Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-10-05 | Page 3 | Japan Orders War Vessels to China Port

JAPAN ORDERS WAR AR VESSElS TO TU CHINA CHI PORT PURT Two Destroyers Anchor as Nipponese Fear River Harbor Trouble Br far Pre Frees SHANGHAI Oct 5 Two 5 Two Japanese Japan Japan- ese eec destroyers arrived hero here today and two others were on their way to reinforce Japans Japan's flotilla on the Yangtze river in the face of Japanese Japan Japan- ese fears that serious trouble would break out against their nationals In Inmany Inmany Inmany many river ports The Japanese exodus from various Chinese cities clUes which has been developing developing de de- dc- dc intermittently since trouble between the two countries started openly two weeks ago with the occupation occupation oc oc- oc of southern Manchuria by Japanese troops quickened a little today CONSULATE CLOSES The Japanese legation here announced an an- its consulate at Nonan province had been closed and andall andall andall all its staff and other Japanese residents residents residents resi resi- dents there had bad withdrawn to Han Han- kow on instructions from the Japanese Japan Japan- ese minister to China At Szechwan province authorization was given to close the Japanese consulate and withdraw Japanese nationals I If such were deemed advisable The exodus from smaller Yangtze area cities continued continued con con- tinned all Japanese women and childr children chil chil- dr dren n quitting and Only a few Japanese men and consular staffs remained in those places The dispatch of additional Japanese Japan Japan- ese war men to the Yangtze region region re re- re gion glon was said In private advices from to have generated the deepest deepest deep deep- est pessimism bordering on panic WILD RUMORS FLY Wild rumors were afloat in the Chinese capital such as that 50 o Japanese Jap anese warships were en route to China and that possibly itself would be bombarded The only foundation for this according to a high Japanese official was the announcement that the four additional additional additional addi addi- destroyers were coming to China Chinn This official said Japan was merely merely merely mere mere- ly taking sensible precautions to protect protect protect pro pro- Its nationals and that the idea of bombarding the Chinese capital was fantastic He asserted however however how how- ever that the Yangtze valley situation situation situation situa situa- tion was grave