldiers do not serve the same national interests as _soldiers do in| Occidental countries. They are useless for national defense and are only in- | struments of domestic and political in- trigue. If the world does not accept our proposals now it is likely it will| later w t sees how the same prin- | ciples work applied to Manchuria.” Trial in Shanghai Suggested. He suggested that the Japanese plan | be tried first in Shanghai and then ex- | tenced to othecr cities if it proved suc- cesful. A governm okesman revealed that the cabin as approved a spe- cial appropriation of 40.000,000 yen (about $14.500.000) to cover thz activi- ties of the army and navy in the Shanghai area and certain small oper- | ations in Manchuri; The privy council must approve this; appropriation. but it was taken for granted no trcuble would be encoun- tered there. The government still withheld infor- mation abcut the exact size of the force that is being sent to Shanghai and the scope of operations contemplated in | that area. The government indicated its desire of eliminating misunderstandings be- tween the Japanese and the other for- eign powers at Shanghai by announcing that Yoshuke Matsuoka, a member of the House of Representatives and for- mer vice president of the South Man- churian Railway, would go to Shanghai | shortly as the personal representative | of Premier Suyoshi Inukai and For- eign Minister Kenkichi Yoshizawa. Before leaving Tokio M. Matsuoka will confer with the American, British and French Ambassadors. It was an- - nounced that his mission was to cre- ate a closer liaison with the Shanghai | representatives of the powers. Reports have been current in diplo- matic_and foreign office circles that United States Ambassador W. Cameron Forbes was unusually outspoken when he and the French and British Am- bassadors called at the foreign office February 4 to receive the Japanese | reply to their peace proposals. Mr Forbes declared he was unaware of having said anything which might be construed as_ questioning the good faith of the Japanese government. It had been rumored he took a strong position regarding the foreign minis- ter’s assurances concerning the use of rces within the Shanghai PLAN ABSURD, LO STATES. Chinese Official Sees Effort to “Grab” More Lind for Base. NANKING, February 9 (P).—Lo Wen- Kan, minister of foreign affairs in the Nationalist government, today sald Japanese proposals to demilitarize zones | around China's principal ports were “an additional effort to gain additional territory as a military base to be used agairst the Chinese.” Lo described the plan as “highly ab- surd,” adding there was no analogy be- tween the present situation in Shang- hai_and_that existing in Tientsin in | 1902, which was referred to by Tokio. “To suggest applying this antiquated arrangement to Shanghai not only con- stitutes an attempt to destroy the ad- | ministrative sovereignty of a soverign nation—which no respectable can tolerate—but also discloses a sin- ister intention on the part of the Japa- nese to extend an area of which they may again make use as a_base for mili- tary operations against Chinese forces when they should again engage in fur- ther aggression in China.” AID SENT TO SANTIAGO NEW HAVEN. Corn,, February 9 (). —Martin H. Carmody, supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus, said yes- terday the organization had provided funds for the relief of orphans and aged under the care of nuns of Santiago, Cuba. The relief funds were appropriated after Archbishop Zubizaretta of San- tiago had reported to Mr. Carmody “that repeated earthquakes have ren- dered nearly every building uninhab- itable, that 70,000 persons have fled the city. that 10,000 are threatened with death from starvation and that more relief is needed.” . S. Mail Pilots On Shanghai Route Paint Ships Green | newspaper men to English | newspapers published in Shanghai and nation y | Murai, BY J. 0. IRVIN. ‘The Chinese boycott on Japanese goods in Shanghai closely parallels the method of racketeering employed by gangsters ageinst merchants in this country except that it is being carried out on a mob scale, according to the opinion expressed here today by a high United Siates Government official well versed on cogdiuons prevailing in that strife-torn chty. He said further that although the invasion of Shanghai by the Japanese troops surprised him, it was not done until the so-called racketeers had goad- ed the Japanese government to ex- tremes. ‘While Japan is a heavy loser from an economic standpoint, this official pointed out that Chinese merchants, who sell Japanese goods as a result of the boycott movement not only have suffered from the seizure of their goods and paid heavy fines, but have endured physical hardships after being captured and held for ransom for weeks in the Temple of Heaven, the headquarters of the leading anti-Japanese society. Thousands Lose Jobs. their fellowmen, causing thousands of Chinese to be thrown