CHINA AND JAPAN
JAPANESE DENTAL. OF COMMISSION'S' REPORT. AN ULTIMATUM ISSUED. [United Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. 1 KOBE! February 16. Japanese naval authorities deny many affirmations regarding their actions made in Shanghai Consular Commission’s report to Geneva, including such statements as that 19 Japanese planes' flfcuv over Shanghai on 31st. January, and that Japanese marines interfered with municipal functions. Japanese have issued a ultimatum stating unless all Chinese forces are. withdrawn 20 kilometres from Shanghai, the Japanese would attack in force. TYPIST’S NARROW ESCAPE. BULLET THROUGH WINDOW. SHANGHAI, February 16. Margaret Nash, a typist at the British Consluate, was hanging up her coat after lunch, when a mystery bullet crashed through the window, traversing iber desk. Mr Brennan, the Consul, was in the next room. Shanghai is nervously awaiting the offensive which the new Japanese troops are expected to launch on Wednesday. Five Chinese army, corps under Feng Yu Hsiang, are concentrating on the Shanghai-Nanking railway area.
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Hokitika Guardian, 17 February 1932, Page 6
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