Seward daily gateway., 1932-02-01
FIERCE FIGHTING
 BREAKS OUT NORTH
 SECTION SHANGHAI
MARTIAL LAW BECOMES EFFEC- TIVE INTERNATIONAL SET
 ELEMENTS, 10 F. M.

SHANGHAI. Feb l, -Fierc c fighting broke out again in the northern districts of the city soon after midnight. It began with de- sultory rifle fire, which grew heav- fer and was followed by bursts of machine gun fire. It sounded later as though field guns had been brot up, and one shell fired from some : where in the north, came over the Astor House Hotel in the Interna- tional settlement and splaShed in to the Whangpoo river
 It was thought that two Japan csc gunboats farther up the river, off the Japanese consulate, return ed the fire; this could not be veri- fled at this time.
 It was impossible to determine whether the heavier guns were Chinese or Japanese CT whether they were in Chapel, the Chinese area north of the settlement, or eastward of that area. The firing immediately spread rapidly II q was taken up in Hongkew, another Chinese area, and advanced south ward as far as Soochow Creek, where Japanese machine gunners went into action together with riflemen.
 A Japanese WarShip in the har Dor opened up with machine guns on the Garden Bridge, connecting the Hongkew district with the in ternational settlement, and killed three Chinese scurring across it.
 While all this was going on thick fog came down over the city making it more difficult to dlscov- CT what was happening. Four Amer can deStroyers, steaming un r forced draft from Manila, were ex- pected here this morning, They had been expected Sunday. The Paul Jones, Parrott, Edsel and Bull ner are in the flotilla but one of them, soon after reaching here, will proceed to Hank0W where there are Q number of American residents and considerable |. s. property.
 American marines have arrested 27 Japanese volunteer reservists in the American area of the interna- tional settlement where great num- bers of Japanese continue to pur- sue Chinese refugees and snipers.
 At least two foreigners were re- ported to have been injured when they attempted to interfere with their operations. Martial law will become effective in the interna- tional settlement at 10 p. m. today, authorities announced. At all other times, during night and day, all persons will be required to possess passes bearing the owners photo graph and to exhibit these passes on demand. This extraordinary action was taken in the belief that the situation within the settlement was growing more serious and that additional steps for the protection of foreign residents were impera- i've.
 Thirty thousand national guard men, the finest troops in China, into Nanking from Honan province. This crack division, equipped with German automatic rifles and clad in smart green uni- forms, will be stationed here in or der to defend the city in case of Japanese attack, it was announced, although there were reports it may be destined for service in Shang- fai.
 With a food shortage eminent in this city food prices have scared skyward.
 Five Japanese war vessels have arrived at Ranking to supplant the two already there. These war ves- seLs all have their guns pointing at the Chinese forts.
 The capital of China, Ranking, has been moved from Nanking to T1eyang from which point a declar- ation of war is expected soon.
 Attempts by Great Britain and the United States to arrange for a real truce between the two nations have proved of no avail and the fighting continues.