out of work in textile and shipping industries by their alleged illegal methods. Chinese students were the origi- nators of tl.e boycott, he said, but it soon got beyond their control and into the hands of the racketeers, who oper- ated without being molested by Chinese government. Japanese goods, paid for by Chinese merchants, were seized and then resold as British and American made goods to other mer- chants. No financial accounts were kept by the societies and he estimated that thousands and thousands of dollars were purloined by the racketeers in this manner. As far back as October, leading Chi- rese merchants in Shanghai sensed se- vere Japanese reprisals, should the racketeering be continued, he asserted. They held conferences with municipal authorities in hope of preventing fur- | ther inflammatory agitation and activi- ties likely to lead to a breach of the peace. ) Reluctant to enlarge upon this state- ment, the government official referred language arriving here yesterday for corrobora- { tion of his views. Corroboration by Papers. From the October 27 issue of the North China Herald, a British news- paper, the following account of the in- cident referred to is carried, in part, as follows: “Eight Chinese merchants, who have been held in the Temple of Heaven by the anti-Japanese and National Salva- tion Societies on charges of buying and selling Japanese goods, are today free. They were released yesterday afternoon on shop security (bond) on the inter- vention of the authorities of the Chinese municipality and the settle- ment. “One of the eight released yesterday had been held a prisoner since October 6 and the news of release came to him with such great surprise that he, being urgently desirous of freedom. picked up a cigarette packet. on which was written an appeal to his family to secure immediately a shop security. This was duly delivered and he was released in the evening. “The eight people formed the last batch released from the association’s prison in the temple. According to a responsible officer, altogether 26 people have been detained. One was fined with $5,000, one $3.000 and another $2,000. He intimated thau the release does mean that the association has changed its attitude—merchants who smuggled Japanese goods will be ar- rested as before, he said. “Mr. Li Lun-pu, manager of a piece goods shop. was the first one locked up in the Temple of Heaven. He was said to have imported Japanese cotton yarn, and the purchase was discovered by the local Cotton Yarn Business Association. Brought to the headquarters of the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Association, he was asked to pay a fine of $10,000. As the money was not forthcoming, he had been held in prison since October 6." Dock Workers Quit. Although the situation was becoming grave it was not until four Japa- nese destroyers arrived in Shanghai that rumors became current that th: | Both Japanese and Chinese residents of that district began moving out in fear | of clashing of forces, which did not ! materialize until 90 days later. Sighting the destroyers steaming to | their berths caused thousands of Chi- | nese wharf coolies to quit work on Jap- 'anese docks. The strike was part of |the anti-Japanese movement and came | after the men had been approached by | representatives of the Anti-Japanese | and National Salvation Society. A short time later, according to the | North China Herald, the first invasion of International Settlement territory by a search and seizure party of the Anti- Japanese Association resulted. A !large shipment of Japanese-owned pa- per was confiscated. The shipment was later recovered at the Anti-Japanese Association offices, located a short dit tance from the central police station, force being necessary as the peaceful Teturn of the paper was refused. “The seizure occurred while Mr. K. Japanese consul general Shanghai, was engaged with Gen. Chang Chun, mayor of Greater Shang- hai, registering a decided and emphatic protest against anti-Japanese activities and demanding better protection for the lives and property of his nationals,” the British newspaper said. Dangerous Situation. Detailing other incidents, in connec- newspaper stated: “While this affair was taking place similar incidents in Chinese territory were being placed before Gen. Chang Chun by Mr. Murai. Pointing out that a state of peace still prevailed be- tween Japan and China, and that the League at Geneva had requested both powers especially to refrain from overt acts while the Manchurian case is un- der consideration, Mr. Murai declared nomic relations was precipitating a dangerous situation. “Intimidated by the Anti-Japanese American Government Official Declares Activities of Mob Proportions Goaded ; Japanesc to Extremes. | He declared further that the rack- | eteers had operated without regard for the | Japanese intended to invade Chapei. | in | tion with the Settlement invasion, the | that the attempted severance of