The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-06
JAPAN MOVES
To TAKE RICK
CHINA PROVINCE
Nippon Prepares to Turn
Chilli Into Another
Manchuria.
BY WILLIAM PHILIP sINTMS
S~rfrus- Howard Forsirn Editor


ssriups-Hovard Forsirn Editor
WASHINGTON. June e. With
the United States. Grsat Britain
and other Western powers too busy
With domestic worries 20 take heed.
Nippon today moved to add an
other rioh Chinese province TO her
string.
As British and American firms
hacked their belongings in Man
ehukuo. abandoning that field TO
their japanese rivals. the Jananese
army was preparing 70 turn the ao-
tacert province Of Chill, including
Pe.u.nz and Tientsin. into another
Manchuria-
Reports have also reached Wash
furton that Kalgan. gateway 70 IN
ner Mongolia northwest OF Peip-
ing is threatened. and that jap
anese force with airplanes Is READY
10 strike al the oppoVtune moment.
Japan SIaneuvers in Mongolia
simultaneously comes informa-
t,on from native sources that the
.Iananese are maneuvering in inner
Mongolia to control the lines Of
communication between China and
Soviet Russia. via Chahar.
so far" a Tokyo foreign ONCE
.,oyesman was quoted in dispatches
ss ewing. I do not believe the
srrov authorities have considered
occupation Of Peiping and lien,
tsin." That. he indicated depehoeu
on whether the Chinese gave IN
without a struggle 20 all demands.
The demands are drastic. Iney
srrlude removal OF the governor OF
the urovnce and the mayor OF
Tientsin: standardization OF the
entire area: abolition OF Gen
Chang Kai- Shek's gendarmes at
PeipinT: suppression Of politica!!
activties. and the handing over OF
the murderers Of two pro-JapaneSe
Chinese editors in Tientsin.
A Virtual Ultimatum
The demands amount to an ul-
timatum. China must swallow the
nil or else. SO, at least. japanese
army Spokesman have publicly an
nounced. II the Chinese have diff
fcultv carrying out the demands.
they declare. that Will be all right
The japanese will do it for them.
The process of swallowing Chilli
Is closely following the Manchurian
precedent. Japan first controlled
Manchuria through native puppets.
As soon as everything was in
readiness. there came an Incl
dent" and the japanese army TOOK
over the territory.
Foreign business men IN North
China have made strong repre-
sensations to their governments
Americans have warned Washing
ton that. area by area, the jap
anese are slamming shut the open
door" and locking 1t against trade
other than their own
Huge Railway Holdings
From Far Eastern sources the
writer has received a list OF the
holdings OF the government-owned
South Manchuria Railway. Here
are some OF them.
The ShOwa Steel Works, Man
churian Chemical Co. Toa TObac-
co Co. South Manchuria Sugar Re-
fining Co. Manchuria Flour Mill
ing Co. and concerns manufacture
ing nitrogen. petroleum, mag
nesium. glass. textiles. cement, para
I'm. soy bean products, woolens.
ceramics. pig iron, coal and
matches.
Il Is also in the distributing bust
ness. cold storage. marketing. agri-
culture. forestry. mining. commune
cations. shipping. warehousing. ex-
press. gas and electric. land agents,
building and contracting. banking,
exchange. insurance, hotels and
newspapers.
Thus. through its railway. the
japanese government has entered
all forms Of business. Hence for
eigners are vacating. The open
door has been shut.