Show IN CIVil WAR B BY CHINA DICTATOR Action Taken Because of Critical Situation With Japanese CIRCULAR SENT OUT Americans in on onWay onWay onWay Way to Safety Belief LONDON May 9 AP Chang AP-Chang Chang Tso Tao Lin the northern dictator sent out a telegram to all civil and military military mili mili- tary authorities throughout China today a Reuter dispatch from Peking Peking Pe Pe- king sr ys proclaiming a temporary cessation of war between the northerners northerners northerners north north- erners and the southerners because of the critical situation which has arisen n between Japan and China in Shantung province Chang's telegram declared that civil war had been in progress progress in Iii China for several years while communists com coin had been attempting to ruin th the country He always apprehended apprehended apprehended that the the w war r might impair Chinas China's Chin s 's friendly relations and unfortunate un un- un- un fo fortunate d incidents v now had happ hap- hap p n n ed J l issued ue or orders orders orders or- or ders to his troops to cease hostilIties hostilities hosUl- hosUl Hies In order to save the country PEKING May 9 United Press Desultory fighting continued to today today today to- to day between the Chinese national nationalist i it t army and the Japanese expeditionary expeditionary force at with ad advices advices advices ad- ad vices here stating that the nationalists nationalists nation nation- had evacuated the occupied zone Casualties were said to be small Much of th the operations were were be believed pe- pe e to be from snipers who have been reported active in the past forty-eight forty hours in the stricken territory LONDON May ray 9 U AP AP-A AP A Reuters Reuter's Reuters Reuter's Reuters Reuter's Reu- Reu ter's from Peking says that it is learned on reliable authority that Chang Tso Tso-Lin the northern dictator has decided to issue a n. circular telegram throughout China announcing temporary cessation of the present civil war between the north and south in view of the the- critical international situation in Shantung TO ASK COOPERATION It is understood that the tel telegram gram will suggest cooperation cool of the and south in securing a settlement settlement set set- of the affair Issuance of the telegram is ex expected expected ex- ex tonight SHANGHAI May 9 AP With P With a virtual state of war existing between Japan and nationalist China nearly all Americans who nave nave been been in the blood-bathed blood city of were believed to be on their way to safety today Seventeen Americans nine men Continued on page 8 TRUCE CALLED IN CIVIL WAR BY BYI CHINA DICTATOR I Continued from page 1 six six women and two children were on a a. traIn tiam headed for from Four British one Italian and one French citizens were also aboard the train Japanese and Germans however remained in the war zone zone CONSULS REMAIN The J Japanese offered to evacuate all aU consuls because of fear that a state of war might be forced upon them at any time The American and German consuls however however how how- ever decided to remain in GENEVA May 9 AP AP-A AP A protest from China to the league of or nations over Japanese military action in Shantung a as a possibility r Cheng Ix Loh h Chinese member of the league council told the Associated Press coi correspondent respondent today He added he heas was as awaiting instructions from his g government at Peking Chena Cheng Loh Lol who is now in Paris but is coming to Geneva for forthe the meeting meeting- 01 oY the council in June said over o the telephone that both northerners northerners northerners north north- erners erners and southerners have the same view concerning the attitude of ot the Japanese In Shantung He He thought It that both both- factions factions factions fac fac- might unite in fn deciding to submit submit sub sub- I mit nut the dispute to the league PEKING May 9 AP The AP-The The Japanese Japanese Jap Jar I anese in Shantung were determined today to enforce the demands of or their ultimatum to tho the Chinese nationalists nationalists nationalists na na- na- na at all costs official ad advices ad- ad ices vices from indicated AMERICAN ESCAPES Fear for the safety of one American American American Ameri Ameri- can who was captured in the nationalist nationalist nationalist na na- sweep across Shantung disappeared red when a dispatch from told of Iris his escape L. L C. C Osborn of Columbus 0 O. a member of the staff of the Nazarene mission at western Shantung sent a telegram to saying he had reached capital of Honan Ronan province safely The Japanese legation at Peking said that General order applied to the entire railway It would not be Interpreted however as interfering 5 with traffic on the Ti railway which me meant nt that the na nationalists na- na were free to continue northward ward as they desired as far as the Japanese were concerned With American British and Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese flags flying an International train ran from to carrying seventeen Americans four British civilians and an Italian and French Trench citizen from the war zone It was operated by a German- German Japanese crew S MANILA lA ILA May 9 AP Large AP-Large Large numbers of both Chinese and Japanese Jap Jap- anese anese here her were said today to have llave I indicated their intention of of returnIng returning return return- ing to their respective countries to volunteer for military service in incase Incase Incase case they are needed In the China- China Japanese trouble now V centering FLAGS HALF HALF MASTED MASTED Tho The Chinese were represented as being ready to raise pesos should the nationalist government call upon them for financial aid ald F Chinese nationalist flags were masted half in observance of hu humiliation humiliation day Monday This was the anniversary of Japans Japan's famous ultimatum of twenty one demands upon U on China I TSI China May 9 0 AP AP- AP Thrilling times and narrow escapes were here experienced by an lp American missionary and a a. famine relief investigator investigator in- in during the fighting last week week at between the Chinese and and the Japanese 1 The Rev C. C O. O C Cooley oley of the National National National Na Na- Holiness mission stationed at fifty miles mUes southwest of was In fn on May 3 staying at Steins Stein's hotel which subsequently subsequently subsequently sub sub- va was looted When the hotel became the center of ot a battle between the nationalists and the Japanese the guests were at lunch A party of nationalists after firing through top floor loor windows entered and ransacked the place Meanwhile Japanese troops who pr previously had been guarding the hotel hut lut had been withdrawn decided de de- de- de cm e d w tb recapture It and Mr Cooley Coo- Coo Icy ley found himself between two fires lIe fied from room room to room dodging bullets and finally escaped ov over r a back wall and nd took refuge in the German consulate He arrived 1 i at on a Japanese military tr train ln The mission which Is protes- protes J y t i-t tant tint has its headquarters in cl Chi cage cago ENGLISHMAN CLUBBED CLUBBED H H. J J. J Timperley British a subject but representing the China famine e fund fond committee of New York was in on May 1 investigating famine conditions conditions' in Shantung province He was caught in the fighting near the railway station between the nationalists and the retreating northerners and l later ter flurry of excitement resulting re resulting resulting re- re from the nationalists' nationalists arrival ar arrival arrival ar- ar rival was clubbed by a Japanese soldier as as he was returning ning to his hotel from the tele telegraph office When th the Japanese Chinese fighting fighting fighting fight fight- ing broke out on May 1 TImperley had just reached tire the headquarters of Chiang shek Kai the nationalist commander in commander in chief He lie was held up by a detachment of General Feng Yu Yu-Hsiang's men who evidently suspecting him hm to be a lL Russian spy took a pot shot at ulm aim hauled him over a foot 30 wall and handed him over to their c commander He was released when his identity was laS esta established Out of the frying pan into the fire TImperley a a. half hour hOUI later found himself mal marooned in the tho street with fighting going on all allaround around him Finally he took refuge in th the American American Amer Amer- ican lean consulate Meanwhile his hotel had been looted and his personal property stolen Including a a. set of photographs in connection with his famine investigation tion in western Shantung TImperley who arrived at Tsing TSing- tao on Monday l declared that thai in dealing dealing- with tho the nationalists nationalists' he soon found his American connection a a. passport to safety |