Evening star., 1928-05-13

, day a Japanese reinforcement Of 1000
got through to Tsinan. despite that the
Tsingtao- Tsinan Railroad had been cut
| in several places. At present there are
about 10000 japanese troops In Shan
tung. 5000 at Tsinan, 1000 at TSingtao,
| 900 scattered along the Tsinan- -Tsing-
| tao Railroad A division of $4,000 is
about to be dispatched from Japan to
| Tsingtao. The Japanese have evacu-
ated most Of the non-Japanese foreign
| residents OF Tsinan by the railway to
| Tsingtao.
| OF developments in Tsinan since May
| 5. the accounts are very conflicting.
| According to one report, in the after
| noon Of May Z Gen. Fukada. the Japa-
| nese commander at Tsinan, sent an
ultimatum with 24-hour time limit to
| Chang Kai Shek. the Nationalist gen.
cralissimo; about O'Clock the next
| morning Chang notified its rejection: !:
| and q few minutes later Nationalist
| troops opened fire. and battle was
| Joined. According TO a later account.
at 430 am of the 9Th Gen. Fukada
| sent an ultimatum with "a hours time
| limit requiring withdrawal OF all Chinese
| troops seven miles from Japanese in
closure; the ultimatum was not COM
| piled with; at 430 am. on the 9th
the japanese opened fire with field
| artillery. machine guns and rifles; and
before evening Tsinan and its vicinity
| within a radius of seven or eight miles
had been completely cleared of Nation
| alist troops. effectual resistance by them
| being hopeless because of artillery weak
| ness AS TSinan is city of some SOC, 900.
| 1t is presumed that there was a con-
| siderable carnage of civilians We are
| eager for information on this score and
| also as 10 what happened between the
! evening OF the 5th and the sending Of
| the japanese ultimatum. There Is a
/ vague intimation In the dispatches that
| the latter was precipitated by renewal
| or Chinese attempts at looting within
| the Japanese segregated area. involving
| some exchange Of shots. We hear that
after some brisk fighting the Japanese
have established secure control OF the
Tslnan Tsingtao Railroad throughout
It's length and that they hold the
southern head of the great bridge near
Isinan across the yellow River
The Marking government has ad-
dressed note 10 the secretary general
OF the League of Nations giving Its
version of the Tsinan business. request
ing that the League Council intervene
10 cause withdrawal of the Japanese
troops from Shantung. and intimating
desire for an inquiry or arbitration"
under League auspices But the
Nanking government is not member
or the League and the council Is not
| competent. | take 1t, to entertain such
an appeal from non-member.
-
United States of America. On May S
The House passed without q roll cali the
Jones-White shipping bill which pro-
vldes for aid OF several kinds for private
| shipping and authorizing improve
ments and requirements In the Govern
ment-owned merchant fleet As passed
by the House, the bill requires assent
nt five of the seven members of the
Shipping Board To sale of any Govern
ment vessel as passed by the Senate. It
requires unanimous assent of the
Shipping Board II Is understood that
The President, consistently with his
policy OF Government withdrawal from
the shipping business, would require
the assent of a bare majority only to
such sales. II Is understood that the
bill would not commit the Government
to an annual expenditure In excess of
$4,000 900 The bill provides for a
construction fund and loans therefrom
Tor periods not greater than 20 years,
The flood control bill was amended
IN conference toward meeting the
Presidents vicws 10 the point. we are
told, that there Is no longer danger of
Its being vetoed The chief ot these
amendments Importantly restricts the
liability of the Federal Government for
damages IN connection with tiood cons
troll construction The conference has
been approved by both houses,
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Notes. ~- On May Gen, umbert
Mobile arrived AZ Kings Bay Spltsher-
gen, IN his drigihle Italia, after
stormy, much interrupted passage from
Italy, The general has the worlds best
wishes, but the favorable season for
Arctic exploration advances apaee,
On Friday the Italia started for
i0-hnur flight over the Siberian coastal
waters, but, eneountefing dense tas
over Frana josef Land, she turned back
ana was again In her hangar after eigh'
nourA,
On May the Japanese Diet adj
inurned with the TAnaka government
stll In the saddle Ry ingenious ma
nrnyering II escaped laat moment putt
ting of motion of lack OF confidence,
which might we'll have been carried.