Evening star., 1935-11-10
JAPANESE OCCUPY
SHANGHAI SECTOR
TO AVENGE KILLING
1000 Troops Landed After
Assassination of Marine,
AlIegedIy by Chinese.
EMBASSY DEMANDS
AMENDS BE MADE
Showdown" Believed Near in
Critical Situation as TOXIC
Threatens Drastic Action.
BY the Associated Press.

DS NAiC nSoOCAdlCN
SHANGHAI, November 10 (Sun-
day. Nearly 1000 japanese marines
marched into a demilitarized section
OF Shanghai today after the assaSsina-
ton of one Of their comrades, and a
Showdown" in critical japanese
relations appeared at hand.
Bayonets fixed, battalion was mo-
bilized from three Japanese warships
in the harbor and hurriedly sent into
the native quarter where the Staying
took place.
They appeared prepared to enforce
the threat by the Japanese Embassy
Of drastic action unless satisfaction
is quickly forthcoming. Chinese, re-
! calling the hostilities of 1882. when
Shanghai was attacked, were panic
stricken.
Politics Blamed for Staying.
Political motives were assigned by
the japanese Embassy for the Staying
of the marine, Hideo Nakayama. %.
He was shot in the neck and fatally
wounded, allegedly by Chinese. The
scene was in the Hongkew district,
outside the foreign settlement.
Embassy officials Immediately called
upon Chinese authorities to present
their demands.
After their visit the chief secretary
of the Chinese controlled municipality
of greater Shanghai rendered as
surances to japanese naval authorities
that Chinese officials would cooperate
TO the fullest extent" with settlement
authorities in the hunt for the slayer.
While the scene of the incident was
in the Chinese city. it occurred on the
so-called extra settlement road, which
is controlled by settlement police.
Shortly before noon relatively nor
NAL conditions we're restored, but the
japanese blue jackets were not with
drawn.
Asserting there had been a huge
concentration of Chinese troops In
! this vicinity. the embassy officials
said they suspected the slayer was a
member of the Chinese army in plain
clothes.
A tour of the Hongkew district dis
closed an area of a dozen blocks
around the scene of the shooting was
swarming with bayonet-armed Japa-
nese bluejackets.
Few Chinese on Streets.
Every house was tightly shuttered
and scarcely any Chinese were seen.
All pedestrians we're questioned. Arm
ored motor cycles. equipped with ma
chine guns. moved through the streets,
while in front of the japanese naval
landing headquarters, only a few
blocks from the scene of the Staying,
a line of armored cars and trucks
stood ready for action.
A morgue-like silence prevailed.
broken only by the blare OF jazz bands
IN the nearby entertainment district,
where all-night cabarets were operat-
ing.
The seriousness of the incident was
| aggravated by the fact it follows
closely upon an attempt November /
to assassinate Premier Wang Ching
| Wei of China. The attempt, made at
Nanking, was attributed to anti
japanese plotterS.
Pistol IN Sn0Otlng fOunu.
Half a dozen suspects have already
been arrested and comrades OF the
slain marine searched houses Tor
others. The pistol used in the shoot
| ing was found.
The embassy demanded the imme-
diate arrest of the assassin. 1t issued
| this statement:
THE affair is serious because 1t
was an attack on uniformed member
of the Japanese Navy. We hope the
Chinese authorities will speedily ar
rest the assailant.
I'm view of the rumorS circulating
! in the last few days. it is hoped the
Chinese authorities will make an effort
to dispel the dark clouds seeming to
hover over Sino-JapaneSe relations"
(Feeling has been tense because OF
japanese activities in Northern China
and reports, denied by the Japanese.
that they intended to make new de-
mands upon the Marking govern
ment.)
Shot on Sidewalk.
japanese naval officers said: "Na-
kayama was shot as he was proceeding
along the sidewalk on Darroch road.
He suffered a bullet wound piercing
the skull from the back of his neck.
while We have no clue regarding
the assailant. we consider the attack
a provocation directed at the special
naval landing party.
I'VE shall demand not only q
thorough investigation by the Bureau
of Public Safety, but shall demand that
complete inquiry be made by the
Shanghai municipal police. The land
ing party was Immediately mobilized
and still remains on that footing"
Although the scene of the shooting
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