Evening star., 1937-09-04
Protest Sent to
Shanghai
Mayor.
SET BOUNDARY
FOR FIGHTING
City Is Steeled for
} ap an Sc
Reprisal.
BACKGROUND


Undeclared War betueen japan
and China, 1Uhich yesterday brought
the ferceSt fighting Of the four
Deek battle in the Shanghai area,
continues to rage, pith thousands
OF foreigners IN the International
Settlement and the French conces-
sion periled Surprise Chinese
counteratt forced eight Jap
dnese transports to moUe dolun-
stream and delayed landing Of re-
tntorcementS and udr supplies.
Toxic, hopeUer, intends to press
conflict to successful conclusion
and cabinet approved additional
,Uar budget OF $500, 900 900 for cam
paign.
BY the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, September 4.-Amer-
lean, British and French Consuls Cen
eral demanded today that Chinese
land forces and Japanese warships
withdraw from the vicinity of the In
ternational Settlement and the French
concession, havens for thousands of
foreigners in this international city
and splattered by artillery shelling in
the bitter warfare between Chinese
and japanese.
The consular officials addressed a
Joint communication to Mayor o. K.
Yui, protesting further endangering
the International Settlement, where
about 100 civilians were killed yester-
day. The Mayor sped the representa-
ton the Marking, Central, government
The consular chiefs asked that
Chinese troops be withdrawn to the
East of Pootung road.
They requested the japanese naval
commander 70 remove Japanese gun
boats to a point beyond the seventh
section of the Whanpoo River. to get
them out of immediate range of the
International areas.
Warships Along Bund.
American, British, French and other
Shanghais famous Bund, determined
to protect their nationals, but the
War-fagged city steeled herself against
the prospect of a more terrifying
''reprisal push by the mighty Nip
ponese war machine, temporarily
stalled by China's big guns.
Great, new fires broke out in Chinese
sections of the city today under bonn
bardment by japanese aircraft Each
side claimed advances in fighting in
the Liuho-Woosung sector, along the
mighty Yangtze and down-river from
Shanghai proper.
The United States consulate re-
ceived reports that japanese planes
dropped SO bombs on Ningpo, south of
Shanghai, in Chekiang Province.
The Chinese provincial governor of
Chekiang Province assured the con-
sulate he would make every effort to
protect Americans
Carrying the warfare 600 miles
south along the Chinese Coast, a Jap
anese cruiser and four Japanese de-
Stroyers bombarded the Port of Annoy
for four hours while supporting air
planes dropped bombs on the Chinese
military headquarters and fortress.
Annoy is opposite the Island of
Formosa, where japanese have an air.
plane base
Reports of revolts in the Japanese
dominated Manehukuoan Army per-
sisted in Shanghai. The latest Chinese
dispatch said the entire I'd Division of
the Manchukuoan Army stationed in
North Chahar Province rebelled and
declared its allegiance to China.
TWenty-one Chinese civilians were
wounded and one killed by Chinese
arti-aircraft fire which sprayed Shang-
hai's leading residential district on
Bubbling Well road A shell fell close
to the United States marine barracks.
One of China's American-made
(See CHINA, Page A-5.)