Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-10-21
CHINESE RE-ROUTE
AIR RAID COURSE
Fly New Lanes to Avoid
Passing Over International
Settlement.
BY the Associated Press.

SHANGHAI, October 21.-Chinese
bombers few over new route today
to avoid the International Settlement
in before-dawn raids on japanese po-
sitions about Shanghai.
In previous raids the planes had
crossed over the Settlement and jap
anese anti-aircraft shell fragments
had sprayed foreign areas Yesterday
United States Ambassador Nelson T.
johnson made representations against
this practice to the Chinese govern
ment.
The Chinese foreign Office spokes-
man said unofficially of Johnson's re-
quest that Chinese airmen again were
ordered to take every precaution to
safeguard foreign areas.
He declared, however, that Jap
anese primarily were responsible for
the situation since they were operat-
ing from some sections within the
Settlement. The spokesman added
that while precautionary measures
were being taken, China is forced to
take military action against Japanese
as long as they occupy Shanghai.
New Bombing Route.
Today the foreign population slept
through the Japanese anti-aircraft
fire, unaware that shells we're burst
ing over Pootung, along the new
Chinese bombing route across the
Whangpoo River from Shanghai
proper.
Chinese bombs damaged japanese
mill on the river bank and set fire
to six buildings. The Japanese anti
aircraft fire apparently was inef1ec-
tive.
One foreign area, the Hungjao sub
urb where many wealthy foreigners
have their homes, was declared by
Chinese authorities to be out of
bounds of the International Settle
ment. Chinese were building de-
lenses in the district, which includes
40 American properties, mostly I'M
occupied residences.
Report Bombardment Success.
The japanese Navy announced
successful night bombardment of posi-
tons behind Chinese Shanghai lines.
Planes raided Is Chinese artillery po-
sitions, the announcement said. 1t
added that at one point on the front
japanese picked up the bodies of
1000 Chinese dead.
Semi-official Chinese reports said a
Chinese dare-to-die battalion raided
Japanese airfield at Yangpingpao in
Northern Shansi Province and de-
stroyed "a planes. One hundred Chi
nese were reported killed.
japanese at Peiping denied Chinese
reports of victories in Shansi Province,
but admitted the Chinese have estab-
lished 50-mile line of trenches in
the mountainous district north Of
Taiyuan. the provincial capital. jap
anese officers said their troops were
meeting stubborn resistance.
Act to Guard General.
Special police precautions amount
ing almost to martial law were put
into effect at Peiping to protect Gen.
Count Juichi Terauchi, Japanese COM
mander of an inspection tour.
CAT Toxic, Foreign Minister Koki
Hirota transmitted to all government
Offices the text of an invitation to the
nine power conference on the Chinese
japanese situation to be held at
Brussels october 80.
(The cabinet will meet tomorrow,
but it was considered doubtful that
a decision on whether to accept the
invitation would be made until later.
Foreign Office officials have conferred
on the nine-power invitation and the
foreign minister was said to have dis
cussed the situation with the Italian
Ambassador
Shantung Province Quiet.
The Shantung Province front was
quiet except for occasional Japanese
air bombardment Of points along the
Tientsin-Pukow Railway south Of
Tsinan, and an attack by five Chinese
planes on japanese lines at Pingyuan,
near the northern provincial border.
Reports from Hong Kong said jap
anese planes continued attacks on
railways in Kwantung Province. A
mixed passenger and freight train
on the Kowloon- Canton line was ma
chine-gunned from the air with minor
damage.