The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-09

kruurh Ipao Caainn unless arms rhipnslats to chinese oeneralissirno 6Aaiang Kai-gnek over Indo China roads and railways ceased. These Elareats were coupled with later asser- kl0ns by Japanese army officials that arms shipments were stili going to Dhiang Kai- Ghek from French Indo- China.
 6. Uapans. demand on Great Britain to prohibit similar arms shipments to Chinese armies ae1rOugh British-cortrolled Burma, and Brttain's rejection of this de- ennnd.
 2. Japanese encirclement of the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong: evacuation of American H1a- tiouais British women and children from Hong Kong to the Philippines, and propaTations by British army and nayy commanders for Hast ditch" defense of the colony.
 8, Significant visit by . Japanese admiral to the Japanese colony at Davao, on the southern Philippine Island of Mindanao. The arl- nouriced purpose of the visit was to ascertain the health conditions" of Japanese residents.
 Tn view of these developments, di- plosnats here believed Richardson's surprise visit to the White House, necessitating an airplane flight of over 5000 miles, pointed to an indefi- mite stay of the fleet in Hawaiian waters, and possibly to other devel- opments in this scountry's naval strategy in the Pacific.
 APOLOGY TO BE DEMANDED
 Shanghai, July 9.-(UP)-A Jap anese embassy spokesman said to- day that Japan would demand an apology for the arrest of l6 Japan ese gendaymes by United States ma rinee, and intimated that rejection of the demand might affect the whole course of JapaneSe- American relations.
 Ken Tgr,imi, the spokesman, a former embassy secretary at Wash- angton and a former consul at Los Angeles and Portland, Ore, said that IJapans protest against the arrests required an apology. He hoped, he said, that the apology would be forthcoming.
 'sThere is no question regarding Ehe seriousness of the case, which is regarded as Q grave insult to the Japanese army" he said. How ever, we do not believe that either HapaneSe or. American authorities will pursue such an unwise policy as to aggravate the case until 1t affects the whole relationship be- tween the two countries"
 Japanese right wing elements started an anti-American campaign in Shanghai in expression of their mounting anger over the arrests.
 Tslrumi. discussing this develop ment, said:
 As . matter of course such a case ig likely to excite local Japan ese, but Japanese authorities intend to exercise proper control for sup- preston of any illegal anti-Ameri- can campaign. It Is entirely up to Japanese newspapers how they treat news. Some headlines are sofne- what sensational, but such sensa- tionalism ig not uncommon in Arn- erican journalism and we have no intention of suppressing it."
 Marines Denounced
 Japanese army censors passed edi. torials in the Japanese newspapers denouncing the marines and the United States.
 Right wing elements posted anti Amegican placards in the streets.
 Placards headed Japanese, Arisel" displayed the first page of the newspaper Tairiku, organ of the Japanese army in the Shanghai area, on which was a photograph of a marine holding 6 sub-machine gun and such headlines as they Treat Japanese Like Animals" "Am- erican Insult to Imperial Army; American Atrocity," Indignation Among Japanese People: Entire Na- Non Enreged" and American Gen. tiemen With Human Faces and Animal Skins Displayed a Hypro- Egitical Attitude"
 These placards were posted nroughout the Japanese controlled @ougkew section of the city. Amer san authorities intimated that they Noul6 make no protest, though the Napanese had protested vigorously Gn the past whenever any of the American owned papers here pulp Mshsd aIlegedly pro-C Chinese edi- korisl&
 The posters seemed to have lit- ele elfect on Japanese civilians. Sev- kral prominent Japanese expressed 6 desire for an immediate friendly kettlement of the arrest incident,
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