Evening Star Newspaper, February 11, 1932, Page 4

BOMBS DROPPED ON U5, BARRACKS Four-Hour Truce Agreed Upon as Bigger Battle Is Anticipated. (Continued From First Page.) they had strengthened their forces in Shanghai and at Woosung. where addi- tional soldiers and bluejackets were landed from Japanese barges plying be- tween the shore and the warships in the river. Chapei Shelled Again. To back up the indication that they were ready to fight it out to a finish, the greatest concentration of guns, manpower and ammunition seen since the beginning of the hostiiities here was in progress. Forty Japanese war- ships and transports were jammed into the Yangtze estuary. United States soldiers of the 31st In- fantry moved up into the front line of the International Settlement defenses today. occupying one of the most strategic sectors along, Woosung Creek. They relieved three companies of Shanghai volunteers, one of which was made up of American business men. Meanwhile, sporadic outbursts occur- red both at the Chapei and Woosung ends of the battle zome. Fresh fires were set near the International Settle- ment by Japanese bombers and the invaders also loosed aerial projectiles on the Chinese airdrome at Hunojao, five miles wost of Shanghai. The raiders dropped 50 b-mbs. the Chinese said, tearing up the ground around the hangars and shaking the countryside. Although many British and American residents lived near the hangars. no casualties were reported. The Chinese Temoved airplanes from the hangars. Workmen in Panic. Shells, supposedly from Chinese anti- aircraft guns, continued to fall within the settlement and Chinese officials said they could not be Tesponsible for them as long as Japanese planes were per- mitted to fly over the settlement while bombing Chapei. They had to defend themselves, they said. At the time the cotton mill was bombed this afternoon a misdirected shell fell in the heart of the settle- ment’s business district and wounded an Indian Sikh watchman. Panic Teigned among the thousands of Chi- nese workers around the bombed mill. Mill employes said the high explosive fell through the roof of a spinning room occupied by 300 workers. Although there was no official com- ment on the incident, reports were ¢ir- culated that anti-aircraft guns might possibly be set up within the settlement #s a precautionary move. As the Chinese prepared to defend themselves against the concentrated Japanese attack, apparently in prepara- tion; their trench system along the north side of Woosung Creek was built in the style of the famous “Hindenburg line® during the World War. There ‘were deep dugouts, high-walled trenches and’ machine-gun nests capable of de- livering a blistering flank fire on the attacking party. Military experts said unless a heavy artillery barrage were laid down such positions could not be captured without heavy loss of life by the attackers. Both Sides Dig In. In recent days the Sino-Japanese front has been extended northward from Shanghai as far as Kiangw: half way to Woosung. Both the C nese and Japanese were digging in all along this front. Chinese intelligence officers informed the Associated Press the Chinese are well equipped with airplanes, including bombers and pursuit planes. which are being held in readiness at Hungjao Air- drome, on the outskirts of Shanghal, and in other secret places. If the wishes of the Chinese army here are respected, any truce proposal involving the withdrawal of the Chinese soldiers from a single square foot of Chinese territory will be promptly re- Jected by the government. This im- pression was unmistakably conveyed to the Associated Press correspondent dur- ing a visit to the headquarters of the young Chinese poet-commander, Gen. ‘Ting-Kai. The general himself was out on an inspection trip, but his aides said that although the army is controlled from the capital at Loyang, the government ‘was sure to support the army in its de- termination. Chinese Positions Strong. Most of the elaborate defense works of the Chinese have been built during the last few days under a ceaseless blasting _from the Japanese bombing planes. Observers said the Chinese were now in a position to thumb their noses at anything except heavy bombardment. It was even suggested by military ex- perts that the engagement is likely to develop into trench warfare and be pro- longed indefinitely. Japanese Consul General Murai late in the afternoon handed an expression of Jegret to United States Consul Gen- eral Cunningham over the incident of the. bombing of the mill. It was under- stood that the Japanese believed the aviator