Evening star., 1932-03-27
Japan TONES DOWN
ARM|ST|CE TERMS.
Willing to Withdraw Troops
From Shanghai Suburbs
Immediately.
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SHANGHAI, Sunday, March 27.-
Japanese Army authorities have tenn
pered their minimum" armistice de-
nnRnds. it was learned today, reviving
hope for a successful outcome of the
truce negotiations which have been
dragging along here for many days
II was understood that the military
subcommittee of the group negotiating
the terms of peace would inform the
main committee when it meets Mon
day that Japan no longer will insist
upon gradual withdrawal of her troops
from their present positions. Instead
they are willing to evacuate all the
outlying districts Immediately, except
the nearby roads into the International
Settlement, and the vicinity of Kiang-
wan, where they want to maintain a
patrol.
Breakdown Was Near.
This revision of the japanese terms
was reported to have been announced
at a meeting of the subcommittee late
last night.
Before this development it appeared
that the peace negotiations were very
close to a breakdown, for the japanese
and Chinese were deadlocked over the
method of troop Withdrawals. The
Chinese wanted the enemy to get out
Immediately. but the Japanese were in
sisting upon a gradual withdrawal over
period of six weeks.
There was another complication yes
terdsy when authorities of the Nation
alist party at Canton telegraphed the
Nanking government urging continued
armed resistance to japanese aggreS-
sion" and branding the japanese peace
terms as "humiliating" The telegram
announced that the Canton leaders in
tended to circulariZe the entire nation
urging a united front against the jap
aneSe proposals.
League Commission Leaves.
Meanwhile japanese troops continued
on the way out of China by transport.
Word from Toxic said the Emperor had
part of the forces remaining in the
Shanghai sector.
The League of Nations Inquiry Com
mission, which originally had intended
to stay here until an armistice was
signed, left IN two groups yesterday for
Nanking.
~ Brig. Gen. Frank r. Mccoy, the
American member, accompanied the
French and German representatives to
Hangchow, whence they will go on to
Marking by automobile and join the
others later in the week.
While some japanese troops were
leaving Shanghai, Chinese newspapers
insisted the Japanese military continued
to land troops and supplies on the south
bank of the YangtZe River near Liuho.
They said the japanese were merely
waiting TO ran opportunity to renew
hostilities.
japanese Build Barricades.
: The japanese were building new de-
fense lines in the vicinity of Chenju and
northward through Kiangwan, the
Newspapers added. This already was
known, as the japanese have been ex-
tending their lines for several days.
Swarms of japanese soldiers early to-
day were digging trenches and building
barbed- wire barricadeS in the Chenju-
Kiangwan area, apparently establishing
q second line of defense. The first line
Eow runs northward from Nanziang
The japanese also were entrenching
themselves south of the Shanghai
Marking Railway, In the area imme-
diately west of the International Set
tlement. Their endorsements inclosed
several Japanese properties in that
locality.