SHANGHAI INCIDENT

Greymouth Evening Star, 21 October 1939, Page 8

SHANGHAI INCIDENT

CHINESE POLICEMAN KILLED. [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] (Recd. October 21, 12.15 p.m.) NEW YORK, October 20. The Shanghai correspondent of the| United Press of America states that the killing of a Chinese policeman, and the wounding of a Sikh colleague, on an outside settlement road, resulted in a warning from the British Secretary (General Phillips) of the Municipal Council, that it will withdraw police protection from outside roads, due to the “uncontrolled hooliganism” of the Japanese, directed by the Chinese city government. The American chairman of the Council, Mr. Franklin, announced that, if necessary, he would ask for United States marines to protect American residents and property on outside roads. The incident again becomes the highlight of the bitter dispute between the Council and Japan. FALSE ENEMY CLAIMS PARIS, October 20. Authoritative military circles, commenting on yesterday’s German communique, unequivocally declare that the German claims regarding prisoners, and British and French plane losses are absolutely false. The proportion of wounded and dead in German lists is contrary to the experience o£ modern warfare. tl is officially known that 28 German planes were brought down in September.