mistook the mill for prop- erty across the creek from the settle- ment. Japanese officials announced that 80 Japancse soldiers, mostly bluejackets, have been killed since the Shanghai fighting began and 450 have been wounded. PLANES GO TO SHANGHAL an, hi- Canton Airmen to Join Fight; Kwangsi Troops to Reinforce Army. HONGKONG, February 11 (#)—Nine Cantonese airplanes left Lere for Shanghai today to join the Chinese air forpe there. Hongkong Chinese subscribed liberally to funds for refugee rclief and wer pur- poses. Chinese clerks contributed 10 per cent of their inonthly salaries. The Chinese press said reirforcemente from Kwangsi Province for the Chinee army at Shanghai have reached South- ern Hunan on their way tlere. PRESS EMBARRASSES TAYLOR. Admiral at Shanghai Says Reports as Published Are Garbled. Admiral Montgomery M. Taylor, rommander in chief of the United States Aslatic Fleet, has been embarrassed in| his mission at Shanghai by press dis- 8F patches emanating from Washington, Adpniral Willlam V. Pratt, chief of naval operations, said today. Admiral Pratt’s statement, made public by the department follow: “Admiral Taylor has complained to me that his dispatches to the depart- ment have been reported out of Wash- ington in such a manner as to embar- Tass his attempts to perform his mis- sion at Shanghai. Facts which he has sent to the department and which we have given to the press apparently have been garbled by the time they appeared ! in print in the foreign press. This is due either to interpretations placed by the press on the facts released, or to errors in the transmission of the press' from Washington to newspapers abroad. | “In either case, the result is that Admiral Taylor has been misquoted at the scene of his activities by cable dis- ?uu:hu emanating from Washington. | b am particularly anxious to avoid em- g Admiral Taylor in any way in carrying out his present mission, | which places so much responsibility on kis shoulders. #The department will continue to ive facts on the situation to the press, | yt I do not believe the releases of these facts should be subjected to] phraseology which will embarrass Ad- miral Taylor. We are not playing fa- vorites in the Sino-Japanese situation in our release of facts to the . We give the facts as they come to us with~ oyt g'hclng any Mt upon F r T THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON HE above scenes are typical of the Japanese and Chinese forces at Shanghal. The one at top shows a battalion of well equipped Japanese troops arriving at their destination by motor truck. Below: Scene in a pitched camp of Chinese forces. Note the extreme youthfulness of some of the enlisted boys. —A. P. Photos. HUNTING FEAT WON ADVANCE FOR GREW Killing of Tiger Impressed Roosevelt—Gave Him First “Break.” BY CHARLES M. EGAN. The next Ambassador of the United | States to Japan is a man who attributes | his first “break” in the United States foreign service to the fact that Presi- dent Roosevelt chanced to hear how he had shot a tiger between the eyes while lying on his back in a Malayan jungle. The very next day, so the story goes, Mr. Roosevelt, something of a big game hunter himself, saw to it that young Joseph Clark Grew, then only a few| rvard, was appointed years out of Hal : American embassy in secretary to the Mexico City. § “A man ccol enough to do that doesn't belong anywhere except in his country's service,” was the way the former Pres- ident expressed it at the time. Previously Handicapped. Previously Mr. Roosevelt had declined requests to procure for Mr. Grew an appointment as secretary at Vienna and that young man had found himself handicapped_considerably in his efforts | to secure a foreign service appointment by exaggerated rumors that he was du{; Now Mr, Grew, a veteran ‘career diplomat of 28 years' service, has been selected by President Hoover for the vital Tokio post. The official announce- ment was made at the White House Tuesday, although information that he would succeed the retiring Ambassador, W. Cameron Forbes, had leaked out nearly a month ago. Mr. Grew still is in Turkey, where he has served as Am- bassador since 1927, but is expected tc return home soon before sailing for the Orient. When he arrives in Tokio, Mr. Grew will find himself once more a colleague of British Ambassador Lindley, with whom he became well acquainted back in 1904. At that time both were just breaking into the diplomatic service as obscure clerks in Cairo. Granddaughter of Perry. Another interesting sidelight on the transfer to Tokio is that Mrs. Grew, the former Alice de