eco- | THE EVENING |CHINESE BOYCOTT IS LIKENED TO U. S. GANG RACKETEERING Association, the Chinese compradores | and staffs of many Japanese firms had been forced to leave their employment. Mr. Murai stated. Chinese were decli ing to carry out contracts with Jap- anese firms, and Shanghai Chinese banks were refusing to do business with Japanese. He called Gen. Chang's at- tention to the anti-Japanese meetings and parades that are being held and the widespread distribution of anti- Japanese literature and posters, all of which he declared to be illegal. ~MTr. | Murai then cited various incidents of Japanese subjects being attacked by Chinese and demanded that such ac- tivitles as he had related should be terminated by the authorities “‘Unless this is done’ Mr. Murai stated, ‘these actions will lead to un- toward happenings with most serious consequences.” * * * Copies of Newspaper Seized. “Asserting that they were acting un- | der orders from the Woosung and | Shanghai gendarmerie commissioner, & | detail of uniformed guards appeared at | the Shanghai general post office early | yesterday morning and seized all copies of the two local Japanese daily news- | papers which had been deposited in the | outgoing post, according to a statement made by the Japanese consulate gen- eral last evening. When advised by the postal authorities of the seizure, executives of the two newspapers con- cerned—the Shanghai Nippo and the Shanghai Mainichi—immed:ately ported the occurrence to the co and Mr. Y. Shiral, vice consul, later in the day cailed on Gen. Hsiung Hsi-hui, | commissioner of gendarmie, and reg- | istered a strong protest. “Neither of the newspapers had re- | ceived any order barring them from the mails, Mr. Shirai informed Gen. Hsiung, and pointed out that violation of the post is strictly against the pro- isions of the Geneva Postal Conven- tion, of which China is a member, as well as being contrary to international | treaty rights. Gen. Hsiung said he would have the matter investigated at once. “According to information received by the Japanese consular authorities, | the gendarmeria guaras on their ar- | rival at the postal headquarters made a careful inspection of the mails, but seized nothing but copies of the two Japanese journals. It was stated last evening that the guards are still on duty at the general post office. con- s2quentiy it is feared that subsequent issues of the papers will meet with the same fate until the matter is adjusted.” Bluejackets Landed. Shortly after this incident the Japa- nese cruiser Tokiwa put in its appear- ance. Bluejackets were promptiy land- ed and marched to the Japanese sec- tion of the settlement The following day came the cruiser Tenryu and, buoyed up by this pro- tection, 5,000 Japanese merchants, shipping men and residents of Shang- hai_requested the Tokio government to bring pressure against the Nank.ng government to terminate the boycott activities. Their cabled petition de- clared that the manner in which the | boycott was being conducted consti- tuted a veritable act of war. It was further alleged that without the tacit consent of the authorities | the anti-Japanese societies could not exist for one day. Rioting between Chinese and Japan- ese broke out in Chapei when the latter attempted to tear down boycott posters and after more goods were confiscated | from Chinese merchants by the so- called racketeers. Between two bloody battles Tokio was again informed by Japanese residents, according to an item in the North- China Herald, that “the anti-Japanese Association has usurped the functions of the Chinese government. and through its activities is endangering seriously the relations between China and Japan when the serious minded thinkers on both sides are doing their best to settle | the outstanding difficulties without further strife.” | _This, however, was denied by Gen. | Chanz Chun, the mayor of Shanghai, | who stated that “everything is quiet in Chinese-controlled territory and there is no semblance of trouble.” When ad- vices reaching Tokio intimated that everything was not so quiet, the Jap- anese government issued the famous ultimatum to the Chinese government that drastic military steps would be taken at once unless the anti-Japanese societies were broken up. | “Upon receiving no real assurance | from Nanking, the invasion of Shang- hai was ordered. SIBERIAN CONCENTRATION OF RUSSIANS IS DENIED Delegation to Geneva Explains Re- grouping of Forces in Precaution Against Manchurian “Whites.” By the Associated Press. | GENEVA, February 9—The Russian | delegation to the World Disarmament | Conference today denied reports that | Soviet troops are being concentrated at ‘Vladivostok. |~ They explained that a regrouping of | 1ocal military forces is going on in the Far East to reinforce the garrisons in the Primorje and Transbaikal regions, but that this was to protect the fron- tiers from expected attacks of *“‘white” | Russians, who, they understood, were | arming themselves in Manchuria. | 11 U. S. Missionaries Reported in Danger From Chinese Band By the Associated Press. PEIPING, February 9 (P)— Eleven American Misionaries are in danger at Kanchow, in South- | | ern Kiangsi Province, where a STAR, WASHINGTON, 5. TROOPS GIVEN | SHANGHA PATROL Foreign Colony Is Shelled as Fierce Artillery Duel Rages at Chapei. _ (Continued From First Page.) end to hostilities. but Mamoru Shige- mitsu, Japanese Minister to China, told him the offensive would continue until the Chinese were driven back 20 miles from Shonghai. The truce proposal had previously been accepted in princi- dle by the Chinese. While the brunt of the fighting was shifted to Chapei in the afternoon the Japanese soldiers swarmed like bees at ‘Woosung preparing for still another at- tack upon that stubborn stronghold. They toiled at building pontoons to re- place the bridge over Woosung Creek which the Chinese destroyed. The creek separates them from the forts and the village In the Chaowanpang Railway yards, within a mile of the creek, army engi- neers built armored shields on railway handcars to serve as a new means of advancing the troops against the bitter fire of the Chinese defenders. The Chinese fire was <o deadly that the Japanese were unable to build defense works near the creek. Japanese Losses Heavy. The bodies of five Japanese blue- jackets were brought into a Red Cross cantonment near Chaowanpang. Nearer the front the bodies of a Chinese man | and woman lay in a muddy field and two dead Chinese soldiers, riddled with bullets, were sprawled across the rail- road tracks nearby, their hands tied behind their backs. A Japanese officer said the Japanese losses were heavy. in dead and wounded, but he insisted the Chinese losses were heavier still. The Japanese force at Woosung was placed at 4,400 by their own officials. ‘The village was a wreck. Buildings that escaped the bombardment by the warships’ guns over the week end werc reduced to ruins by the shelling of the last two days. Women Told to Leave. Word from Amoy said the American destroyer Stewart had arrived from Canton, and a message from Nanking said all the British women and children there had been advised by their consul to leave. Japanese headquarters said they had | instructed commanders of all their land and naval forces to avold all causes for friction with American and other fo eign troo to maintain the m: friendly relations with all foreign ga risons and to be most careful for the safety of foreign civilians. FATHER BURIES BABY IN HEAP OF TRASH Jobless Man Pleads in Court His| Lack of Funds to Provide Funeral. The story of the burial of a colored | child in a Georgetown refuse dump was | jtold in Police Court tod: vhere the | father and another colored man were | | tried and convicted of improper inter- | ment of a body and burying it wihout a permit from the D. C. health officer. Judge Gus A. Schuldt sentenced the |father, Albert Martin, jr. 24. and George F. Sutton, 20, both of 1218 Thir- ty-setenth street. to serve 30 days ach ail when they were unable to pay $50 fines. Pleading that he did not have suf- ficient funds to provide a regular burial, Martin admitted that he and Sutfon | took the body of his baby boy, who died when a week old, to a dump in the rear of Georgetown University about the night of October 13. He said they placed it under a large rock and piled trash over it. Police heard of the story from neigh- | bers last Saturday and immediately be- gan an attempt to disinter the body. Although efforts are still being made, there is little hope of success, as worl men at the dump said the body is now ‘{at least 25 feet deep in the trash which has been dumped since the burial. Detective H. H. Britten arrested Mar- tin and Sutton. The father admitted the act, but pleaded nq guilty in court. He told Judge Schuldt he had been out of work for months and would be un- | able to pay the fine. The mother of the child, Mrs. Bertie E. Martin, and other witnesses testified that the baby | had died from natural causes. Police believe the Martins were unable to pro- vide suitably for the infant. — | So real is the personality of Sher- lock Holmes that during 1920 the Turks at Constantinople, according to a cor- respondent in the London Times. were convinced that “the great English de- tective, Sherlock Holmes,” was working behind the scenes. [======:vc2=2=2=23 D. C, | the chief manufacturing and shipping HEN the final chapter | | Chinese Communist band has sur- | | rounded the city, the American le- gation here declared in represen- tations to the Chinese govern- { ‘r’nent at Nanking and Canton to- ay. | W of Life is written the human heart turns in- stinctively to Flowers as the most fitting medium of expressing its emo- tion. ... Since 1855 it has TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1932, “Where Do We Go From Here?” SOLDIERS BOARD TRANSPORT FOR “SOMEWHERE” IN INE hundred and sixty-four officers and enlisted