CALM BEFORE STORM

Grey River Argus, 11 August 1937, Page 5

CALM BEFORE STORM

CHINESE SITUATION - Boycott Against Japanese [Aust. & N.Z. Cable Assn.] SHANGHAI, August 9. The Japanese repulsed' a minor Chinese attack on the Great Wall, 50 miles north of Pekin. PEKIN. August 9. The commander of the Japanese troops in Pekin states that the troops will preserve law and order, and he threatens disturbers with severe penalties. The police.visited the Chinese Government radio station, and removed essentia] parts, preventing transmission of even commercial messages.

JAP. OFFICER SHOT. SHANGHAI. August 9. Chinese sentries at Hungjao aerodrome fired on a car containing Japanese officers, which refused to stop when challenged. One officer was killed. Serious repercussions are expected. FEARS OF BOMBING. SHANGHAI, August 9. Sixty thousand terror-stricken Chinese refugees cower in the streets of the International Settlement, fearing a repetition of Japanese bombing of their homes as in 1932, when thousands were slain. JAP. EVACUATION. SHANGHAI, August 9. The evacuation of Japanese residents in towns on the Yangtse JLiver is completed. CHINESE HOPES. SHANGHAI, August 9. Officials, despite the apparent imminence of open warfare, are heartened by the Japanese withdrawal from the central and upper valleys of the Yangtsekiang, x and Finance Minister Kung’s completion of the credit agreement with Paris. ANTI-JAP. BOYCOTT. SHANGHAI, August 9. An anti-Japanese boycott is sweeping China. Tradesmen refuse to sell food to the Japanese, who are forced to obtain provisions from Japan.