Vermandois Perry, iis a granddaughter of the American admiral, Matthew G. Perry, who com- manded the expedition to Japan in 1852 which opened trade between that coun- iry and the United States. Admiral wa“ -, younger brother of Com- modore Oliver Hazard Perry, hero of the Battle of Lake Erie, whose “we have met the enemy and they are ours” so stirred the country during the War of 1812. Few American diplomats have had careers as interesting as that begun by Mr. Grew immediately after he was aduated from Harvard in 1902. At that time he had never considered the diplomatic service as a life work. but ,wanted to “knock about the world” for a year or so before returning to his native Boston to enter business with his father. But after 12 months or so in the Far East, he never again considered a business career, much to the regret of k& father. That his year in the Orient left its mark on the 22-year-old Grrew was evident. and he often recounts interest- ing experiences which he had. At one time he and two friends were in Singa- pore dickering for the purchase of a schooner for a trip through the South Seas. The deal fell through when the owner trebled the price after learning the prospective purchasers were Amer- icans. Take “Chinese Tub.” Mr. Grew and his two friends then decided to look at the sailing lists and take the first ship leaving Sirgapore, regardless of its destination. As a re- sult. an hour later they were aboard what the Ambassador himself de:eribed |later as a “filthy little Chinese tub,” bound up the Straits of Malacca. Proceeding into the jungle of the Malayan Peninsula, young Grew ex- perienced the thrills of tiger hunting which a few years later won him favor with President Roosevelt, It was dur- ing this trlg also that he was stricken by fever and was cared for by an Amer~ ican consul named Pee. This man not only earned Mr. Grew’s undying grati- tude, but also was largely responsible for his later determination to enter the | consular service himself. Shortly after returning to America | and amazing his father with his deci- | slon, Mr. Grew got his first chance to enter the foreign service. Edwin Mor- n, now United States Ambassador to razil, was going to Korea as consul general and wanted two secretaries. Mr. Grew missed this opportunity because some misinformed persons led the offi- cials to believe the young man was “very deaf.” Gets $600 Yearly Salary. A year later came the Cairo oppor- tunity. which Mr. Grew seized with alacrity, despite the obscurity of the clerkship which paid only $600 a vear. It was while Mr, Grew was in Egypt that President Roosevelt heard of his big-game prowess and dispatched him 0 Mexico City. In the years that followed, Mr. Grew served successively in 8t. Petersburg, Berlin and Vienna, later returning to the German capital. where he was counselor of the embassy in 1917. Sub- sequently he was counselor and charge d'affaires at Vienna until the break of diplomatic relations with Austria- | Hungary. After the war he held important posts under both Democratic and Republican administrations. He attended the pre- armistice negotiations at Versailles and was appointed secretary general of the American Commission to Negotiate | Peace in Paris. Later he served as Minister to Denmark, Minister to Switzerland, American observer to the Lausanne Conference and Undersecre- tary of State before becoming Am- bassador to Turkey. Excelled by Daughter. While in Switserland, Mr. Grew be- came notably proficient on skis, just as he always had been in other sports. Still a clever swimmer at 81, he has been outdone in this respect, however, by Anita, one of his four daughters. Miss Grew, a charming girl of 22, on last August 18 succeeded in swimming the historic Bosporus, covering the 19- | mile stretch of water from the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmora in some- thing over five hours. It was said to be the first time any one had swam the length of the straits. (Copyright. 1932. by the Nort! Newspaper Alliance. In b American ) WHISKY IN BANK VAULT PENDING DIVORCE FIGHT What to Do With Contraband in Division of Property Is Chi- cago Problem. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO. February 11.— Josiah Mower’s whisky is safe. He keeps it in | a vault in & Loop bank. The liquor was a matter of argument in the divorce suit of his wife, Fran- cenia. She was granted a half interest for life in Mower's $200,000 pmfiema, but it was argued in his behalf thal the whisky couldn‘t be turned over to Mrs, Mower because its transportation would be a technical violation of Fed- eral dry laws. Judge Joseph Sabath ruled in Mow- er's favor on the liquor question, but gave his wife a divorce on_grounds of desertion yesterday—the forty-second anniversary of their marriage. in the new Supper Room eleven until two-thirty. JAPANESE BOMB FLOOD REFUGEES 51 Persons, Including Women and Children, Killed by Tokio Airmen. By the Associated Press. SHANGHAI, February 11.