Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-02-03
Fight Renewed
on Chapel and
River Forts.
AMERICANS QUIT
CITY OF NANklNC
Houston Anchors in
Whangpoo as Bat
tie Reopens.

BY the ASSOS4aItu l'SS'
Chinese and japanese troops
turned the battered Chapel sector
of Shanghai into bloody and
burning ShambleS again today
while the japanese government
at Toxic deliberated upon the
British-American proposals for
peace, which the Chinese already
have accepted.
American women and children,
numbering more than 40, were
evacuated from Marking during
the afternoon and taken to Shang-
hal on a river steamer, although
peace prevailed at Marking during
the day under truce arranged
between Chinese and Japanese
authorities.
While airplaneS rained bombs
on Chapel and the district was
swept by sheets of machine-gun
fire, columns of smoke poured
skyward from a number Of new
fires lighted in the ruins of last
FRIDAYS holocaust. The Chinese
troops put up a strong defense
and landed several shells from
their trench mOrtarS in the Jap
anese district in the HongkeW sec
ton
Another japanese landing party
- do q dot
sault on the Chinese forts at Woo
sung and Poochan, several miles
down the river from Shanghai,
while big guns from the japanese
WarShipS in the river Shelled the
Notifications.
Chinese headquarters at Shang-
bal reported a japanese destroyer
%aS sunk by guns from the fort at
! NooSung and that Chinese troops
Continued TO hold the fortifica-
oaS.
n sAoaston Reaches WhangpOo.
a#F& Iuited States Cruiser Houston,
ssfan al the ASiatic Fleet, arrived in
- Whangpoo River while the forts
Ts being Shelled and was halted tenn
SxSgaEisy 30 avoid coming within the line
&&Fh It's 300 Marines aboard, it pro-
saeded Hp the river and anchored at
langfsai.
1 An Japanese troops will evaCuate the
. asrkor in which United States Marines
SEe stationed in Shanghai. commencing
Ia6 8 am. Thursday. Shanghai time, Col.
Rfehard S. Hooker. commanding the
8sh Regiment, United States Marines,
Eday advised the Navy Department.
Col. Rockers message follows:
Definitely arranged for all japanese
troops to evacuate Marine sector, COM
fnencing at am. Thursday. British
Fill finish taking over tonight WED
neSday) at midnight. Ql am. Eastern
Standard Time). japanese retiring to
Central barracks. Marine sector, where
full excavations will take place"
The United States Destroyer EdSall
has been ordered from Shanghai to
Marking to augment the Simpson sta
toned there.
About 500 japanese uejacketS have
been landed in the American Marine
sector to guard japanese cotton mills
with machine guns.
British to Aid Marines.
The Hooker reference to the British
taking over was said at the Navy prob
ably to mean that the British will re-
infOrce Americans in patrolling this
district
The Japanese troops, upon evacua-
ton probably have agreed to ccnflne
their patrolling to that section of the
settlement which is east of the Chinese
volunteer area running several miles
along the Whangpoo River and south
of the Hongkew section where night
ing has been taking place.
A report, embodying his opinion on
the situation at Shanghai. was re-
Ceived today by the Navy Department
from Admiral Montgomery M Taylor,
commander in chief of the U. S. Asiatlc
fleet. This report, which was not made
pubncsat the Navy Department, was
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