Evening star., 1932-02-02

has been the scene OF so much hight
ing"
the japanese to enter would be resisted
by force. Wire entanglements were
erected around the French area and
/ French soldiers were on guard over
them. The boundaries were patrolled
by armored cars.
Present orders, the Chinese state
ment said. forbid the use Of guns larger
than Stokes mortars which already
| have been used No Chinese airplaneS
have been brought here, it said, be-
| cause it was not desired TO take any
chance Of endangering the lives of Oc-
cidentals. and for this reason the use
Of field guns also had been forbidden.
Youth Reported Shot.
The japanese announced they in
tended to evacuate all japanese women
and children from the city Friday, and
| this, with a report they planned TO
bring in two divisions OF additional
troops increased the alarm of foreign
| residents.
The crew of British armored car
| reported they saw Chinese youth OF
l6 shot dead in the street by japanese
blueiackets yesterday when he stopped
over while crossing a road.
Later, the crew reported, the blue
Jackets forced their way into a ChlneSe
home, bayoneted the occupants ana
drove away with the bodies OF the oeao:
police report said the bodies OF 13
Chinese men who had been put to
death with bayonets were found on the
bank of SoochoW Greek.
Native newspapers reported To-Day
about $50 Chinese prisoners, mcluolhg
only a few soldiers, had been executed
bv the japanese on accusations OF
Truck loads of Chinese bodies were
disposed of by japanese landing par
ties. the vernacular press said, while
many others were awarded the death
nenaltv and summarily executed when
thev we're discovered in houses from
which snipers we're suspected to be
operating" -
Marines had been killed brought Wig
orous denialS from Marine headquar-
ters. The intelligence Office declared
not one had been harmed.
Japanese Policy Attacked.
Japan's policy in Shanghai was bit
terlv attacked by the American
Shanghai Evening Mercury.
Japanese military forces and gun
men not only have lost their useful
ness as part of Shanghai's defense
scheme. but have forfeited the right
to remain on international Settlement
soil" the paper said in front page
editorial.
The plain fact is Japan is waging
war against China and Is Improperly
using the International Settlement neu-
tral soil as base.
mot only has she jeopardized the
future status of the settlement, but
she has taken over the police power
from he settlement authorities in an
undesirable way and has extended her
power to an area never contemplated
by others at the outset.
She has abused that power In wide
variety of acts, including arson and
murderouS attacks on helpless prison.
erS.
Without delay the International Set
tlement authorities should publicly dis
associate themselves from these eX-
cesseS. They should make clear that
other foreign powers and their Shang-
hal nationals are in no way associated.
They should re-enunciate the neutral
status of the settlement and restore its
besmirched neutrality.
Three Demands Suggested.
They should demand the following
immediate steps:
q, The evacuation of all japanese
armed forces other than those required
for actual defensive police work from
settlement soil, with settlement police
reSuming their functions.
%. The disarmng Of japanese plain
clothes men, who have proved head
strong and irresponsible at the best and
brutal and ruff1ianly at the worst.
"3. The cessation of further landing
of japanese armed military forces in
the settlement area.
Non -combatant japanese may re-
main within the settlement. They and
their Chinese neighbors alike deserve
the protection which can be given by
the municipal authorities and the regu-
lar defense forces of the powers.
But to lne armed Japanese who
have used the settlement as war base
and have grossly abused the trust con-
f1ded in them, two words can be said
Get out.
Nanking Statement.
A statement issued at Nanklng by the
National Government before the Jap
anese launched their attack there was
made public in Shanghai. 1t said:
Since the japanese invasion of Man
churia the national government, in con-
formity with the nine-poWer treaty, the
kellogg pact and the League covenant,
has adhered to a policy Of patience ana
restraint in hope that the powers would
uphold the cause of right and justice.
Meanwhile, the government ordered
the nations military and police forces
to exert their utmost for defense OF the
national territory.
Despite this, however, the japanese
continued extending their sphere of ag-
gression. They dispatched warships
and landed marines and air forces IN
Shanghai with the object of intimidat-
ing and suppressing by brute force
China's anti-Japanese movement.
For patriotic motives Chinese nave
organized associations for resisting for
eign aggression. Unless their activities
overstep legal bounds, the government
has no right to interfere.
Tried to Meet Demands.
DESTROYS of avoiding war, the ma
tional government endeavored to meet
the Japanese demands by suppreSslng
the more radical utterances OF the peo-
ple against Japan and by advising CIVIC
Organizations to abolish of their own
accord the term 'anti-Japanese.'
japan has subjected the rich and
fouriShing port of Shanghai to mill
tary devastation. Indiscriminate and
wanton aerial bonbardment also was
carried out, inf1icting incalculable dam
ace 11non life and on the property of