Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-05-15 | Page 1 | Japan Army Moves into China

S SS wu vue UC A y j 4 4 ApAN ARMY MOVES DYES INTO CHINA r Conquest Plans Are Charged by Chiefs 1 Nippon S Asserts ss Move Is to Reinforce ie ieS G Gar r J ison of Northern Cities Ultimate Ultimate Ulti- Ulti fl mate Occupation Seen China May 15 AP The AP-The The Japa Japanese ese arin army landed troops fro from four transports today in a movement t described by the Chinese as part of a campaign encouraged by the Italian seizure of Ethiopia for ultimate conquest of ot China The troops were destined immediately for strengthening strengthen strengthen- ing Japanese garrisons in the North China cities of 1 and A portion of ot the reinforcements proceeded immediately t to to o strengthen the Japanese garri garrison son in that ancient Chinese capitals capital raising the number of troops thereto there therEto therE to S The main body of the newcomers was quartered in In barracks of the Japanese concession in bringing the total strength of this garrison to nearly The fresh troops belong to the Kawabe bri bri- brigade gade of ot the Fifth division Informed Late Japan Informed the United States and and other foreign embassies in im of ot the amazing increases in ill inthe the garrisons only yesterday y when they w were were re already y a fait tait accompli The arrival of the of-the the reinforcements today was believed by Chinese to presage an ultimate coming of a full fuU Japanese army division of ot 1500 men n. n S Simultaneously as ais part of at its plan to militarize the whole of at north China Japan has started buying extensive ex ex- lands and in the T TakU arM area inthe Inthe in inthe the vicinity of the old oId forts abo about t that town tow in ln north Chinas China's s 's province Plan Iian Army Highway The Japanese also are planning g construction of a modern lane four-lane highway from Taku at the mouth of ol the Pei Pel river to and Are arev building extensive new barracks and and aviation fields in Japan now has a total of ot troops south of the great wall great wall north of the great wall and several thousand at Kalgan and other points of inner Mongolia Informed sources said all aU apparently were aimed either for tor ultimate nit ulti mate occupation of north China and inner Mongolia or for a future war against soviet Russia which many believe inevitable