The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-07
Japanese Han1n1ering
 At Gates OF Nankir,g
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 sibility of his retirement.
 Earlier 1t had been reported tha Change would stay and defend thu capital which the government aban doned two weeks ago.
 Dispatches to the newspape Nichi Nichi in Tokyo said that thu Japanese were within mile of Nan king, preparing for formal entry The reports said that capital wal undefended and that the mair Chinese forces were fleeing.-Ed0
 Left Wing Collapses
 Foreign military observers report ed that the Chinese left wing appar' ently had collapsed permitting tht Japanese to proceed almost without opposition. They said, however, thai the need for bringing up heavier reinforcements to that and othei sectors of the line east of Nankine had slowed down the advance. One observer said that 1t would require the Japanese maybe @ day, maybe two and maybe a week." to capture Nanking.
 Lieut.. Gen. 1wane Matsui, Japan. csc commander -in- -chief, was re- ported to be making plans to enter Nanking behind the vanguard oi troops.
 Japanese sources asserted that outlying sections of the capital al- ready had been captured, including the Purple mountain and its sacred shrine of the republic wherein are the ashes of Sun Yat-Sen, the father" of modern China. Int $3,000, 900 mausoleum IS less thar an hours drive from the heart oi the city.
 Gen. Chiang To Stick
 There are also number of mod ern government buildings located ir the area erected By China's dicta- tor, Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek
 The generalissirno and his Ameri' can educated wife were reported by Chinese sources to be determined to remain in the capital and direct Q last stand defense from within the walls.
 Fifteen Cantonese pilots arrived in Nanking to join the central gov- ernment's depleted air force. They were placed under command of Cap- tain Huang Ching-Hiu, Q graduate of Columbia university.
 Chinese officers said that they ex- pected furious Japanese air and are tillery attacks would begin shortly The city already has been subjected to airplane bombings and numerous fires were reported.
 Nanking About Deserted
 Nanking was practically deserted Virtually all foreigners and about three -fourths of the native popu- lation had left. The Chinese screamed by the thousands out of the huge western gate.
 Thirteen Americans planned to remain in the capital until the end. Six others, including four attaches of the United States embassy, were ready to join their countrymen aboard the Panay.
 In Shanghai Japanese officials upheld their action of yesterday when they invaded" the Interna- tional Settlement, went to the Great Eastern hotel and arrested four Chinese.
 A Japanese spokesman said that the arresting officers were of the regular Japanese army and not of the consular police. He said that the raid on the hotel was in "view of the necessity and dictated by mile itary requirements.
 Chinese Suspects
 "Those arrested were suspected of activities detrimental to the Japan- csc military forces and they were released when their innocence was proved" he said.
 Foreign consular agents protested the Japanese action, believing 1t was intended to establish 6 precedent for independent Japanese arrests of Chinese within the settlement.
 Meanwhile, Herbert Phillips, the British consul general, made for. nal representations to Japanese au- thorities over the bombing of three British vessels at Wuhu. Further