ARMED CLASH FEARED

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19137, 5 October 1936, Page 14

ARMED CLASH FEARED

JAPAN AND CHINA MURDERS AT SHANGHAI SHANGHAI, Sept. 24. Sino Japanese tension has become .lcntc locally since murderous attacks occurred on Japanese bluejackets last .;'.'( 11 iII g. Although Japanese naval officers coim- ! I ijuii't. the feeling among civilians- is running high, and each recurring inch hut begets the possibility of others. Such evidence as is available on these and other anti-Japanese outrages here suggests that they arc the work of gangsters determined to embroil the Chinese I Invi rninent with Japan. Obviously it is impossible for the Chinese Government to control these irresponsible persons, but each new outrage' adds to the danger of a conflagration. Japanese marines at present virtually occupy the Ilongkew area of the international sell lenient. They also are patrolling Chinese territory ' outside, despite Chinese protests, on the ground that they are justified in acting thus to protect Japanese nationals.