Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-03
japanese Occupy Hating.

japanese Occupy Hating.
A short time after the first statement
that the fighting would be stopped
issued by the Japanese legation, the
| Japanese military headquarters an
nounced its troops had occupied Rating,
more than Is miles northwest Of Shang-
hal.
The first statement that the Japanese
intended to cease hostilities was issued
by their legation here. Shortly after
| ward another statement came from the
. japanese flagship Idzumo saying Ad-
miral Nomura had ordered his forces
to stop fighting at $3.50 pm.
Shortly before pm. another state
ment was issued, over the names of
Admiral Nomura and Gen., Shirakawa,
which said:
| Now that the Chinese troops have
withdrawn outside the zones the Japa-
nese demanded, We intend to cease hos
tilities unless the Chinese begin hostile
| operations.
In view of the evidence that the
| fighting was continuing, this was inter-
preted by observers here as distinctly
different from the two preceding state
ments.
Chinese Issue Statement.
Dispatches from Marking which
reached here shortly after the first jap
anese statement that the hostilities
would be ended, said Chinese govern
| ment leaders there had called for sum-
moning all energies to be turned to-
ward resisting Japanese aggression"
"In view Of the national crisis" the
Chinese statement said, all energies
should be turned toward resisting Japa-
nese aggression and the improvement
Of news transmission facilities, so that
the facts concerning the japanese in
yasion may be exposed"
These Marking advices said Premier
Wang Ching-Wei and Gen. Feng Yu-
Hsiang urged the government to grant
an amnesty to all prisoners, so that
they might be organized for military
| service or used as laborers.
Losses Estimated.
Japanese military officials said their
forces suffered TOO casualties during the
last three days Of fighting and they es-
! timated the Chinese losses at 10000
saying they found 5000 Chinese dead
on the battlefield between Kiangwan
and Tachang.
During the battle at Woosung guns
on nine japanese war vessels in the
| river blaZed continuously, pouring a
steady rain OF high explosive shells on
the battered forts. At least two dozen
field artillery guns and a squadron Of
| bombing planes joined their thunderous
| fire to that of the warships.
| The Japanese field headquarters a
mile south OF Woosung village which
/ yesterday was empty of armament,
bristled with guns Of all sizes when /
arrived there this morning. On the last
line to the rear was a battery of eight
6-inch howitzers, their gun crews wait
/ ing tensely for the signal TO fire.
A few hundred yards farther ahead
was naval battery Of light field guns
and still farther on, close to Woosung
Greek, there was row of army trench
mortars
THESE artillery units went into action
| almost at the same time, while the guns
OF the Warships moving along the river
| bank also opened fire.
New Demands Are Made.
For half an hour the earth trembled
under the terrific conclusions, and great
puns OF smoke rose all along the Woo
sung bund from the village TO the forts.
marking the trail of the japanese bar
rage. The airplanes swooped down with
their tremendous bombs, and under it
all was a continuous sputter of machine
gunflre as the japanese nests" opened
| up on the Chinese troops ferreted out
| by the bombardment The reyerber-
atoms OF the mighty conflict were plain
I Iy heard in Shanghai IL miles away.
In the confusion which prevailed late
/ this afternoon around the arrangeme nts
Tor peace, and in the lack OF official
statements. observers here gathered the
notion that the parleys seemed to hang
at present on the Chinese reply to a
new set Of Japanese demands. These
were believed to have been handed to
the Chinese last night.
In the version generally accepted
here, they were
Japan agrees to cessation of
hostilities for a certain period, pro-
vided China agrees to withdraw her
troops from the Shanghai area, during
which period the details of a final
suspension Of hostilities would be ar
ranged by Chinese and Japape csc mill
tary authorities.
During this cessation Of hostilities
there would be a round table confer
ence in which representatives Of the
neutral powers would participate to de-
eide upon the method of withdrawing
both Chinese and Japanese troops, to-
gether with a restoration of the status
quo in and around Shanghai.
3-The withdrawal would be COM
menced by the Chinese troops, and
when they have withdrawn a specified
distance the japanese would withdraw
ito tire Shanghai and Wcosung area
g as soon as Dcrnal conditions shall have