Show HAP 1 JAPAN AN PLANS i USE OF OP HUGE I AERIAL BOMB Pound Missiles Loaded 1 on Planes in P Preparation for t k AWAIT REINFORCEMENTS REINFORCEMENT More Nipponese Troops Route to Theater Teat 8 I L of WarBy War j iI By MORE 1 T J J. J HARRIS 4 Asso Associated l ess Staff rt Writer SHANGHAI C China in Friday ay Feb 12 Five Five pound hundreds aerial bombs Domb will sma smash into Woos Woosung ng when when h hoV s' s on that front per lre dJ per perhaps haps today certainly certainly- 1 before m many passed It will be the first time such huge missiles of destruction nave have been used in this area but the big bombs will not be dropped on Chapel because be cause that is too close to the inter inter- national settlement it and the explosion of such a bomb is terrific On Thursday the hostilities along the he whole mile 20 front from Chapel to Woosung o w were we e suspended ded because of the celebration n of Japans Japan's emp empire e edn day Even the Chinese government customs boats inthe dressed ship hip as an In and only the occa occasional ional spatter of ot machine machine machine ma ma- chine gun fir fire interrupted the the- unaccustomed unaccustomed unac unac- quiet to Behind the lines however however- opera opera- ions were going on which p pointed inh d unmistakably to preparation by byboth both sides for lor a major engagement WAIT REINFORCEMENTS It appeared the Japanese were waiting waiting wait- wait ing ng for tor the arrival of heavy reinforcements reinforcements reinforce reinforce- ments on the wa way from Japan The Japanese government has carefully withheld information regarding the date on which the transports left lell and arid the he number of men on the way war but hut Japanese sources here admitted early today oday that they were hurr hurrying ing to fin tin ish sh as quickly as possible their job of f driving the Chinese out of the Shanghai area When the offensive is resumed the Japanese force I will ill be a combination combination tion ion of sailors Infantry artillery warships and airplanes the latter iatter loaded with those heavy bombs a number of which already arc are on the ground Apparently the they were planning a concentrated attack on both Woosung and Chapel and the indications were that hat it would be one one- of the largest Japanese military operations since the he Russo-Japanese Russo war war WARN VARN SHIPPING Before the shelling of Woosung begins be be- gins it is likely international shipping will vill be warned that it may be dangerous dan- dan erous to navigate the in that hat vicinity at certain hours Whenever Whenever When When- ever this movement may be timed to begin egin begin from 8 o'clock tomorrow mornin morning morn- morn in ing ng to noon there will be no firing either ither in or Woosung This hour four truce was agreed upon yesterday yesterday yes- yes erday so that beleaguered civilians might be taken out of the danger zone one Father Jacquinot a Catholic priest who vho lost an arm at Verdun obtained from rom the Japanese naval command an ana a agreement to cease firing at 8 a. a m. m The he British consul general and the theother theother other ther neutral officials made a similar agreement with the Hie Chinese and the German consul arranged for a truce along long the Woosung battlefront so that lat he might evacuate the teaching stat staff taff of a owned German college HOSTILE T THREAT REAT L Late tc last night there was a threat of f hostilities on a new front when Japanese headquarters announced that lat Chinese soldiers had fired on a destroyer of off oU on the south southsIde southside sIde ide of the Int International settlement Continued on Page Paste Two 40 JAPAN PLANS USE OF HUGE AERIAL BOMBS Continued from Irom Page One while the vessel was tied up at ata a pier The Japanese cruiser Tokiwa anchored in the subsequently fired tired on where the Chinese arsenal stands The Japanese command s mid ld that unless such sniping as he ho described were discontinued retaliatory measures measures mea mca would be necessary The Chinese authorities denied that their men had fired on the destro destroyer er U. U S. S Officials Deny Pact I WASHINGTON Feb reb 11 State IF P Stale I department officials denied today that there is any understanding between this country and Mexico in connection connection tion with relations with the far tar cast east |