Evening star., 1932-02-07
REINFORCEMENTS ARRIVE.
Shanghai Battered by Heaviest Bonn

fCopyriglt, 1882, by the Associated Press).
SHANGHAI, February Sunday
China and Japan rushed greater man
power into the unceasng battle today
over the shanbles Of Chapel, battered by
the heaviest japanese bombardment OF
the nine-day conflict.
Five hundred japanese blueJacKetS
were landed from the deStrOverS 4akaze
and Okikaze, newly arrived from Japan.
Greater forces of Japanese troops, sent
by Toxic authorities three days ago
were expected to pour in soon afterWaro
secrecy hid the troop movements, but
Commander IShikaWa, a member OF
Rear Admiral ShiOSawaS staff, said the
soldiers were due this afternoon or TO-
morrow. Chinese newspapers SAID as
many as 10000 japanese fighting men
would come ashore.
The blueiacketS were landed near the
Japanese consulate on the banks OF the
Whangpo River to be thrown INTO the
attack on Chinese strongholds, defended
by fresh troops from ChnaS mlgHty
military reservoir.
Chinese Protest Answered.
The Municipal Council Of Shanghai'S
international Settlement told Chinese
officials the japanese government. not
the council was solely responsible for
acts Of japanese forces within the
Settlement"
Its statement was made in note
in reply to repeated protests from Ine
Chinese government and Mayor WI
Teh- Chen that Settlement authorities
were allowing japanese forces to use
the foreign. section as a base Tor ther
anti-ChineSe activities.
The Settlements neutrality exists
only as a result of agreements among
the powers having political or otner
interests within the Settlement, the
note handed to Mayor Wa said, and
such neutrality could only be main
tained by the same powers.
Government Responsible.
Japan is one of these powers and
the Japanese government, not the
Municipal Council, is solely responsible
for the acts of japanese forces within
the Settlement" the note added.
American in the foreign settlement
are feeling much of a hostile Chinese
sentiment directed against all foreigners
here because HongkeW, which the
, Japanese are occupying was an Amer
: lean concession 65 years ago and in
many Chinese minds still is known as
an area administered by Americans.
The Chinese government reiterated
its protest yesterday against japanese
use of the settlement as the base for
their military operations, it was learned
from Marking today. Identical notes
were handed to the American and
British Ministers, requesting them to
bring about an end to what the notes
called unjuStifiable action on the part
of settlement authorities in permitting
the situation to prevail
The question was regarded today as
having become more serious.
New Attack Seen.
AS japanese airplanes again went up
over Shanghai, there were indications
that a new attack was about to begin
on the Chinese forts of WooSung.
Seven armOred cars were seen ap-
preaching the forts, said dispatches
from that point, and it was believed
the Japanese planned to dig out the
Chinesa there and in the surrounding
town at any cost.
Rear Admiral Shiosawa, japanese
commander in chief, was reported to
have notified foreign consular officials
that it would be advisable to have any
of their respective nationals at WOO
sung leave that section.
II was impossible to penetrate to
the zone of action, but the heavy rum
BILE from the region of the japanese
headquarters on the northern edge OF
the International Settlement indicated
that 6-inch guns had been set up
there to blast the Chinese from their
positions about the North Station in
Chapel, only half mile away.
There were two significant features
about this heavy cannonading. Hither-
to the Japanese guns have been
culieted along about midnight, but to-
DAY they roared on through, laying
down more explosives than they did
during the bombardment Saturday
afternoon and evening.
Big Guns Are Whole Show.
AS in preceding artillery actions the
lesser arms have been involved, both
the japanese and Chinese keeping
their machine guns and rifles busy,
but this morning the whole show be-
}onged to the large-bore pieces.
Echoes of the thunderlike lombard
ment reverberated throughout Shang-
hal Buildings ratified. The Interna-
tional Settlement was in darkness, but
the sky in the north was lighted up at
frequent intervals by burSth OF the
mighty guns.
Chinese TROOPS that have BEEN n the