ENORMOUS DAMAGE
FIGHTING AT CHAPEI
HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE
- . SHANGHAI, 31st January. ■This morning tha Japanese sent up ■twenty aeroplanes to demonstrate over the-Chapei hinterland without bombing.
Alleging that the Hongkew Hotel, within the northern area of the International Settlement, housed Chinese snipers, the Japanese entered it at S o clock this morning, cleared the guests out, sprinkled the place with parafiSn, and set it on fire. This is the first action taken within the Settlement against the Chinese, seriously challenging the authority of the municipal council.
_ Three days' fighting in Chapei and its environs resulted in enormous damf g!; *™ js.,,beUeved that the Japanese lost 500 killed and the Chinese many times more.
The removal of the capital from Nanking to Loyang indicates an intention to escape the possible attentions of a Japanese fleet up the Yangtse. The food supplies in Shanghai are sufficient only for three weeks. Bice already as soaring in price.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 26, 1 February 1932, Page 7
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154ENORMOUS DAMAGE Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 26, 1 February 1932, Page 7
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