Show I Iw w W 1 yr c j Alert Chinese Chief Resists Enemy Drive Cheerful Sol Soldiers Repulse Shanghai Attack Head Refuses Offensive I Editors Editor's Note Cheerful Chinese Chinese Chinese Chi Chi- nese soldiers ready to defend Shanghai against the whole Japan Japa- Japa n es army were found today by Demaree C. C Bess United Press staff correspondent when he visited vis viz- the headquarters of Gene General Gene l Tsai Kai Ting Kai today His inter inter- enlivened by a Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- Japanese nese aerial attack which he de- de SCrib i f. f ol i Je I dR It 5 ii f Copyright 1932 by Ui Uli Pre Press SHANGHAI Feb 12 24 Japanese 2 1 Japanese war pl planes nes rained deadly 5 s on the defenders of or Sn Shanghai i t today day as asan asan asan an alert and smiling Chinese general pled pledged ed to resist ir advance nd un until the last of his gi ns are are Firmly etl with ith doughty of or he the hc Nineteenth Nineteenth Nine Nine- ine- ine route Y G General Tsai Ting Kai flung a a challenge to the Japanese worst we weare weare are arc rea ready dr l But General are arc only to defend E Even Een en as told ashe h t ld m me of his determination the cheerful young youn commander passed up golden opportunity opportunity rip rip- op tos to a t ck the temporarily tern tem halted Japan v- v r. r There willbe will willbe willbe be no offensive by 1 Chinese only Chinese only a n continuation Of oC stubborn resistance that already has sorel sorely tried the mikado's mikado's mikado's mi mi- mi- mi kado's men General Tsai Tsal gave gate me mea rnea a striking il- il d n Pa 4 Mi M M AlERT GENERAL RESISTS ATTACK J i 1 Continued from race Pare One of what he meant as we sa sat sal talking in his proofed bomb headquarters headquarters headquarters head head- quarters which I visited near Cheng Chene- gu ju this afternoon Suddenly Sudden from ou out of the sky a squadron of Japanese planes dived at the Chinese breastworks breastworks breast breast- works their machine guns cuns spewing a l stream of lead and steel Without hesitation defending soldiers sol sol- so diers leaped into antiaircraft dugouts dugout and behind haystacks The They began a steady fire at the planes which so discouraged discouraged discouraged dis dis- the p pilots that they quickly withdrew But I spent several uncomfortable un comfortable minutes when the planes plane swooped low over the trenches their thel theIrl machine guns cunS rattling IN HIGH SPIRITS I found General Tsai in the highest spirits despite information that heavy Japanese reinforcements were being ent in an effort to push back the de de- de- de tenders lenders We intend to resist if it Japan sends send Its entire army he declared 1 I They will vill find we will vill yield only inch by Y Inch and then only as we must Elaborate defense works surround surround- surrounding ing Tsai's headquarters testified that the was prepared to make any array army difficult task For Japanese advance a miles around machine gun nests were massed with troop dugouts all aU filled with cheer cheery fighting men General Tsai's Nineteenth army men men were fighting side by side with the crack Eight seventh Eighty se division General Chiang Shek's Kai own The Thc Japanese at present have nave halted baIted their attack he said They for reinforcements to arc waiting help them out This would be a good opportunity for me to start an offensive offen often Intend intend in intend in- in do not but we sive of or my own tend to do so because we will not endanger endanger endanger en en- danger the settlements TELLS ELLS OF CASUALTIES We arc are a peaceful arm army ous of war warfare are but determined to resist invasion until we are arc General Tsai claimed that the Nineteenth route army has suffered 1700 casualties since the new Japanese Japa Japa- nese offensive began February 20 and that in addition there have been civilian casualties since January January January Janu Janu- ary ary 28 Our men can duck airplane bombs and shells but civilians dont don't know how he said That explains wh why noncombatants are arc being killed General Tsai has on his tal taff some 15 or 20 officers who were educated in fri the United States and Europe of His IUs staff still interpreter is a graduate th the University of or Minnesota I Headquarters of the defenders are arc located in a two-story two building In which the bombproof dugout has been constructed It is safe from air raids but ut civilians in unprotected areas have lave been evacuating en masse during during dur- dur and taking rete ret ref ing g the last few days uge c e in the international settlement |