The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-05
CHINESE PROMISED MOST POWERFUL OF
 FIGHTING ARMIES
Great War Lord Marshal Chang Will Throw in His
 Forces With General Command to Battle Against
 the Japanese

, Japanese losses were announced ofici0lly as four officers and 16 men killed and three officers and % men wounded, The Japanese placed the casualties among Chin- eso soldiers nt sos, but made no estimate of the civilian dead and wounded.
 Revised Chinese estimates placed the number of Chinese soldiers and officers killed at 1000, including Colonel Anteh. Ching. Chinese claim ed that 400 Japanese were killed or wounded when they ,sattempted t. rush through . breach in the great wall opened by Japanese field guns and airplanes, and were turn cd back by Chinese machine guns. The Chinese estimated their own civilian casualties at 1,70O killed and wounded.
 Japanese airplanos ieM over heng-Te. Flu, capitol of Jehol pro- vince, to-day while Chinese troops driven out of Shanhaikwan dug in on the Jehol border to fight off a Japanese advance. sF,.
 British interests might possibl become involved in the fighting Tn northern China, for 1t was report ed that tho Japanese planned to land 800 marines at Chingwangtao. The principal wharves there are owned by the Kailln Mining Ad- ministration, in which British bus mess interests are heavily repre- scented.
 Chinese officials warned the k. Nj. A, that they would refuse re- sponsibllity for possible damage to administration property if the Jap anese, were permitted to use the wharves.
 Tho situation In the Shanhal- kwan area was quiet Ut noon to- day. One Japanese air raid was reported northwest of the city, in which a plane apparently en route to Jehol dropped two bombs but did no damage. '.
 Foreign observers at Chinwang. tho reported no resumption of fight ing anywhere within the great wall. The British sloop Folkestone re- ported all quiet at Shonhaikwan.
 Chinese residents hcre and at Tlentsin were disturbed by the omtnous quiet, especially since Q Japanese aircraft carrier was known to be off Taku Bar, at the entrance of the Hai-Ho river 90 miles below Tientsln.
 Petping and Tientsin are prac. tically defenseless from air raids. Chang Ssueh-Liang's air fleet was ized by the Japanese at Mukdcn a year ago. Tientsin and the an- cient Chinese capital could resist an air attack only with anti-air- ( aft guns.
 Two Chinese armored trains were ready for action west of Chin rison there withdrew from shan ton of teh city joined other troops northwest of Shanhaikwan.
 JapaneEe military headquarters at 'Tientsin revised the casualty list in the Shanhaikwan fighting to 94 killed. including four officers. Chin 'ese sources believed that at least 800 Japanese were killed.
 The Chinese estimated their own military losses at between 800 and 1000. with civilian casualties ap. proximating l,700. The latter fg- ure was believed to be exaggerated.
 The Japanese announced that except for an armored train on patrol duty near Chinwangtao, no Japanese troops had crossed the Tashih.Ho, river one milo west of Sl.anhaikwan.
 Chinese irregulars were report ed to be raiding Japanese posts be- tween Shanhaikwan and Chinchow, to the north. Gen Feng Chan Hai's troops at Kailu were said to be preparing for an attack on the Japanese garrison at Tung-Liao.