—Charges that Japanese merial bombers killed 51 Chinese flood refugees, men, women and children, in a refugee camp in Chapel last week, were filed today with Japanese Consul General Murai by Sir John Hope-Simpson, directar National Flood Relief Commission. ‘The bombardments, Sir John said, occurred February 5 anc 6. The flood relief director’s long protest reached Consul General Murai today at about the same time the Japanese planes were bombing the Wingon Cotton Mill in the International Settlement, in part | of which a detachment of United States Marines were billeted. Without Military Advantage. 8ir John contended the bombing of the refugees’ camp was unnecessary and without military advantage. The first raid, he said, resulted in the kill- ing of a woman and a boy and the wounding of four other Chinese, one of whom died later. The next day, he sald, the planes|| in dropped bombs on the camp, killing 48 people, many of them women, and most of whom were patients in the camp hospital. The planes returned twice agaln on February 7, he said, and bombed the camp both times. but the refugees had been evacuated the night before. Bombing Worse Than Crime. “This bombing wes worse than a crime,” the flood relief director’s state- ment ‘said; “it was folly. It could not possibly have had any military advan- tage for the Japanese.” Copies of the protest were sent to United States Consul General Edwin 8. Cunning! , dean of the consular body, with the request that they be de- livered to the consuls of other nations here and that another copy be sent to the mayor of Greater Shanghai. perDl® camp contained 10,399 refugees ore January 28. FACES MURDER CHARGE 14-Year-0ld Louth Killed Man, 67, in Robbery Attempt. POPULAR BLUFF, Mo., February (P)—Estle Austill, 14-year old Louis , will be charged with first murder, Prosecuting Attorney John Phillips of Butler County said last night, following the death today of W. E. Haley, 67, owner of & flling station who was shot by the youth in an attempted robbery January 10. The boy told officials he attempted the robbery to his unemployed father and & younger brother in St. Louis. —————————————————————————————————————— A NNOUNCING the Formal Opening of the Shoreham Supper Club of the Shoreham Hotel, Friday evening, February 12tk, at eleven o’clock, and thereafter every Friday and Saturday from One of the features of the Club will be the intimate supper plan, a com- plete departure, appealing to the most fastidious. Reservations are suggested thru Robert Keh! of the Shoreham Hotel, Adams 0700 Limited Membership - of the P! the Shanghal fighting began on |{||| 11 St ||| obtain money to send to |||/ D. C, THURSDAY, F OF VAR ON G Tsurumi, Japanese Liberal, Says End Will Come When Spirit Is Broken. By Assoclated Press Staff Writer. NEW YORK, February 11.—China's boycott of Japanese goods was the “sole motivation” of the Shanghai invasion, Yusuke Tsurumi, Japanese Liberal leader, said last night, adding diffi- culties will be over “when the Canton spirit is broken.” When that occurs, he said, Tokio hopes to effect a_‘“reasonable compro- mise” with the Nanking government, "::g\;(hi l":le !l!dl.“ he did not believe action wi t everything it wants.” > Tsurumi, fresh from Tokio for & six- week lecture tour, was sadd-ned at news of the assassination of former Finance Minister Inouye, “one of the last men with whom I talked in Japan.” Martyr to Moderation. “Inouye was s martyr to the cause of moderation,” he said. “His death may cause a public reaction that will achieve the things for which he fought.” Carefully he explained Japan's - tion in Manchuria, Shanghai, Nnnm‘. B‘ut always he referred to “Japan’s ver- an's version of the Shanghai af- he said, “is that the boycott is masses. “The Japanese government contends Japan has been made the scape- oat—to foment netionalism. A few dividuals (this was taken as referring to the Canton element) have stirred the people against Japan. “Japan believes the boycott was fo- mented because these leaders did not believe Japan would fight for its rights. They believe that once Japan takes a firm stand the same spellbinders who stirred the people against Jaj £ ork to indo the boycott " Japan is now taking that firm stand. “The government insists that Japa- gue muh ines were tfl;!d upon first, !K:' apan has never taken the a ive attitude.” S ed, “if some other country—America, for instance—should institute a boy- cott? Would Japan's attitude be the same as toward Chi “Ah." he exclaimed, “there is an im- portant point. In that contingency we would treat with Washington directly, But in China, Japan contends there 1s no government with which to negoti- ate.” JAPAN CELEBRATES IN MARTIAL SPIRIT 100,000 March in “July 4" Parade. Banners Urge Loyalty to Emperor. (Copsright, 1932, by the Associated Press.) TOKIO, February 11.