Show U. U S. S Woman oman in In Ini i China Beaten en by 1 J Japan P Soldiers Attack Takes Place While Victim Inspects Ruins of Baptist Mission CONSUL DEMANDS PROBE Inquiries Fail to Elicit Motive for Assault Br Dr United Tress ress SHANGHAI March 6 Sunday Sunday- Miss E. E Rose Marlow American teacher at a Baptist mission school was severely beaten yesterday esterday by Japanese reservist troops while in inspecting inspecting in in- the ruins of ot her school at Chapel American consular officials were informed today Miss Marlow Marlos' t was learned was struck in the face and beaten with sticks It was not learned what provoked pro pro- yoked the attack The teacher attached to the Shun Tak girls' girls sc school ool affiliated with the Southern Baptist mission has been a resident of the orient for some time Protests were s sent nt to Japanese authorities au au- au by the United States consulate consulate con con- which demanded an investigation gation on of the affair Miss Marlow Marlo was taken from Shanghai to today to convalesce convalesce con con- from her injuries By MORRIS 1 J. J HARRIS Associated Press Staff Starr Correspondent SHANGHAI March 5 5 Approximately additional Japanese troops were landed in the Shanghai area today and the crackle le of machine runs nuns and occasional crashes of heavy artillery fire ire still resounded over th the countr countryside side between Kian wan and the he banks of the Yangtze Army units totaling men were landed at on the southern bank of the Yangtze and 2000 more were put ut ashore at Woosung It was understood understood un- un that who have been on duty in Sri those areas were returning to their ships Japanese military and naval authorities au- au continued to maintain there thereas has as been no serious fighting since the he Japanese advance was halted two days ago but a trip through the and Woosung area today supported Chinese claims that there has las been considerable skirmishing along the northwest sector FREQUENT GUNFIRE Gunfire was heard frequently and anda a squadron of ot Japanese planes roared overhead in ill the direction of the I Yangtze I saw a large detachment of ot cavalry caval- caval ry y bein being unloaded at the Woosung docks Nearly a thousand horsemen are now concentrated in the vicinity Continued on Pare Pace Tao T I n 1 JAP JAPAN AN TROOPS ATTACK WOMAN Continued d from Irom Pa Page Pace e One Truckloads of troops and civilians were being moved toward the western western west west- em ern front for patrol duty Heavy ar artillery artillery artillery ar- ar tillery was kept to the rear but a number of three inch guns were moved up In the direction of Kating KaUng and I IThe The crush of returning refugees I into Chapel continued during the I Iday day as new districts were opened but unrestricted d entry will vill not be permitted per per- permitted until all bodies have been removed removed re reo re- re moved and the streets cleared Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese authorities announced BUILDING G BEGINS Some of the returned Chinese already al al- al already ready have begun to construct mat sheds over the sites of their former homes Others merely stood about and gazed for hours at the wreckage and then trudged back to the settlement settle meat ment men muttering as they went vent Woosung village was silent and deserted deserted deserted de de- de- de and wrecked except for bra tora a few tew Japanese soldiers on patrol The great cotton mill is a skeleton skeleton ton its walls filled with shell holes and its tall chimney balanced on amore a amore amore more fragment of brick and mortar PEACE PARLEY DUE There were Indications that the peace discussions between the Chinese Chinese Chi Chi- nese and Japanese might be resumed Sunday They were slated to have been resumed today but Japanese officials said they were delayed because because because be be- cause of a belief that it was vas now impossible impossible im tin- possible to reach a solution In OlIn cooperation with the tho other countries General Yoshinori Shira- Shira kawa said Japan expects to settle settie the he Shanghai situation as quickly as possible enabling our forces to re re- re turn to Japan at the earliest possible moment He said he hoped an international international in in- in- in round table conference would take place here soon China March 5 iVA lP- lP A report from the headquarters of the Chinese Nineteenth route army to the foreign of office ice today said large forces of Japanese troops were vigorously vigorously vig vig- attacking about thirty miles west of Shanghai Our headquarters are now at Chen i one station west of the report said The objective of the new Japanese offensive is unknown The message was signed by General Tsai Ting kai Nineteenth route army commander and Generals Chang Kuang nai and Tat Tai Chi It was timed at noon I TOKIO March 5 T fP General Sadao Sadao Sa Sa- dao Araki Arald minister of war told the members of the league of nations Manchurian investigating commission commis commis- sion slon that Japan has no intention ol of invading soviet Russian territory but that if the soviet army menaced Manchurian territory Japan would have no nn choice holce but hut to defend it it Members of i th commission conferred conferred con con- erred with the war minister at the war office for two hours today The war office declared that the documents published yesterday from rom the Moscow newspaper purporting to elucidate plans of Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese military leaders for an invasion i of Siberia were entirely fabrica lions The soviet government the war office office of or I fice ice spokesman said entirely misinterpreted misinterpreted Japans Japan's military intentions In Manchuria There was no intention ti tion he said of havin having the the b brigade which now is occupying Halin Hahn and to proceed farther far ther flier eastward Although disorders were reported along the western Chinese Eastern railway at and Hailar he said there was no present intention of sending troops there It was believed he said that General Gen Gen- I eral cral Ma 1 shan Chan-shan governor of at Hail Hail- I province would be able to I quell any disorders in that portion of his territory I WASHINGTON March 5 pP JP JP-Ad- Ad Admiral miral M. M M. M Taylor commanding the Asiatic fleet in Shanghai has been authorized to join the British Italian and French admirals in investigating whether the hostilities at Shanghai have stopped A message was sent to him last night in compliance with the request I of the league of nations that the interested interested in in- powers at Shanghai investigate Invest Invest- gate the actual state of hostilities The cessation of hostilities is a necessary preliminary for the round roundtable roundtable roundtable table conference to agree upon arm armistice armi stice terms Meanwhile the state department disclosed that a department of com corn merce mcree investigation had found that In January of 1932 the sales of munitions munitions muni muni- by this country to Japan amounted to only 1800 During the entire year of 1931 the sale of arms and munitions by American n firms to the totaled |