The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-24


 cere department stores in which hundreds were killed and injured.
 Bitter Fighting Goes On
 In North China bitter fighting continued.
 The Chinese war office announced in Nanking that central government divisions fighting their way north. ward from Tehchow in southern, Hopei province were almost within sight of Tientsin,' Japan's northern military headquarters.
 Japanese military Headquarters ir Tientsin, asserted that Gen. Ishi. da's division finally had broker through the strategic Nankow pass IS miles northwest of Peiping, ant was in position to sweep forwart along the railway to Kalgan.
 Japanese cavalry patrols were re. ported to have penetrated the out skirts of Kalgan yesterday after Japanese airplanes again hae bombed the city which is genera headquarters for Gen. Tang En-Po commanding the Chinese 84th ant 89th divisions and other units de. fendng the Peiping-S -Suiyuan line.
 Guerillas Help Japan
 Pro-Japanese Mongol and Man. chu guerillas were aiding the Jap. anese cavalry regiments.
 The Japanese confirmed Chinese reports that attacking Chinese armies driving on Tientsin hae reached points within l2 miles O the city. It was asserted, however that Tientsin itself was in no dan ger.
 Torrential rains continued all ove north China hampering the opera tons of Japanese airplanes and mo torized land equipment.
 There were no new diplomatic de velopments and indications werl that both sides had completed prep arations for general war which i certain to last for months and may continue for @ year or more.
 Evacuate All Americans Members of the American emer. gency committee made arrange. ments today to evacuate all Ameri. cans from the International Settle. ment barriers which United States marines and volunteers are helping to defend. Admittedly, such @ de. velopment would be catastrophe thousands of demoralized, desperate men, fully armed, trying to rush the barriers that protect the foreigners and Chinese crowded into the set. clement. An officer representing Col. Charles F. B. Price, command. ing the 4th marines here, outlined to the committee at todays meeting the ominous situation that was like. ly to result if defeated Chimes, troops sought refuge in the settle. ment-especially through the Amer. ican defense sectors.
 Air Tight Arrangements
 The committee, on the basis of thu marine report, considered and ap. proved what 1t believes to be ail tight arrangements for American evacuation. The American Women, club and the foreign Y. M. 0. A were selected as concentration points for Americans in event of emer gency. At those two points, Ameri cans would be guarded by Ameri can marines and bluejackets unti they could be escorted to safety. T, insure the utmost safety for Ameri cans, 1t was arranged to maintain closest Jason among officials of tn, American consulate, the marin, command, Admiral Harry E. Tar nell, navy commander in chief, ant the Shanghai municipal council, a. well as leaders of other foreign com munities, foreign officials, and com mandants of other foreign defens forces.
 Must Get All Out
 Apprehensive lest hostilities sprea, through the area between northern and southern Chinese fronts, tn American embassy at Nanking an, the consulate general here ar studying means of evacuating al remaining Americans from interio points, including numerous isolate, mission stations.
 Meantime all Americans will b urged to avoid the vicinity of air. dromes, Notifications and other pos sible airplane targets.
 The liner President Lincoln, leav ing for Manila Saturday, Is expected to take at least 100 more American refugees from Shanghai, and tn President Hoover and President Mo. Kinley, first United States -bouns American liners to leave since hos tilities started here, are expected t' have capacity loads. The Presiden Hoover leaves for San Francisc, August 3i, the President McKinle. for Seattle September l.
 Americans Under Fire In taken of the danger to whicl Americans are constantly subject, tender bearing ll2 American refu' gees made its way down thI Whanepoo river today under Q bonn. bardment of warships, eirplanes ana artillery that brought threat o catastrophe at every yard.
 Accompanying the tender was thl United states destroyer Parrott yltf its crew of i2a hliaiackets.