Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-11-27 | Page 1 | Japan Grabs China Trains

JAPAN GRABS CHINA HINA TRAINS TRAIN Railway Centers Seized by Troops In Guise of Game Populace Alarmed as Invading Forces Take TakeOver Over Cities National Nation l Government Moves to Rest Autonomy Move With Army China Thursday Nov 28 AP Japanese AP-Japanese Japanese forces today occupied without resistance is at the junction of the and thid the Railways in the southwest corn corner r of th thill the ill city Occupation of the junction strengthens the Japanese hold holdon on northern communication rout routes Copyright 1935 Associated Press SHANGHAI Nov 27 Japanese 27 troops moved into North China by trainloads today while northern int nez nesa leaders wavered on the Uio issue of sec secession sion from the central nationalist nationalist na na- 1 government Troop trains bearing Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese soldiers and war equipment arrived r ived at from fram tao tao treaty po port of province At where the Japanese garrison has more mora than doubled in inthe inthe inthe the last 24 hours Colonel Tan Takahashi Taka- Taka hashi hash military announced that the F railway junction a few miles east of had bad been seized Takahashi asserted the occupation became necessary because because be bee cause of rumors that rolling stock on tho Mukden railway was being moved south jeopardizing North China communications and threatening to isolate the Japanese forces at P Public Grows Uneasy Public nervousness over the sharply increased Japanese military activity was Intensified by news that the laden heavily-laden troop trains were arriving at Traffic south over the tho railway was temporarily suspended suspended sus sus- at th the demand of a Japanese troop detachment which visited tho offices of the railroad Tho The Japanese protested that empty trains wore being dispatched for transportation of Chinese troops to the north to move mova against the Japanese Traffic was resumed only when tho the Chinese agreed to move trains no no further south than and Shantung I Railway traffic between and ng had been disrupted when a small detachment of Japanese Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese troops troop from swooped down own on and seized thed the d depot pot The Japanese taking over a quantity of rolling stock and control control con cone of ot the Chinese military telephone telephone tele tele- phone first explained the troops were only holding exercises and that tho the capture of wasI was I part of ot a mimic battle Takahashi however gave Continued on Page Two Column JAPANESE GUT GUT- I CHINA CHIN I Continued f from P Pa Pap gt One Ons rIt second more realistic and Japanese version 1 II Governor Resigns J. J General Shang Chen wired h l resignation as ns governor of ot Hop province to accepting for the failure to che chec I tho the North China autonomy rna acy ment His resignation aggravated fu futher furS fJ ther the northern northe crisis which arc ares originally from demands for government In the five northern norther provinces of ot Charar Shansi Shan Sha sl si Shantung and followed by establishment of at an 11 regime in the demilitarized zone W Including In- In eluding part of eastern si t Chinese sources source assert the tro troop p Influx may be aimed at at I ing lug North China officials Into acceptance ac oc I of the autonomy pro and forestalling any ef eli forts to suppress the forcibly Detachments of Japanese troops troop appeared suddenly in localities of ot North China where they never be before be- be fore CorD had been seen 1 Chinese reports said truckload of at the Japanese forces were moy move ing toward 80 30 miles mUes south of headquarters for th th army anny of ot General Shang Chen China Again Threatened Major General Japanese military at Shang hal hai in a issued today toda said ho had Informed General Che CheYl Chen Yi government off official Ici T that the Japanese army does not nol approve of reported plan plait to alleviate the North China The plan which responsible Japanese Japi Jap anese quarters said yesterday had been decided on involved d removal and arrest of Yin win Keng Ju-Keng self appointed head of ot the newly formed East autonomous state and certain changes chang in the tion of North China j Isogai announced he had urged Chen to advise Generalissimo Chiang Shek Kai to adopt a three threes point remedy for tho the situation as ai follows 1 I 1 Cancellation of at the monetary program affecting North China 2 A cut clear-cut definition a aChina's or 07 Chinas China's attitude on Sino Japanese cooperation in checking communism in the north 3 A announcement o ot of the dismissal of the powerful fig figures figures ures responsible for discontent In North China J