The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-01
Everythlng Included

The Japanese warning brought into the potential war zone all oi China's 3,000,000 square miles oi territory and 423 100000 people. AL ready Japanese airplaneS havl bombed such towns as Tatung, 33( miles inland in the north: Nanking 280 miles inland from Shanghai Kalgan, in the north, and Canton i,260 miles south of Kalgan.
 Canton was the latest big target and 1t appeared from reports that the bombing there was one of tho most efficient the Japanese have carried out in that the bombs there struck military objectives predomin' antly.
 A Japanese embassy spokesman announced hlandly that the Japan- csc government, desiring to avoie misunderstanding with foreign ships, would find 1t convenient tc have advance notice of ships enter. ing the blockade area"
 Might Inspect All Ships
 He explained that Japan might resort to more effective and more suitabel measures, as he put 1t, tt halt "all importation of arms ane ammunition to China." He added that the blockade did not apply tC foreign vessels, but Japanese war ships might inspect" them whey their true nationality was doubtful He said that some Chinese ship were flying foreign flags.
 It was on that ground that hl intimated United States and othel foreign ships might submitthom' selves to Japanese approval by giv' ing advance notice of movements into the blockade zone.
 Japanese navy authorities issued c second warning today, which of. fects American and other foreign ships as the bombardment warning affects lives of Americans and oth- CTS ashore.
 French Ship Cut Through
 It was announced that Q French merchantman had cut through [ Japanese squadron formation of Woosung, and this was made the occasion for c Japanese navy warh- ing that all foreign vessels must avoid Q repetition due to the dan- ger of Chinese bombardment or oi collision with Japanese ships.
 AnxietieS offoreign authoriteii were intensified because of the prGs- ence of cholera among Chinese refugees in the French concession Authorities ct British Hong Kong down the coast, had just succeeded in controlling Q similar outbreak there.
 It appeared that the big, "final Japanese drive for Shanghai wai well under way.
 Bitter Fight Raging
 Bitterest fighting was raging At midday along Q 10 mile front, ex- tending from the bank of the Whangpoo on the Shanghai side oi Woosung village to Q point neal Kiating, west of 1t.
 Villages throughout the lush countryside north of Shanghai were burning, their smoke merging in tht sky with that from the Japanese artillery putting down barrages or the Chinese lines.
 It was reported that Japanese air. planes, bombing Chenju In the west ern outskirts of Shanghai, prac- tically destroyed the internationa radio station, over which flies Q bll American flag. It was reported several days ago that the station had been destroyed. That time il turned out that only slight damage was done to 1t.
 Russia May Jump In
 Shanghai, Sept. 1 - (UP)-Th( possibility of Russian Soviet direct intervention in the Chinese-J -Japa- nese war Is increasing daily, Q Sur- vey of diplomatic opinion indicated tonight.
 Diplomats based their predic- tions on several developments:
 1. Persistent reports that 20 oS more Soviet military flyers have been "lent" to China by Russia and are now in combat with the Chinese air force.
 2. Extension of the Japanese drive northwest of Peiping into 6uiyar province. This directly menacei Russian-co controlled areas in outer Mongolia and sinkiang and Russia has announced that she will fight at once if outer Mongolia, particu- larly, is endangered, as 1t now is.
 3. Reports that Soviet Dictator Jocef stalin rapidly Is completing his blood pudge" of the Russian communist party and re-consoli' dating his supreme power over the entire Soviet military and political machine.
 Russia, 1t was pointed out, already has ample excuses for sending troops into China where her con sulate general in Tientsin wa wrecked and its archives conhscatec by alleged Jajanese military agents
 "If the war lasts six months, and China continues to offer her pres. ent vigorous resistance, the betting Is better than even that A40seOV will be in." one diplomatic expert said, pointing out that Soviet rule h eaataEn Siberia will Do based On