The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-04


 sung forts ceased and the ruined | fortress was bombed. Japanese destroyers raked 1t with inch guns.
 The Japan cable between l Shanghai and Nagasaki was cut at 1915 a. m. (EST) other cables were not touched.
 The fighting began during the morning and increased in intensity | at 11:30 D. m. "Wednesday EST) .. | The Chinese artillery, including stokes mortars, became more ef- | fective found the range of the | Japanege positions and sent over a steady barrage of high explosives. l At 10 D, m. (EST Wednesday, Japanese destroyers had begun | bombarding the anticipated Chin csc forts at Woosung In new effort to annihiiate them. The roar of field guns just out side the foreign areas was deafen- | ing, thunder-llke dctonations in- forming the frightened city of the awe inspiring battle. Heavy cas- ualties were feared.
 Diplomatic relations between the two fighting nations remained unsevered while the battle went ! into ltS second week. i The Japanese counter attacked with new drive on the North | Station, on the very boundary of the get cment, with British | troops at the sandbag "pillbox" within sight. The latter guarded | the Honan road entrance to the | international settlement. i An armored car on the tracks ft,rt nf h, Ita att hA center of another Japanese drive. The Chinese held out grimly using machine-guns and rifles. The exact location of the many encounters on the wide front was difficult, the firing blending into one steady symphony of noise. Shells dropped in the foreign settlement, endangering Americans and others. Warships seemed to be participating.
 The Japanese marine headquar- ters at midnight (EST) said their 1 casualties since today's battle to- taled only four dead and IS wound | ed.
 One company of Japanese mar | ines stationed in Japanese cotton mills in the Jessefield area were not drawn into the battle. Japanese alrplanes were hamper | cd from giving much aid to their | land forces, due to fog, rain and | furries of snow.
 The Japanese firing was parti- cularly heavy near the rife range. not far from the embattled Roku- san Gardens.
 A detachment of 400 United States marines that arrived on the | U. $. $. Houston mbarked and marched to their new quarters. They are to reinforce the 1900 men In the 4th Regiment U. S. marines, now on duty at posts in 1 the American sector of the settle | ment defense.
 The Japenese withdrew their marines in the British and Ameri- can defense areas, as q result of protests. Simultaneously, Japanese civilians In these areas began eva cuating to Hongkew, where most Japanese residents of Shanghai live. l Edwin $. Cunningham, the Unit ed States consul-general, as senior consular officer in the settlement, delivered q collection of protests regarding use by Japan of the Chinese while ostensibly defending | the foreign area of the city. Gun 'ningham turned the protests over to the consular corps for consider ation.
 Cunningham, on the basis of his conversations with Armiral Mont gomery Taylor, in charge, of the American forces and ranking de- fense officer in the allied command hnp hn mi n patient He said they could not except a specta cular withdrawal of the Japanese forces to positions within Chinese territory.
 Cunningham declined to indicate if he believes Admiral Taylor will need to take firm stand in deal ing with Admiral Koicm Shiasaw wa, in comnund of the Japanese forces during the present crisis. Taylor said he was concerned primarily with protecting American lives and property and cooperating to re- store the neutrality of the settle ment. He indicated he was not concerned with military operations which did not involve the settle mcnt's safety.
 The Chinese were noticeably Op- timistic on the arrival of admiral Taylor.
 Chinese civilians assumed the attitude that everything is, all right now. the American admiral is here"
 The fighting in Chapel native district, generally has come to be regarded as moral victory for the Chinese who held their posi- tions a week when few expected they could.
 The Japanese admitted the Chin cse claims of victories at the North | station.