Evening star., 1932-02-01
Officials File Protest.

Officials File Protest.
No one at the Texaco plant was hurt,
but company officials filed a protest
with the American consul They said
it was only by good luck the bullets had
not set fire to the oil-stOrage tanks.
One representative of the company
said some Chinese ashore had set off
bunch of firecraCkers. and the Japa-
nese destroyer probably thought it was
being fired upon.
DR.. John Hawk, director of property
owned by the American Methodist
Episcopal Church South. reported Japa-
nese marines had invaded the school
for Chinese boys which the mission
operates in the HongkeW district They
ripped down the American flag, but did
not mOleSt any of the staff.
1t was their second visit. DR.. Hawk
said Last Friday they ransacked the
place. charging that quantities of anti
japanese literature had been issued
from the property In their search they
discovered no such documents
Wireless reports from Marking said
two Japanese cruisers and one de-
Stroyer were Shelling the city while ma
rlnes were put ashore The Japanese
have seven ships there One American
naval vessel and one British ship also
are there.
Troops Stream Into Marking.
Yesterday morning a crack division
OF 10000 Chinese National Guardsmen.
the pick of Chinas fighting men.
streamed into Nanking and took up
positions on the city walls behind sand
bag Notifications. They were equipped
with German automatic rifles, and un-
like many Chinese troops were well
disciplined and well uniformed.
Originally these troops were intended
/ for service here in Shanghai. but with
today'S developments it appeared they
probably would be needed to defend
Nanking
AS recently as Sunday night the
mayor OF Marking was assured by the
Japanese consul that the seven naval
ships in tie YangtZe River would open
no offensive against the city if the
Chinese troops refrained from hostile
action.
Before the shelling began civilians
moved back in Groves away from the
water front. Last night some japanese
landing parties had been put on the
docks. but there were no open hoStili-
ties then.
Shipping Continued.
Some of the refugees. fleeing what ap-
peared to be certain trouble, had gone
down to Marking from Shanghai TO
escape danger h.ere. With the increaS-
ing menace at Nanking many Of them
piled into British steamers on the wav
back to Shanghai
Up here there was unaccuStOmed calm
except for the sniping which still goes
on and is so common now that it is
considered a normal state of affairs.
Yesterday there was shooting from
somewhere near the central postoffice
in the international Settlement. Crowds
OF pedestrians ducked for safety and
japanese marines hurried up with
machine guns. but were unable to locate
the source OF the shots. They said
Chinese Snipers were at work The
settlement authorities put a guard in
the postoffice
Postal Service ParaIyzed.
The Chinese postal employees fled the
building in terror and the whole postal
service was paralyzed. In the night the
Japanese marines threw up barricades
all around the building.
Under martial law, which went into
effect at 10 o'clock last night and will
continue Indefinitely. no civilian was
permitted in the streets of the Inter
national Settlement between 10 pm
and am. At all other times of the
day or night every one must have
passport bearing his photograph.
The Chapel district. where the most
serious fighting of the past week took
place, was quieter but it appeared
trouble might break out again in Hong
kew, where the japanese were in control.
All Lights Shot Out
That section was in complete dark
ness, for all the lights had been shot
out and some OF the wires had been cut,
The japanese threw up barricades and
barbed wire entanglements which iso-
lated HongkeW from the rest of the city.
Yesterdays China press" came on
the streets with screaming headlines
over story asserting the japanese were
preparing for new drive and intended
to reduce to minimum" their CO.
operation with the International Set
tlement garrison
In the harbOr lay four American de-
StroyerS and six more American ships,
including the cruiser Houston, were en-
the way from Manila
A British cruiser with 800 men was
on the way from Hongkong and other
British vessels were standing by for
orders to follow her.
Other European nations also had or
dered their vessels in the Orient to pro-
ceed to Shanghai to protect their ma
tionals.