Evening star., 1937-10-29

By the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, Oct. 29.-Three British
Ulster Rif1emen were killed and sew
eral wounded tonight during japanese
shelling of Hungjao, suburb to the
west of the International Settlement
and home of many Americans and
other foreigners, British military
headquarters announced.
Artillery shelling and aerial attack
In the Chinese-JapaneSe war spread
damage among American mission and
other foreign property, and during the
day British defense lines along the
settlement frequently had been under
fire.
Seven Chinese non-c combatants also
we're killed or wounded. The Ulster
Riflemen were stationed at the British
defense post on the corner of Keswick
and Brennan roads, at the northwest
corner of the Settlement and oppo-
sites the entrance to Jessfield Park.
The shells apparently came from
japanese batteries in Chapel and were
intended for Chinese positions in
Hungjao.
One unidentified foreigner and sew
eral Chinese also were reported killed
by Japanese shells falling inside the
British lines.
London Indignant.
Cat London great indignation
s,,1 1<1 io1 81 fpTou
over the killing of the three rifle
men.
(The fact killings occurred so
soon after a British sentry was
machine-gunned to death Sunday
at a British defense post in Shang-
hal increased the bitterness. but
formal comment was withheld
pending an official report on the
incident.
, link was scarcely dry on the
Japanese apology and offer of COM
pensation for Sundays shooting.
(The House of Commons ad-
journed for the week end before
news of the shooting became known
in London. Many members have
demanded the imposition of trade
boycott on Japan as means OF
reprisal)
Many Americans and other foreign
ers abandoned their magnificent homes
in Hungjao to seek safety within the
settlement, as the battle for posses
sion of Shanghai centered in the sub
urban area.
Throughout the day shells exploded
near posts manned by the Royal Ulster
Rihemen. Japanese artillery, bonn
harding Chinese in the Hungjo area,
dropped eight shells into Jessfield
Park alone. One of the shells dam
aged st. Johns University.
Windows in Homes Shattered.
Many windows in buildings and
homes in the western district, especial
" along Yu Yuen road, were shat
tered. Trolly car wires in the Jess
field sector were broken, disrupting
all service.
A British policeman's motor cycle
was wrecked few seconds after he
stepped from it. Maj. Gen. A. P. D.
in command of the
British forces, went quickly to the
scene. Then he called on Admiral
Kiyoshi Hasegawa, japanese naval
commander in the Shanghai sector.
The Seventh Day Adventist Sani-
tarium evacuated its patients and
equipment after several bullets struck
the hospital when japanese flyer
shot at a group of Chinese soldiers
ard refugees at the hospital gates.
Meanwhile in Sungkiang, several
miles to the west of Shanghai, the
American Southern Methodist Susan
3. Wilson School for Girls was set
sfire and almost destroyed, the home
OF Rev. w. B. Burke (now in the
United States) was demolished, the
Southern Methodist Mission COM
pound was damaged and its so occu-
pants sought refuge in dugouts dur
ing bombardment by 20 Japanese
planes.
British army authorities blockaded
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