The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-30
Three Soldiers Of
 Britain Are Killed
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(Conttnued riflemen killed yesterday, who had been reused to le-hearted ad- miration by their heroic stand and were infuriated by the deaths Of their fellow soldiers. They had acted to assure the safe retreat of the death battalion if 1t wished to make 1t.
 British View of Deaths
 The British view on the death of three soldiers was made in an an- nouncement issued after a confer- ence among British and Japanese officials at the British consulate general. The same announcement said that Japanese Consul General H. Okomoto had expressed regrets to Vice Admiral Sir Charles Little, commander in chief of the British Asiatic Fleet. He said that @ full report was being sent to Tokyo and that 0 Japanese investigation was continuing.
 Okomoto also expressed regrets to Consul General Herbert Phillips and to Brigadier A. P. D. Telpher- Smollet, commander of British Shanghai forces. He was accom- panied to the consulate-general by Admiral Tadao Honda, Japanese naval attache, and Major General Harada of the Japanese army.
 Announcement Said
 "The British authorities of Shanghai informed the Japanese authorities that they consider the shelling of British posts and the area in the western district near Perimeter, which occurred the evening of October 29th, result ing in the death of three British soldiers and the wounding of two others, was due to the action of the Japanese army. The British author ities, are reporting to the British government in this serse."
 Japanese military authorities warned British and American mil- itary commander that an attack in force on the warehouses was im- minent. The warning was given, presumably, so that foreign soldiers could take cover and avoid the fate of the dead British troops.
 British Build Barricade
 The British troops erected a seven foot barricade between the warehouses and a British block house on the Chapel side of the creek, giving the members or the doomed battalion, who have taken individual oaths to die rather than surrender, safe ingress and egress if they desire to give up the light with honor. Two Chinese flags d1W bravely over the shell-torn and ccarred buildings as the Japanese made ready to launch another at- tack.
 While Rear Admiral Tadao Honda, the Japanese naval attacne ser, i'd notice on the battalion that 1t would have to surrender or de, otl.er Japanese officials were at- tempting to appLase BrlClai. anger which apparently turned high from the :a.iks of the Ulster rifiercen to their l. ighest c7ll-laanding of1c ITS.
 Officials Confer
 British and Japanese consular and diplomatic officials began con- ferring in the British consulate this afternoon, following the completion of a preliminary investigation of the death of the British soldiers. Two of them died when shell, be- lieved by the British to have been Japanese, crashed into redoubt In the British defense lines. It ap- parently had been aimed at Chi- nese positions across soochow Creek.
 The third ulster rifleman was killed by an exploding shell nearby. It, too, was believed to have been a Japanese stray.
 The British maintained their characteristic tight-lipped attitude, and officials said that no statement would be made until their investi- gation had been completed.
 Rear Admiral Honda reflected the Japanese attitude toward the men of the doomed battalion. The Jap- anese refuse to recognize them as even courageous men.
 Jap Patience Exhausted
 "In the true Samurai spirit" he said, i've have done our utmost to spare the lives of the Chinese sol- diers and to induce them to sur- render. However, our patience is exhausted and we are completing preparations for an immediate as- sault."
 If the men of the doomed bat talion surrender at once, they will be treated as prisoners of war, he said.
 The Chinese gave every indica- ton that their stand would con- tinue as before-until death. And the Japanese were bringing up men, machine guns, and light artillery for what they hoped would be the final assault.
 Three British soldiers. wounded when the shells that killed their three comrades struck the redoubt, were expected to recover.
 Previous Tension
 There had been previous tension between the Japanese and the Brit ish, and this latest incident brought it to a higher degree of rigidity. Be- fore, a Japanese plane had dived and n1achine-gunned British DO. Sition, without casualty, and Brit isn soldiers had been ordered, and had obeyed in at least one instance, to fire in . case of kalf defense.