Evening star., 1933-01-06
FURTHER OPERATIONS FEARED.
Arrival Of More japanese Troops and
Ammunition Reported.

SHANGHAI, January s Cp).-Sino-
Japanese hostilities were renewed, re-
ports from Chingwangtao said, when
Chinese and Japanese troops exchanged
rife fire today from opposite banks of
the Tashih River, between that city and
Shanhaikwar.
Dispatches said additional japanese
troops and ammunition arrived at
Shanhaikwan, with the resulting wide
spread belief that further operations
were destined to eventuatc.
Chinese officials at Marking said no
negotiations seeking settlement of
hostilities in the Northwest Chinese ter
ritory were under way.
Chinese officials at Nanking professed
to believe the Japanese governments
announced policy to "localize" the
Shanhaikwan incident was a smoke
screen" and they feared the Japanese
would push along the railroad leading
to Tientsin and Peiping or else begin
their long predicted drive northwest
ward into Jchol in campaign to add
that province to Manchukuo, the Japa-
nese-sponsored Manchurian state.
No Negotiations Under Way.
The Chinese Nationalist government
officials stated no negotiations were
under way at the present time seeking
a settlement of the conflict.
Restrictions that world powers I'M
posed upon China in the Peking pro-
tocol OF 1901, an outgrowth of the
Boxer siege of Peking, forces China to
share her strategic positions with the
enemy" and 1t can only result Gin
tragedies like Shanhaikwan," Gen. Ho
Chu-Kuo, commander OF the ousted
Cha nba ikuyoY1 uorricnr Said f0da ~, q
statement explaining his defeat.
There was widespread condemnation
Of Marshal Chang Hsiao-Liang. mill
tary ruler of Northern China. for not
providing adequate defense for Shan
haikwan. In contrast, Gen. Ho has
been praised for his magnificent battle"
and his statement was receiving nation
wide circulation.
The statement referred to the agree
ment by which other powers. including
Japan, are permitted to station troops
in North China to keep open trafic
from the coast to Peiping.
Gen. Ho stated the Chinese position
has been even more anomalous since
September, 1881 (when the japanese
invasion of Manchuria began).
1t has been neither peace nor war.
My troops were at Shanhaikwan, but
could not take action against one
clearly our enemy" he said.
Despite these handicaps and fighting
against an enemy possessing superior
arms and equipment, the fact that we
held the city through three DAYS and
nights Of fighting must be considered
redeeming feature Of the situation.
There may be criticism among
those unacquainted with the situation,
but as far as I am concerned, my con-
science Is clear" he concluded.
The chorus OF Chinese condemnation
OF Marshal Changs alleged failure to
meet the emergency at Shanhaikwan
continued with newspapers throughout
the country branding the young mar
shall as "an enemy within our own
camp"
Canton patriots urged severest action
against the Northern leader in a resolu-
ton calling for "a court-martial and
extreme penalty for the loss of Shan
haikwan"
There were rumors here that the
Nationalist government was removing
Marshal Chang and that Gen. Ho YIN
Ching, the Nationalist governments
minister of war, was proceeding to
Peiping to take over the duties of the
defense of North China.
NV ~ AhoAt A1AUuuSs
Local Chinese authorities have taken
firm hand to halt the exodus of
Chinese from Chapel and other Chinese
areas in this vicinity, who feared a
renewal of last February's Sino-
japanese fighting in those districts.
Chapel residents, who since the Shan
haikwan incident have been bringing
their possessions into the international
Settlement of Shanghai, today were
forced to return to their homes Chinese
authorities threatened to arrest any one
evacuating hereafter.
A considerable exodus also occurred
in Kiangwan and Woosung scenes of
the heaviest Sino-Japanese fighting in
February. The Woosung exodus began
when a japanese warship appeared on
the river en- route to Shanghai.
Chinese authorities stated that re-
pressiye measures were necessary to
prevent the circulation of damaging
and groundless" reports hereabouts.
Claim 600 Japanese Killed.
Before the japanese occupied Shan
haikWan they lost 500 killed at the
hands of the Chinese defenders,
Chinese military advices from Chin
wangtao stated.
The dispatches said that during the
first Japanese onslaught outside the
walls of Shanhaikwan they lost 100,
while during the street fighting inside
after the South gate had been levelled
500 more fell.
Neutral observers here said these
figures probably were sharp exaggera-
tions and that Japanese reports of their
own losses probably were ultra-con-
servative.
"a Nanking dispatch said the Jap
anese put their losses in the Shan
haikwan fighting at l8 killed and 90
wollnded)