men and a year's commissary supplies sail for the Orient on Fifteen nurses of the Army Nurses Corps were also aboard bound for China and the Philippines. Photo shows the troops just before the the United States Army transport, U. S. Grant, ORIE! from San Francisco. sailed —Wide World Photo. JAPAN WOULD DEMILITARIZE CHINESE INDUSTRIAL CENTERS Shanghai. Hankow, Canton, Tientsin and' “Shanghaied” ACTOR ARRESTED FOR BEING OUT LATE RELEASED LATER. Tsingtao Have Combined Popula- 3 * tion of 5,000,000 People. | By the Associated Press. The five Chinese cities that Japan proposes to dem ize and neutralize for purposes of international trade are flour. progressive city centers in the country. Shanghai, Hankow, Canton. Tientsin and Tsingtao have a combined popula- tion of 5.000.000 people and correspond roughly from the standpoint of impor- tance to the American cities of New York, Chicago, New Orleans, Baltimore and Galveston, Tex Shanghai is the largest manufactur- ing and commercial city in China, with a population approaching 2,000,000 Situated near the confluence of the Yangtze and Whangpoo Rivers, it is the gateway of the vast Yangtze Valley and its customs revenues are four times that of any other Chinese port. foreign of Hongkong. it City of Smokestacks. Shanghai is a city of sm: Its industries include cotto <hipbuilding. rice hulling. X ning, engineering, meat and {ruit can- nis cigarette manufacturing _and handicraft. It is also a railroad center with direct connections to Nanking, Peiping, Mangchow and Ninpo. Hankow, located on the middle reaches of the Yangtze, is the chief commercial city in Central China and has 1.500,000 people. It is the converging point for shipping down the river to the ocean and drains the products of the Hupeh Basin. It is second only to Shanghai stacks weaving. ther tan- Summer resqrt something more man The greate: carbon_dioxid in the production of textiles, chief harbor on the Shantung Peninsula and ships peanuts. tobacco, beef and coal concession before the war, held by Japan for eight years and is again Chinese territory. is its action as a food material for plants rice and Canton, which claims to be the most in China, is situated on the Pearl River, about 50 miles from the sea, and has nearly 1,000,000 souls It was the first port to be opened to trade and is the heart of a rich agricultural region in South China. Keeping pace with the British colony is a clearing house for rice and silk and a renowned center for handmade articles. Railroad Terminal. Tientsin is located at of the Peiho and Hun-Ho Rivers, North China, and has a population cf a little less than 900,000. It is valuable as the port of Peiping and as a trad- ing place for furs from Siberia a terminus of the Pukow-Tientsin and the Pieping-Mukden Railways and a leading exporter of wool. Tsingtao is the least important of the five cities and is best known as a the _junction in It i RONALD COLMAN. Its people number than 100.000. It is the south side of th2 off here on a wo up by the police yesterday a litile bafo It was a Ger- was looking over the town. He didn't know but he was vio lating emergency ordinance for bidding civilians to be on the street. between 10 pm. and 4 am. . benefits conferred by ers and let him go, protection against winter SHANGHALI February 8 (¥ —Ronald Colman, the movie actor, who dropped rld tour, was picked 6 ‘2 midnight while he was strolling around They warned him aboat it at police head- %% A—5 PHILIPPINES HELD LIABLLITY IN WAR | Senator Hawes, in Book, Calls Islands “Weakest Spot in Our Armor.” | By the Associated Press. | ., NEW YORK, February 9.—A plea for Philippine independence and a warning that in event of war in the Far East the Islands would be a liabil- | ity, not an asset, are contained in Sen- ator Harry B. Hawes' book, “Philippine | Uncertainty; " an American Problem,” published today by the Century Co. A foreword is by Senator William E. Borah. The work is based on the Missouri Senator’s experience on the Committee {on Territories and Insular Affairs and cn his observations during a trip to the Islards in 1931. The Islands are “from a military point of view the weakest spot in our armor,” he states, adding that under the four-power treaty of 1922 further fortification is prevented. | . “The northernmost part of the Philip- pine Islands is only 65 miles from the southernmost point of Formosa, a pos- session of Japan.” he says, “one which she took from China in 1895 “Our Army and Navy in the Philip- pines are 7,000 miles from our American base and 5,000 miles from Pearl Harbor, in Hawaii. The eflective cruising dis- tance for naval vessels without trans- port service for refueling is 2,000 miles.” Loss of the islands to a foreign foe “would inflame all America,” and “our people would never be satisfied until they were recaptured,” he writes. 900 CHINESE .FLEEING CHAPEI REACH NANKING By the Associated Press NANKING. 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