—Japan cele- brated its Fourth of July today—the national holiday Kigensetsu, with patri- otic demonstration which reflected the martial events of recent weeks in Man- churia and at Shanghai. Kigensetsu is the day on which the empire celebrates the supposed anni- versary of its founding by Jimmu Tenno, & descendant of the sun god- dess, in 660 B. C. There were parades by several patriotic organizations. in which about 100,000 persons. mostly youths and school girls, marched be- gmd blaring bands and the national ag. On the banners which marchers car- ried w slogans such as: “Be lo to the Emperor,” “Love our country, “Don tbe steel helmet and protect the fatherland,” “Courage and service for country! The parades converged on the great za in front of the Imperial Palace and the paraders bowed in respect to their ruler. e e Botticelli's Grave Identified. Botticelli's grave, in the yard of All Saints’ Church in Florence, Italy, has years. He died in 1510. not a spontaneous movement by the | “What would happen,” an interviewer | Final ST EBRUARY 11, 1932. | America and transmitted from demand punishment of Chinese anti-Japanese headquarters, almost wrec PRIVATE OF 31ST Soldier i BY MORRIS J. HARRIS. | (Copyrisht, 1832, by the Asocisted Press) | SHANGHAL February 11.—You can take it from Pvt. W. H. Lawin, United | | States Army, formerly of Cornucopia. | | Wig., that Gen. Sherman had the wrong |slant on this war business. | In fact, says Pvt. Lawin, war isn't half bad, and he speaks with a meas- ure of authority. Although he has had | only nine months with the Army, as| a member of the 2d Battalion, 31st In- fantry. ke has had a front row reserved seat on the Chapel battlefront since his outfit took over part of the Interna- | tional Settlement defense line. { A Lone Guard. Pvt. Lawin was standing lone guard inside a sandbag pill box when the As- sociated Press co! ndent came across him. He was cold but cheerful, | and not_indisposed to hash up a lttle philosophy. | “You can tell the folks back home I'm | having the time of my life,” Pvt, Lawin grinned, shifting from one foot to the other. | “It’'s a little colder here than in Manila, where our outfit had been sta- | tioned, and there's not so much night life, but there's action, and that's what I joined up for,” he said. “I've done a lot of traveling all right. First they sent me to Manila and just | il'hen 1 was getting used to the tropics | they shipped me up here, where it's| | nearly as cold as Cornucopia. There's | been no leave since we got here and | the quarters aren't as comfortable—and too, we've been getting a lot of ‘corned been identified after a search of many bully’ But I'm not kicking. This whr | mont! | makes up for a lot. (Only exception | OPYRIGHTED telephoto shipped by fast boat from Shanghai minutes after this picture was take: | kind of slow a stray shell is to San Prancisco to New York shows an | angry mob of Japanese storming the Japanese consulate in Shanghai to in their boycott of Jap goods. A few n the mob started an attack on the king it completely —Wide World Photo. LOOKS ON WAR AND FINDS IT TO HIS LIKING But the Chinese Girls Aren't Pretty as Those in Cornucopia, Wis., Says Lawin. “I must say, though, there are some ways that Cornucopia has got it over Shanghai or Manila. “Pirst, take the girls at Cornucopia. “Say, there's some mighty nice look- ing giris back there in Cornucopia, and I've seen nothing here to compare with them. PFact is I don't like the way the Chinese girls do their hair, and I don't like to see women wearing pants.” Stops a Refugee. Prvt. Lawin's discourse on feminine points of beauty was suddenly inter- | rupted. “Hey! Get out of there!” he shouted, and started running along the bank of Soochow Creek to stop a Chinese refugee who was trying to wriggle through the barbed-wire entangle- ments. The hapless Chinese retreated hastily as the young American bore down upon him. Further conversation was interrupted by a roar overhead. Pvt. Lawin leaned over the