Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-02-19 | Page 1 | Japan May Send Additional Soldiers to Shanghai Zone

Japan May Send Additional I Soldiers to Shanghai Zone Zon High G Government Officials Confer on f on Reports Reports Reports Re- Re ports Chi Chiang ng Is Marching Toward TO City By GLENN BABB Copyright 1932 By The Associated Press TOKIO Feb 19 Japanese 19 Japanese government officials engaged lit In n a series of conferences late today which observers said the hey believed were called to formulate tentative plans for sending heavy s to General army at Shanghai I I Newspapers reported that General Chiang shek Kai former president was leading a lar large e army to Shanghai to support the Nineteenth route army which is already there in anticipation of the beginning of the big Japanese drive tomorrow I I Inukai ka called upon Li a ai me imperial pal pat C q J ir r a conference of selected cab- cab mi iril embers embers this afternoon The i ift ti of f Chiang shek's Kal-shek's reported iI I ewy W War r Minister Araki was re- re o d to have said made the thc situa situa- f w at Shanghai hai much more serious Members of ot the cabinet were reported re rc re- re ported however to have agreed too to todo todo do o their best to prevent the thc situation from developing in such a way as to necessitate tate a declaration tion of ol war Mr Araki told the Associated Press correspondent that the possibility of ot reinforcements reinforcement under Chiang Kai Kai- shek might compel Japan to lo send an Continued on rau Two JAPANESE JAPANESE MAY ADD TO FORGES Continued learn from Ia Page Pace e One add additional tion ll expeditionary force to Shanghai He declined to say just how ho strong I a reinforcement he considered necessary necessary sary but he explained that it probably probably probably ably would require 10 or 15 da days s 's to put the additional units in m Shan Shanghai hai He would not say definitely that the Japanese would not operate beyond the 12 12 2 mile zone to which the Chinese Chi Chi- nese army has been asked to retire He declined to say whether the contemplated reinforcements already arc are prepared to leave for Shanghai pointing out that the general staff always always always al al- al- al ways held the army ready to deal with emergencies I 1