Evening star., 1937-10-15
OUTER MONGOLIA
REPORTED ARM|NG
TO FIGHT JAPAN
Russian Mobilization Story
Rushed to T0kio-Battle
Rages Near Shanghai.
PRINCE IWAKURA'S KIN
AMONG THOSE KILLED
Shell Strikes Astor House Hotel,
Occupied by Refugees-Ad-
ventist Hospital Hit.
&y the Associated Press

ks the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, October 15.-An in
tense battle ragged today in the Chapel
and Hongkew sectors, where the Chi
nese armies were making a bitter
counter thrust to stave off the long
expected japanese general attack
along the 25-mile battle front north
west of Shanghai.
At the same time, the correspondent
sof the Toxic newspaper Nichi Nichi
ut Tsitsihar, in Northern Manchukuo
reported heavy mechanical Soviet
troop movements through Ulan Bator,
capital of Outer Mongolia.
The correspondent said Russia had
ordered a general mobilization of the
Soviet Outer Mongolian forces.
Japanese reported yesterday the
capture of Kewisui, capital of Sui
yuan Province, which would bring
under japanese control vast area
on the border of Outer Mongolia.
the seat of Soviet Russia's Chinese
influence)
Three Killed in Smelling.
Three Japanese civilians were killed
and three wounded, a japanese
spokesman announced, during the
Chinese shelling of Hongkew, the
Japanese occupied sector of the Inter-
national Settlement. One of the dead
vas Tomokato Iwakura, correspondent
of the Toxic newspaper Hochi and
younger brother of Prince Iwakura.
One shell struck the famous Astor
House Hotel, now occupied by jap
anese refugees, and another hit the
Seventh Day Adventist Hospital on
Range road, the spokesman said
There were no injuries and but minor
damage to the two important struc-
lures.
The terrific Chinese artillery and
Infantry attacks, we're. carried out
against the japanese positions on the
Chapel front, a Chinese spokesman
declared. to determine the actual
strength of the Japanese troops man.
ming that sector
After two hours of savage, close
quarter fighting through the streets
of Hongkew, the Chinese obtained the
required information. As result, the
spokesman said, the Chinese forces
were confident of holding the Chapel
sector against anything the japanese
have to offer at present.
japanese Troops Surprised.
The raids were conducted with such
ightning-like speed and fierceness. he
added. the japanese troops were taken
completely by surprise and suffered
extremely heavy casualties.
A tour Of the battle area this morn
ing showed the Japanese barricades
badly smashed while the Chinese were
safely in possession of scores of alley
ways and lanes formerly held by the
Japanese.
The Chinese raids which extended
TO within a block of the Japanese con-
sulate, threw the Japanese civilians
In Hongkew into panic. More than
200 Chinese shells fell in the area,
blasting up pavements and shattering
buildings. The Chinese Immediately
converted these ruined buildings into
FNAAsoSiS AOA IASooSo AOi ACilCWCQ Oll-
slaughts against the Japanese.
japanese reinforcements attempted
to land at Yanglinkow and other
points above Liuho on the Yangtze
River, the Chinese spokesman said.
but suffered such casualties from Chi
nese land mines and machine guns
they were forced to return to their
ships.
Shanghai awoke this morning after
night of terror to count the damage
done by six Chinese air raids over
the area. intensive japanese bombing
on the fringes of the International
Settlement and French Concession and
the deadly Sino-Japanese artillery
duel.
A minimum of $50 dead and wound
ed were officially accounted for as a
result of shells and air bombs falling
in the streets of the settlement and its
suburbs.
The foreign casualties were appar-
emily limited to an American sailor
and a marine. but Admiral Harry
Yarnell and other American officers
were credited with narrow escapes.
They were standing on the bridge of
Yarnell's flagship, the cruiser Augusta.