sandbag wall excitedly as Jap- anese airplanes swooped low and drop- ped a load of bombs on battle-scarred Chapei across the river. “That's what makes this war inter- esting,” he exclaimed, when the spit- ting of Chinese anti-aircraft guns had subsided with the retirement of the | bamber. “Like a Movie.” {ust like a movie thriller. Only al. And just when chjng’: get le to “It's it's res land within a few feet of you Pvt. Lawin said he was 21 years old and had been a soldier only nine hs, but— ‘Things got kind of quiet around and the Deepest Cutting Every remaining Suit, Overcoat and Top Coat of the present season’s stock | —which means— FashionParkand Glenbrook —the finest clothing American taste can design and master tailors produce— using the cream of the looms. is formal wear.) Regardless of former prices~—they are all grouped now in one lot—for choice at $23.75 (Alterations at cost.) The saving in every instance is 30 importantly big that you portunity offered from the investment clothing as Fashion Park and Glenbrook doesn climax of clearance. point of view—even if not The Mode—TF at Eleventh cannot afford to miss the op- for immediate need. Such 't figure at such a price except at the very RICHMOND WOMAN FLEES NANKING Possibility of Shanghai Evac- uation Called Remote by Officials Here. By the Associated Press. Diplomatic activities in the onset between Japan and China settled into a status of watchful waiting today in face of developments at Shanghal and Nanking that added a new tenseness to the situation. Consul General Willys R. Peck at Nanking reported to the Statz Depart- ment that several Americans, British and Germans were leaving that former capital of the Chinese Nationalist gov- ernment for Shanghai. Americans Depart. Among the Americans listed as de- parting from Nanking for Shanghai by steamer were Mrs. W. P. Roberts and her four children of Princeton, N. J.: Mrs. E. Marx, Indianapolis; Mrs. B M. Sims, Richmond, Va.: Miss L. S. Hammond, Chicago, and Mrs. E. Hykes, Reading, Pa. Peck said several Americans reported in Nanking at one time were not there, but were understood to be in Shanghal. They were A. Chinn, Butte, Mont; Miss J. L. Wolcott, Spirit Lake, Towa; Miss R. Chester, New York; Miss M. Scharle. Berkeley. Calif: Dr. Pendlcton (probably Dr. R. L. Pendieton), Los Angeles,” and Miss A. Radom: | Shanghal. The consul general | Naylor. formerly of Luho, Kiangsu He reported that, upon the advice of the British consulate, most of the Brite ish wormen and children were evacuat- ing Nanking: that 19 German women and children had already left and that fl_“‘ remainder of the German commu- nity, approximately 50 men and women, | were prepared to leave at a moment's notice. Although pre) icans necessary, State Department officials said today the possibility of such an evacuation seemed as remote as it did when troubles first began in the Chi- | nese port. | " Undersecretary Castle said the de- partment had heard nothing from iJapan on the report that the latter might send a special envoy to the United States to explain the Japanese position in Manchuria and Shanghai. Ship Delayed Eight Days. | . Corsul General Cunningham reported | from Shanghei no merchant ships were leaving or entering the harbor at night and said one American ship, the Golden River, had been celayed in port for eight days. A report came to the Navy from Col. R. S. Hooker, commanding the United States Marines at Shanghai. telling of the deaths caused by Japanese bombs dropped into the International Settle- ment Hooker said three Japanese planes first flew north over the Marine regi- mental area and opened machine gun fire at an angle of 45 degrces on Chi- nese emplacements in the north banks of Soochow Creek. Later two Japanese planes flying north were seen to release a bomb while over the settlement. This struck the mill. Admiral Montgomery M. Taylor, com- mander of the Asiatic fleet, said the Japanese had issued orders against fur- ther fiying that would endanger the settlement. GOV. WHITE TO SPEAK Talks ed to evacuate Amer- from _Shanghai if it becomes Tomorrow at Princeton Alumni Luncheon Here. Gov. George White of Ohio will be honor guest and speaker at the Prince- ton Alumni Association lucheon to be held at 12:30 o'clock tomorrow at the Army-Navy Club. Presiding will be Col. Courtland Nixan, head of the local alumni organi- | zation. and a classmate of Gov. White'’s in the class of 1895. All resident and | visiting alumni are invited to attend. Cornucopia_and I hadn't been many places, so I joined the Army to see the world.” was he sgeeing the world?