The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-28
Caught Bet1veen Fire
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lurid pictures of dramatic hours through which they passed, on the Whangpoo river, as unwilling par- ticipants-in the role of targets in the Chinese e-Japanese war,
 Aboard c tender that took 32i refugees, including ie0 Americans and Filipinos, down the river, aboard the Dollar liner President Lincoln, and aboard the tender coming back up the river, Ameri- cans were under machine gun and rife fire for hours and 1t seemed almost c miracle that--So far as was known-none was hit.
 So urgently dangerous was the situation that four Americans ar- irving on the liner were formally forbidden by the liners officers to leave, and they had to say that they would make the trip up the river in the tender at their own risk.
 At Their Own Risk
 The passengers were Mrs. II. Maxcy Smith, N. R., returning from the United States to join her hus- band here; D. W. Langdon, shang. hal business man returning from the United States; Bonney Powell, Fox inovietone photographer com- ing from Japan to photograph the war, and an unidentified man.
 As the tender with it's navy guard first made It's way down the river and neared the liner with its refu- gees, an unidentified Japanese gun boat, apparently 6 river patrol boat, circled the liner.
 As 1t started It's strange maneu- yer, it's machine gun and . one. pounder gun opened rapid fire on the quarantine station along shore and on the nearby Chinese en- trenchmentB. The Chinese shot back, Bullets dipped close past the tender or spatt6d against its hui.
 The American bluejackets who formed q refugee guard and the refugees dived for the deck or jumped to the nearest cabin door.
 The President Lincoln itself, moored of the quarantine station, was under fire for hours.
 Photographer Powell said that aS early aS a. m. the bullets began sriacking against the liners side.
 Drew Chinese Fire
 Passengers said that the reason for the fire was that Japanese war. ships, two Of which passed between the President Lincoln and the shore drew Chinese fire.
 The passengers SEW two Japanese bombing planes shot down before the tenders arrival.
 Chinese anti-aircraft and machine gun batteries, stationed near Woo. sung, brought down both the big plane aS they dropped their bombs on the Chinese lines,
 one plane, Photographer Powell said, received c direct hit and was blown to pieces in the air.
 The second plane, apparently disabled by machine gunners, floses diyed and crashed out Of sight bee hind buildings near WOogung,
 Both planes were downed with. in . mile Of the President Lincoln,
 The passengers also saw Ave Jap- afleSe boraberS, including the two which crashed, bomb heavily the Chinese troop lines outside Woo. sung.
 British Vessel Stopped
 London, Aug. 2e-(UP) -The Ex- change Telegraph Shanghai corrres spondent reported today that the British steamship ghengking, q g.. 900 ton freighter, was stopped of WooSung at the mouth of the Whanhpoo today by Jananese war; ships.
 It was the first report of Jap. afiese interference with foreign ship. ping under the new blockade Of the China coast, and the victim was Great Britain-aiready angry over the wounding Of its afnbasgedor to China by 6 Japanese aiFpiane machine gun.
 The Exchange Telegraph corre~ spondsnt reported that the British commander ti chief forwarded 6 protest at once to the Japenege ali- thorities and asked an explanation.
 Under the blockade--at least aS SO far outIined--oniy Chinese ships were to be subject t0 the blockade.
 4 Japanese iiavy gpckeefiiak at Shanghai said today tllat any Chi. nege ship which did not comply with m.Aaaa A laaaA s.aSsngA ana "A. .a4faS