Evening star., 1936-09-20

BY the ASSoclateo freSS.
PEIPING September 19-Sur-
rounded by Japanese troops, the Chi
nese garrison at Fengtai surrendered
that North China railroad center to-
day as tension between the two gov
ernments was heightened by new
incident"
The staying of Niwajiro Yoshioka,
japanese consular policeman at
Hankow, assertedly by Chinese.
brought immediate orders from the
Nanking government for q thorough
search.
Observers considered this latest ex-
preston Of anti-Japanese sentiment
would do much to nullify recent off,
cial expressions of friendly feeling
between the two countries.
Although the Japanese Embassy at
Marking asserted no protest would be
tanned" from Hankow, Chinese circles
there expressed belief the Japanese
already had demanded dissolution Of
the Kuomintang (Nationalst) party
in the city.
Conceded With "Surrender."
The staying of Yoshioka, reported
shot in the back Of the head while
standing in a police box. conceded
with the surrender" of Fengtai to
make amends for what the Japanese
contended was an attack on Japan
ese officer and his orderly by soldiers
Of the Chinese garrison.
In addition Col. Hsu Chao-Lin. Chi
nese garrison commander. gave a
public apology to Col. Renya Muta-
guchi, commander of the Japanese
Embassy guard at Peiping.
After the ceremony. performed in
the presence of both detachments,
the 400 japanese troops in full war
equipment marched into the garrison
just vacated by thousands Of Chinese.
Chinese machine guns were mount
ed on the roof of the barracks, but
ofhcers said they had ordered their
troops not to begin a quarrel under
any circumstances.
U. s. Writer Mishandled.
The calm Of the proceedings was
broken only by the rough treatment
OF Frank Smothers. Chicago Daily
News correspondent, who said he and
his wife were handled rudely by Jap.
anese while attempting to report the
surrender.
Hankow authorities meanwhile as
sured Yoshiaki Miura, Japanese Con-
sui, General. that his countrymen
would receive fullest protection
against any new attacks. Japanese
warships. however, landed patrol par
ties and all persons entering the
japanese concession were searched.
At Shanghai officers of the third
Japanese fleet called an emergency
conference on the cruiser Idzumo to
consider measures to be taken as a
result of the staying"
The Japanese Consul at Swatow,
on the South China coast, simultane-
ously protested to authorities the dis
covery of a bomb in a Japanese res
taurant there. At the same time q
Manchoukuan army oficer reported
to Hankow japanese authorities that
he had been attacked by Chinese on
train from Peiping.
Chinese Officers Resentful.
Despite the settlement of the Feng-
tai incident, it was reported at
Tientsin that Chinese oficers were
resentful because they contended the
Japanese ofncer and his orderly were
molested in an attempt to disarm
garrison troops.
japanese officers in North China
were said to have demanded the sur
render Of the garrison as q move
toward the expulsion of Chinese
troops from North China. Chinese
vernacular papers attributed the new
outbreak of anti-Japanese feeling to
the elaborate celebration yesterday Of
the occupation Of Mukden, Man.
churia, five years ago.
The nineteenth route army, whose
departure from Pakhoi earlier had
been demanded by the japanese be-
cause Of the Staying Of q Japanese
druggist on September 3, was re-
ported to have refused to leave. At
Canton it was reported that Marshal
Chang Kai Shek, ruler of South
China. had ordered Kwantug forces
to drive out the insurgent troops,