The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-04
Japanese Smashed Chinese Forces And
 One City Is Ruined
United States Military Attache Left for the Ruined City To-day to Investigate Invasion of China By the Japanese

angular territory bounded by tho sea, tho great wall and the Lwan river with Manchukuo.
 Japanese troops occupied Chinese territory inside the great wall Q, Shanhaikwan today after their ter. rife bonn mbardment left tho city in smoking ruins with 500 Chinese soldiers dead and an undertormined number of civilians dead oi wounded. The Japanese gained control ol the Mukden. .Peiping railway and entran nee into tho rich province oi Jehol, with losses reported official. ly as eight dead. including ono commissioned officer, and 13 seri- vously wounded.
 Chinese conceded occupations oi Shanhaikwan after three Japanese asaultg from sea, land and air and intensive bombardment of tho city
 Marshal Chang Hsueh.Lians, young war lord who was busted from his great Manehurian domain by the Japanese, considered the oe- eupation of shanhaikwan q na- tional emergency. He advised the Japanese e0mmander at Shanhaik- . wan to address further eommuni- cations to the Nanklng government, and not to Marshal Chang. The Japanese insisted on regarding the Shanhaikwan fighting as Q local in. !. eldent which could Dc settled by local negotiations.
 Meanwhile Chang'g soldiers wero reported to Do reforming at Chang- Li. under tho protection Of three armored trains, A Japanese armor- cd train was on patrol between Shanhaikwnn and Chinwangtao, the port on tho Gulf Of Laio south Of Hhanhaik
 The Japaneso reported the cap. ture of trench mortars, machine guns, grenades, and stores of am. intuition. lnta
 HostiiitIes in tho shankaikwan area were suspended, at least mo. mentarily, whllo peiplng, Tientgin, and other cities within striking dis. tanee of possible Japanese ad- vance to tho south lived under great tension.
 It was believed, however, that tho Japanese would continue to hold Shanhaikwan to protect their troops from attack during m ad. vance into Jehoi. Tho Chinese teie- graph administration reesta blished communication with Bhanhaikwan n, disrupted during the fighting.
 Japanese attacked shanhaikwan, according to adylees received here, with two destfoyers. is field guns. 5000 infantry, and bombing planes, after q breach was opened in tho Great Wall by sustained b0mbardment, Japanese infantry attempted Co break through. Their first attempts were turned back by Chinese machine gunners.
 Marshal Chang addressed c lets ter to General Nakamura. com. mandIng the Japaneae garrison at Tlentsin, Insisting that the Japa. nese assume fuii responsibility for the 'hostliitles. The affair could not be regarded az q local incident, Chang maintained, and the Japa. neBe must communicate hereafter direct with tho Nanking govern. inent.
 4 Chinese eommunique Issued here late yesterday said that an entire Chinese battalion, eonsistIHE of 800 mon, had been killed m street fighting tt bhanbaikwan. IHC GniUVBU CVHGVdOH VtGHBbbVh Of the city, the Communicate said. after three terrific Japanese at. taeks and intensive bombing.
 Chinese withdrew to Bhlho. whore they reformed their lines for further resistance. The Com munigue described bhanhaikw0h as q smoking ruin in which nem- erous c0nflagrations still were rag. ing. civilian casualties were said to be heavy, although no definite figures were available.
 Police of Tientgln and Pelping took rigid precautions to maintain order. fearing outbursts Of popu' far rAindignation against JapaneHe' Both cities were quiet at noon to- day, however.
 Frank Lockhart. United states consul general ct Tientsin, ifi' formed Minister Nelson T. John, son that there Twas no fighting at Chinwangtao. Rum0rs that the Japanese had bombarded the city arose after Japanese destroyefs tx changed Halutes with the British si0ops Foikest0ne and Bridgewa ! ter, entering the harbor.
 Chinese continued preparatiO6h for the defengc of ChanRIi, but de- tails were withheld as military secrets.