The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-07-08

POLICE INVADE
US. Held AREA
Bitter Anti.Japanese Ter
rorism in Shanghai
Is Halted
POLICE SEIZE OVER
THOUSAND CHINESE
By ROBERT BELLAfRE


japanese authorities conferred
with officers of the United States
marines today and. it was report
ed. protested against the eviction
Of Japanese gendarmes and plain
clothes policemen from the Amer
lean defense sector Of the Inter
national Settlement.
The protest came at the end of
20 hours Of bitter anti-Japanese
terrorism carried out by Chinese
on the first anniversary of the
Chinese-Japanese war. At least
eight Japanese and an undeter-
mined number of Chinese had
been killed. Many persons were
wounded, including a British sol
der.
The Japanese, aided BY for
eign troops and settlement police.
rounded up more than 1000 Chi
nese suspected of terrorism.
The rioting ended early today.
The marines had evicted Japa-
nese gendarmes and plainclothes
police from the American defense
sector in the international Settle
ment where the invaders attempt
ed to search Chinese suspects. At
ter that, the sector was closed to
all.
The Japanese, angered, retired
to the Japanese Hangkew section
of the international Settlement.
Later this morning the Japanese
consulate protested to the Shang-
hal municipal council against the
alleged failure Of the police to
protect Japanese civilians and po-
lice agents.
Municipal police authorities then
made representations to the Japa-
nese about unauthorized searches
by armed but unauthorized Japa-
nese police.
The city returned to normal
after the marines. British and
French soldiers and settlement po-
lice took matters into hand. Set
Element and French concession
forces had been modified on the
largest scale since the battle for
Shanghai last fall.
Authorities said they had evil
dence that many bombings and as
sassinations were on An organized
basis.
Police revealed that they had
received Chinese notification
from unknown sources announc-
ing that guerrillas would storm
the japanese district of Hongkew
"for the purpose of creating dis
turbance."
Several japanese airplane squad
rons flew over Canton en- route TO
bomb South China railways and
airdromes, but dropped no bombs
on the city.
In Shanghai, japanese troops
and gendarmes patrolled sections
of the international Settlement
south of Soochow creek.
U. S. marines halted japanese
gendarmes early today after IL
hours of Chinese terrorist act,vi-
ties in the international Settle
ment during which more than l.
600 Chinese were seized by police
and international forces.
The marines acted when two
motor trucks filled with japanese
military police and civilian re
cruits attempt to enter their de-
Tense sector in the Anglo-Ameri-
can area of the settlement to
search for Chinese Nationalist
bombers who had been terrorizing
the japanese Hongkew section of
the settlement.
The marines stopped the trucks
as they crossed the American
boundary and forced the drivers
to turn and recross Yuyaching
road where the Japanese remained
silently for half an hour before
driving back into Hongkew.
Bomb and grenade attacks be-
gan yesterday at dawn and con-
tinued sporadically throughout the
day. Bv midnight more than 1000
suspected terrorists had been ar
rested but about 700 Of them
were released early today.
Hotels, shops, homes. cabarets.
theatres and office buildings were
searched. tram cars stopped. and
scores of pedestrians forced into
their homes.
French police beat back crowds
a dozen times in their concession
and broke up half a dozen incipi-
ent Chinese Nationalist demon
STATIONS. The French ordered
their men to "shoot first and ask
questions afterward."