Evening star., 1932-03-08
BIC BATTLE LOOMS
WEST OF SHANGHAI
Considerable Fighting Near
Observation-Disclosures Probe
Attack on U. S. Woman,
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, March 8.-Neutral medi-
ators who had not met for several davs
gathered this afternoon to renew their
efforts to put an end to the fighting
in this area.
Informal negotiations have not been
interrupted while the mediating board
was adjourned, but it was said that the
Chinese representatives had not mod;-
fed their attitude of opposition to any
armistice achieved By means of "humili-
ating" concessions. A representative of
the Chinese government summed it I'D
in tence. 1T takes two to stop a
fight as we'll as to start it," he said.
The Chinese are still looking to the
League Of Nations Assembly for a solu-
ton. contending that the japanese
have overstepped the 12l2-mile dead
line to which Gen Uyeda demanded the
Chinese force withdraw.
Major Offensive Looms.
Even as they met there were reports
that new offensive Of major character
was developinb along a newly estab-
lished battle line west and northwest
of Shanghai.
Chinese sources said Gen. Chang
Kai-Shek, former Chinese President.
was leaving Nanking for Kunshan.
about IS miles behind Chinese front
lines, and this report gave rise to specu-
lation among Chinese that Gen. Chang
planned to participate in a new cam
paign against the japanese.
Two thousand japanese soldiers, who
arrived at Woosung yesterday. were
taken up to the front lines on the west.
They followed larger detachments
which entered the lines yesterday. The
japanese also took forward large
amounts of ammunition, field guns and
supplies.
Armies Strengthen Positions.
Independent reports indicated that
considerable fighting was going on at
various points from NanZiang north
ward, and that both armies were
Their positions with in
creased forces.
Service over the Shanghai-Hangchow
Railway was discontinued today when
the personnel of the Shanghai station
suddenly left for Hangchow. Soldiers
were reported to have severed the line
35 miles southwest OF Shanghai.
Before the departure Of the stations
staff. they removed telegraph and tele-
rNhnpa ms from the station
Many Japanese airplanes were in the
air during the day, flying over wide
area and keeping constant watch over
Chinese troop movements in the zone
of hostilities and in the country far
behind
japanese consular officials said they
were investigating the beating OF Miss
Rose NARROW, Baptist missionar" from
Williamsburg, KY and that Il they
found circumstances warranted it, he
perpetrators would be punished. Miss
NARROW, a teacher in the Baptist Mis-
sion School was attacked by japanese
armed civilians last Friday when she
visited the ruins Of the school building.
Robinson Case Dropped.
States trade commissioner, who was
iCpOlICd " ildfC OCCH DCdlCI up Adob
Saturday in an encounter with Japa-
nese civilians after japanese truck
damaged his automobile, had dropped
from official notice today. Robinson
made little of the encounter and Consul
Gen. Edwin S. Cunningham filed no
protest with Japanese authorities.
A number of advertisements asking
for information about persons of all
ages, from babies to nonagenarians,
who were lost during the Chinese evac-
uation Of Chepei, appeared in today's
vernacular newspapers Municipal po-
lice reported that 807 persons were un-
accounted for and that 1875 had been
traced
The Kuomin (Chinese) News Agency
reported that Japanese air raids on
Soochow become an almost daily occur
renee and that more than 20 bombs
were dropped on the outskirts OF the
city yesterday
Gen. Yoshinori Shirakawa, japanese
commander, said this afternoon Chinese
soldiers were "unwarrantedly and Wig
orously'' concentrating their forces
slightly to the west of the present
japanese lines and seeking to spy out
japanese positions from close range.
Should the Chinese hereafter un-
dertake to enter into proximity to ou.
lines" he said, I'VE cannot warrant the
Of clash with our
patrols.
Should trouble arise from thesr
operations and result in an aggravated
situation. the Chinese must assume re-
sponsibility."
Outlining the japanese positions from
Liuho southwark to the Shanghai
Nanking Railway, in the neighborhood
of Anting. and then eastward along
Soochow Creek to the International
Settlement, Gen. Shirakawa said the
Chinese must not seek to approach
these lines Il profoundly regret the
Chinese activity" he said. Such an
attitude is equivalent to disregarding
the good faith of the japanese army"
CHINESE BEATEN AT HAILIN.
Attack by 800 Insurgents Repulsed by