Show I Ii i Foreign City of Shanghai and Scene of H Heavy Fighting I a I I 0 S SI CALE OF MILES 2 I 0 I I I- I 0 b 0 S 4 SHANGHAI 0 y e College E- E NORTH 4 Mills 4 t S STATION Municipal H si Ho li t. t lO I Guild Refuge publIc School v to 4 Mills ieee c S SC I Q Jap Con C Works I P Guild Ho y C 4 Palace Hotel C. C 6 e Gas a Town Hall g Trinity 4 1 Cathedral 4 Hotel Race Club Course J A. Ar 0 zv Park O C St St. t. t Hotel Station 14 Great EFrench French Club CHINESE I 1 FORTS I l Red Cross French c Woosung j j s CITY fl GenI Hospital Columbia D ra I I. I Country Club Ste Ste. Marie S W Hospital Margaret o LI Hung Chang American School Williamson 0 0 o 0 Memorial It Hospital C. C o or Shanghai Z oZ C S. S Bridge Station r 0 Water Vater Works I Cathedral x I Convent Station Observatory Kl fl Shanghai and the territory around Woosung forts torts where heavy Y fighting Is taking place between 1 nese and Japanese forces The Japanese have finally captured shown sho in the small map at the right but the Chinese flag nag Is still flying over Woosung ng forts although Woosung village Is in flames Throngs of terror-stricken terror refugees are arc pouring into the In international city OJ Wars War's Horrors Revealed as Japanese Continue Drive Defenseless Chinese See Homes and Barns Burned During Bitter Bittel Conflict Guns Boom Terrific Barrage By H. H R. R EKINS Copyright 1932 by United Press SHANGHAI Feb 20 20 War War and all of its horrors were I revealed today as the efficient ninth division of the Japanese army pushed relentlessly through the greening countryside toward village The dead the unconcern at mass killings the terrific cannonade coming from batteries of inch eight guns the futility of the defenseless as their homes and barns were burned were part of the picture of this new war zone which I witnessed today China fought back in a gallant effort toston to stop ston the big push rush which started with the dawn The Japanese army marched on I They shelled mercilessly in their at at- at tack Fields were trampled Homes and barns were destroyed Once I saw a defenseless Chinese farmer thrown into an ic icy cold creek I tried to rescue him and failing falling saved his goat En route toward the very center of activity I 1 passed the Yangtze-Poo Yangtze I airdrome Japanese planes earr carryIng carry carry- Ing log pound bombs were constantly constant constant- ly arriving and departing From the airdrome my route led toward Along dusty roads I passed marching companies of ot infantry Every hundred yards ards or so were vacated Chinese trenches poor poor affairs which seemed not meant for the vigor of or battle now rag rag- ing They were made of mud straw and a few planks with only a few sandbags atop them because sandbags sandbags sand sand- bags were scarce and there were not enough to go So around Japanese marines who failed inthe in inthe the thc earlier attempts to displace the thc Chinese were busy stringing field telephones Soon I encountered the thc Japanese artillery There were long lines of horses stand standing ng along the thc roadside on Pare Two WARS WAR'S S 'S HORRORS SEEN IN CHINA Continued from Page PAle One Across the field in a menacing pattern pattern pattern pat pat- tern stretched the rearmost line of the Japanese barrages ten barrages ten batteries of ot inch eight-inch guns Trim officers were near by barking out the orders for the gunfire The din from rom the cannonading was ter ter- ter- ter rifle One could watch the projectiles projectiles projectiles tiles hurtle forward some falling into the village of and some going over PASSES SENTRIES Further on there was a bridgehead bridge bridge- head barricaded Shell holes surrounded surrounded surrounded sur sur- rounded it Japanese were in the trenches caressing the wicked ap appearing appearing up- up machine guns These were the same trenches the Chinese had occupied only a short time before I debated whether the sentries holding their theIr bayonets menacingly me would permit me to proceed But they were indifferent to my movements They seemed to believe e they were fighting Chinese and not concerned with my business business Bodies were sprawled in the shell shattered trenches At one crossroad around which were deserted trenches there was a rude board shack shackS A bullet riddled sign overhead read Merry Cabaret In this little shack American sailors once danced with half-caste half girls Across the street was a symbolical signboard from which leered a skull and placed crossbones placed originally to warn of ot the dangerous intersection A As I turned toward the main approach approach approach ap ap- ap- ap to village I passed the entrenched Japanese infantry Infantry- men They did not molest me but did not answer my greeting Down the road trooped a group of stra straggling refu refugees ees terror-stricken terror and dazed Their homes had been burned their goods destroyed SEES LITTLE GIRL Across one field ran a little girl who appeared to be about the same age as my little sister the last time I saw her She was crying crying- She was dragging a 3 piece of tattered bedding I tried to catch her but she was frightened apparently unable to de decide dedde de- de cide clde which was the worst the foreign foreign for eign devil or the Japanese soldiers Behind the Japanese infantry lines I six Japanese 4 47 7 Uns were wore the vI village laic laic- and n f the th Chinese w were re returning re returning re- re turning the fire I was caught between between be be- tween the two fires I dropped Into a deserted Chinese trench but the Japanese steel helmeted soldiers ousted me and I took refuge behind th the concrete wall of ot a bridge A farmer forced by the heat of his own burning home ran directly across the road into the arms of waitIng waitIng waitIng wait- wait Ing soldiers He stumbled and I called to him Overhead a telephone wire snapped as a bullet severed it Frightened Frightened Fright Fright- ened he staggered to his feet and raced to the soldiers dropping to tc pray The soldiers t tossed him Into the cold waters of a creek He stood waist deep chattering as the soldiers pointed their bayonets and guns at him menacingly Soldiers finally dragged him ashore searched him and found no weapons then bound hum him Ten Tori soldiers marched him off toward company headquarters PREPARE TO ADVANCE The Thirty-fifth Thirty and Thirty sev Japanese regiments immediately took look their places preparing to ad- ad ad ad- vance The goat I had rescued earlier continued continued con con- continued to follow bleating A sound news man loaded him into a truck and started back Shanghai The only time I was molested came near the Chinese lines A Japanese Jap Jap- anese halted me mc and I said The liThe Chinese never shoot an Amer Amer- ican Lean A The Chinese shoot anyone com coin lug ing g from this side of the lines lines' the sentry replied As I turned back toward Shanghai Shang Shang- hai hal the continual thudding of bombs and the continuous cracking of guns could be heard Company after campany company company com cam pany of ot Japanese soldiers marched along the roadside pushing any pedestrian to one side One could watch the shells from rom the Chinese defense striking at the invading Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese but they were futile falling short and bursting in great clouds of black dust powder and smoke Joining throngs of ot refugees I 1 turned toward the settlement settlement set set- and wondered now that it was dark and cold what had happened happened hap hop to the little girl who streaked off ort across the field dragging her bedding bedding bed bed- din ding behind her She will not be able to sleep on that tattered bedding tonight |