Evening star., 1932-01-31

nese naval patrols, order was reStoret
today. Quiet was almosC absolute. Viz
tually no one dared to move.
Shops and dwellings owned by Chi
nese were barred and shuttered
Whether they were deserted no on
knew. but 1t seemed likely that thei
owners had fed away from the menac
of the rowing bands,
Chapel, where until noon Saturday
Chinese and japanese troops wer'
locked in sharp fighting, also was qule
early today. DetaChmenLs Of troop
OF both sides remained in the section
and there were reports they were re
organizing, rebuilding their shattered
position and preparing for renewed
action.
The American and British consul
general did their utmost to mediate be
tween the japanese and Chinese com
mandS. Just exactly what success the,
encountered was not made clear, bu
it was understood meeting betweer
the enemy commanders might taxi
place today.
The Municipal Council. adminiStra
tive body of the International Settle
ment. was reported to have issued al
appeal that the United States ant
Great Britain send additional troop
to safeguard the foreign residents o
Shanghai.
Council Presents Protest.
A protest against the activities of tn
Japanese within the settlement wa
presented by the council to Edwin S
Cunningham, United States consul gen
eral and senior consular officer in tn
city
The municipal council charged tha
the neutrality of the area had bee
violated and requested Mr.. Cunning
ham to make an accusation oe1or
Shanghai's consular body with tn
view of forwarding the complaint t
the governments concerned.
Municipal authorities said the DANCE
Of attack on the settlement by tn
Chinese because the japanese Wer
using 1t as a base of operations, wa
grave. Many more American an
British troops were Immediately neceS
sary, they asserted to meet this men
ace. The nearest American forces ar
at Tientsin and Manila, and there ar
British troops at Hongkong. The pres
ent American strength in Shanghai
200 men, the British have 1000 an
the French 100.
The various foreign communities wer
getting panicky Residents compliance
of divided authority and 1nSutf1clen
troops
AS the conflict continued America
interests and American authority be
came more and more involved.
Marines Seize japanese.
United States Marines, on guard i
the International Settlement picked u
IA japanese, armed with pistols an
dressed in civilian clothes who had in
vaded the American area. Some c
the prisoners carried swords.
American rifles were brought into ac
ton to effect this capture. The troubl
started when Marine sentry heard tn
ping of bullets past his head. Tn
sentry saw two groups Of men runnln
away from him and he pursued, flrin
into the air. He got his men.
few minutes later eight Japanese
all heavily armed, were arrested in tn
same vicinity. All the captives wer
turned over to the municipal polio
after they had declared at Marine head
quarters that they had been sent int
the American area by japanese naVa
authorities to go to a nearby Japanes
cotton mill and go on guard. Two Jap
anese sailors standing guard at the cot
ton mill shot two Chinese shortly afte
the Marines had made their arrests.
American interests also were involved
when a gang of japanese marauder
tried to force their way into st. Luke,
Hospital, operated by the American
Episcopal Mission. They said sniper
were picking off Japanese from tn
building The hospital officials succeed
ed in turning them away.
An American destroyer was assignee
to a position in the Whangpo River t.
assist in guarding the plant and t.
keep an eye on the properties of tn
Standard Oil Co., on the opposite bank
The last "a hours wrote a frightfu
story of bloodshed. Scenes of the wild
est disorder were enacted yesterday II
the northern section of the Internationa
Settlement, which was covered by
pail of smoke blown from the ruin
of Chapel, where thousands Of tinde
box Chinese houses had been deStroye'
by flames started by bombs droppe'
from Japanese airplanes.
Groups of JapaneSe-blue-cl ma
rines. reserviSts and men in civilian
clothes-surged through the streets o
the north section of the settlement
searching for helpless Chinese.
They encountered thousands of ref
ugees, some of them lucky enough II
have rickshaws, some carrying thei
mean belongings on their backs, and al
headed toward sections of Shangha
where they though they might fin'
refuge.
Shops and Homes Searched.
The japanese Marines, many of then
equipped with side-car motor cycles
and automobiles swept the streets witt
machine gun fire. Their work was fin
ished by japanese in civilian clothe
swinging clubs and base ball bats.
These invaders declared they wer
searching for snipers, but how the
separated snipers from the ciVilia