FEAR OF WAR IN CHINA
JAPANESE DEMANDS MET WITH FIRMNESS PREPARATIONS TO EVACUATE BRITISH SUBJECTS ' SHANGHAI, October 2. Fears of a war between China and Japan have been intensified. The Nanking Government is reported to be mobilising huge forces. More than 70,000 soldiers are guarding the Nanking-Hangkow-Shanghai railway system. Japanese marines, have virtually occupied Hongkew. The British naval authorities are preparing to evacuate British women and children from Yangtse ports in the event of emergency. The possibility of a Japanese blockade of Yangtse ports is feared as a result of the serious impasse in the negotiations. The firmness of China towards the Japanese demands has thrown Japanese diplomatic quarters into consternation, and they are now pessimistic of success. Negotiations have been renewed. An exodus of Chinese from Hongkew and Chapei follows the tension. The death sentence on two Chinese on a charge of shooting a Japanese marine at Hongkew in November, 1935, caused satisfaction in Japanese circles, but has not lessened the tension.
The Japanese Consul at Changsha, alleging that the Chinese police are hushing up an. alleged attempt to blow up his residence, is protesting to the Hunan Government."
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21905, 5 October 1936, Page 9
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