Evening star., 1932-02-15
Americans Told
tOLeave Towns
Nearby.
$4,000 SOLDIERS
MASSED In CITY
US. Area Under Fire
as Japanese Guns
OyershOOt Mark.
Rv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, China (TueSday), !,
FEBRUARY 16-Fifty thousand Chi
nese soldiers stood by in the dark
behind the trenches of Chapel to-
Gay waiting for the japanese OF
fensive, which did not come.
At nightfall on Monday the
Chapel guns opened up after
quiet day, but the shooting sub
sided after an hour or so, and
presumably the concentrations
behind the lines were going on
while the japanese completed un-
loading troops and supplies in the
Whangpoo near Woosung.
Official estimates said $4,000
japanese soldiers already were on
the ground. Yesterday and Sun
day the stocky little fighters
goose stepped through the Inter
national Settlement on the way
to the Chapel and Woosung fronts
More Troops May BE Sent.
Several Japanese cotton mills and
ether factories and warehouses beyond
the city limits were in use as tenn
porary points of concentration. There
were reports from Toxic that the Japa-
nese government in view OF lndlcatlons
that the Chinese are determined to put
up a stubborn fight, was considering
sending additional reinforcementS.
United States consular authorities
advised all Americans in outlying places
in the Lower Yangtze Valley to cvacu-
ate these towns and come TO Shanghai,
because of the possibility of widespread
hostilities Other foreigners also were
reported evacuating interior towns.
Thousands of Troops Land.
Thousands of additional japanese
troops unloaded from four more trans
ports in the river today and marched
to quarters. accompanied by artillery,
machine gun equipment and hospital
corps Headquarters announced that
further detachments are expected
shortly.
Gen Tsai Ting-Kai commander OF
the Chinese troops in the area, SAID
two new divisions have been added to
his army. bringing the total number OF
Chinese soldiers now ready to oppose
the expected big japanese thrust to
$4,000. The two new divisions, the
Chinese said, comprised 10000 men.
The forces Of the foreign powers, after
the arrival of French contingent
which is expected shortly, will number
slightly more than 10000 troops.
There were many other signs OF Chi
nese preparations to resist to the utmost
a new japanese advance. New now
itzer batteries have been brought into
the fighting zone and the Chinese SOL
diers worked desperately to strengthen
their secondary defenses. Lines OF
trenches and barbed wire barrlcadeS
were being established some distance
back of the front and additional am
munition supplies were issued TO the
machine gun. detachments.
Kiangwan Sector Reinforced.
The American consulate said its ad-
vice to Americans to evacuate interior
cities had gone to a number Of places
within 100 miles of Shanghai, 1nclud-
ing Soochow, where 100 Americans nVe
1t was also sent to Wusih, ChangchoW,
Kiangyin and Changchu. About 90
Americans live in the latter group OF
towns.
The Chinese armies also seemed pre-
pairing to insure an orderly and dogged
retreat if. they should find it necessary
to fall back before the power of the
japanese advance Most Of their new
troops have been assigned to the klang-
wan sector in which there has been
considerable action during the past
week.
The belief was expressed by Chinese
military authorities that the japanese
plan much of their offensive action for
this vicinity.
Shells Fall in L. S. Area.
A number of japanese shells fell into
the sectors patrolled by United States
Marines and American and English
members of the Shanghai Volunteer
Corps during a bombardment today
The members Of the Volunteer Corps
-ithdrew for safety's sake, but they
emerged again after the shelling was
over.
About a dozen shells, most of them
duds. fell within the Marines area.
Several others landed among the vol
unteers. No one was injured. The
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