Evening star., 1937-12-02
JAPANESE PLANES
KILL, |NJURE 1000
CHINESE CIVILIANS
1,10O Houses in Hsiaoshan,
Near Hangchow, Razed
in Air Raid.
SHANGHAI C0NQUERORS
PLAN VICTORY PARADE
Procession Through international
Settlement Arranged Despite
U. S.-British Protest.

Reports of Russian assistance to
Chinese heard after conclusion of
Russo-C Chinese non-aggression pact
in summer, but no concrete eUi-
dence OF armed help found until
recently. Chinese air force inactive
for more than month as Chinese
troops hate retreated before on
slaughts OF japanese, first at
Shanghai and subsequently along
Yangtae RiUer delta, along uhich
legions of Nippon are aduancino to
capture Marking.
Ey the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, Dec. 2.-Chinese dis
patches from Hangchow today said
more than 1000 civilians were killed
and wounded in Japanese air raid
on Hsiaoshan. about IL miles south
east of Hangchow.
Five hundred dead and wounded
-combatants were reported found
in the ruins of buildings destroyed by
japanese incendiary bombs. Those
buried in the wreckage we're not i'm
mediately extricated.
Scores were made homeless by the
destruction of LOO houses in Hsiao-
shan.
Chinese raid foe at Shanghai.
Two. Chinese airplanes raided jap
anese positions at Shanghai earlier
today in the first aerial attack by
Chinese in more than a month.
One bomb dropped near the former
anchorage Of the japanese flagship
Idzumo, near the japanese consulate
but did no damage.
japanese said the Chinese planes
operated at height of 10000 feet
successfully evading pursuit craft
They declared, however, that in an
air battle near or over Marking six
japanese planes shot down 13 of
China'S new Soviet-built airplanes.
China was said to be massing a feet
Of 300 Russian-built warplanes for a
renewal OF aerial attacks on Japan's
advancing armies.
Meanwhile the japanese conouerors
Of Shanghai made preparations for
q victory parade through the Inter-
national Settlement tomorrow in de-
fiance OF the Shanghai Municipal
Council and the representatives Of
foreign governments.
Municipal authorities received notice
that six battalions of Japanese troops
will march through the Settlement.
The Shanghai Municipal Council
told Japanese authorities that such q
demonstration at this time is mad
visable and tends to create dangerous
incidents.
Police planned to guard the line of
march of the conquering invaders.
Foreign observers, however, feared a
possible hostile incident" with armed
Japanese parading through the streets
OF the city where nearly 100000
Chinese live.
Enters Through British Lines.
The japanese procession is to enter
the Settlement through British defense
lines and proceed along such we'll
known streets as Marking road, Bub-
bling Well road and the Shanghai
Bund.
Maj. Gen. A. P. D. Teller Smollet.
commander of British forces, was un-
derstood to have ordered his troops to
remove portion of their defense bar
ricades to permit passage of the parade
and to salute the Japanese in accord
ance with military custom.
The tentative route indicated the
parade would not pass through the
American defense sector nor the
French concession.
1t was learned that when the jap
anese approached French authorities
concerning similar parade through
the French concession Saturday they
were told the question was too serious