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Show MHlllllifiiriPIEilfflSlK FIIIAL CHINESE OIDS Correspondent Killed as Nipponese Fire on Civilians LONDON, Nov. 11 (UP) If Japanese toeeea attack tha International Inter-national Settlement In Shanghai, 1 tha British wiU open firs tnuue-dlately, tnuue-dlately, H waa stated today. By H. B. KNICKERBOCKER (Copyright, 1WT, for The Telegram) SHANGHAI, Nov. 11 (INS) War-torn Shanghai . got shock today when Lieutenant Colonel Iwane Matsui, Japanese Japa-nese commander-in-chief, cold ly warned city authorities and the defense forces of all powers, including America and England, that he is boss of Shanghai and may occupy the International Settlement. Ha said flatly ba may send part af hie MO to vietorleas Japanese rosea tats tha - Betatamasi- and , alas may blockade tha Francs) aanessslsn If tha foralga lenti do not da something to alleviate his dieaaUaf ecus. , . Nantao. ths last native district of Shanghai to bold out against the Nipponese, fell at t:M p. m. CT:M a. m. mountain standard time), when several thousand Chinsas laid down their arms and streamed Into the French concession. A fsw others oth-ers attempting to resist war surrounded. Cities la Flames Fires raged throughout Pootunf and Nam so lata tonight, lighting up ths sntirs -south and southeastern southeast-ern horison. Two French soldiers were wounded wound-ed and six Ammsnltss killed when a shell landed on the French Bund near the Nantae boundary. A British correspondent, observing observ-ing ths battls, was killed. Ths blunt warning to Shanghai city authorities and the defense forces of all powers was delivered in an Interview granted by Matsui to foreign news agencies. The Interview In-terview was like an audieaos with a witty but extremely arrogant oriental ori-ental despot Matsui minced no words la tat lng his grievsnces. Hs said: "I feel disappointed at what for eign officials in Shsnghai do and say. I cannot accomplish the cooperation co-operation I had anticipated. Censures Fereign Fewer "This is very unfortunate for tha peace of the world. But it cannot . be helped as long aa tne aiuiuua of foreign powers remains an-changed. an-changed. "I have as Intention of taking advantage of the present state of affairs to Uke the Settlement under my control but with things going as they are at present there may be occasions when we cannot work in cooperation. "I do not oppose letting Chinese officials Uke refuge in the Settlement Settle-ment and French concession, but if necessity arises we are prepared to take necessary steps." Asked whether he planned to press on toward Nanking, be gritted: grit-ted: -Ask Ceneralissimo Chiang Kai- . hSeated on a camelhair blanketed chair in a bare room in a former - . Chinese school, the frail Matsui, who weighs less than 100 pounds, looked like a Buddha old as time. But, astoundingly. from bis tiny figure came a deep bass voice, grit- ting chilly threats through a gap in his teeth. ' Matsui Is one of the founders of the "Asia for Asiatics" movement move-ment and is a classmate of radical Japanese Imperialists like former War Minister adao Araki, Admiral Hon jo and others. Matsui is now crowned with tne laurels of his Shanghai victory and is ons of ths most powerful militarists mili-tarists of Japan the type which, as a matter af policy, favora expulsion ex-pulsion of all whites from Asia- One of the reasons for MatsejTS bald threat today was his displea ure with the British conimanaTSS Brigadier General Telfer-SoMSJett (OealHiMd ea PS TW tCotusa Oaei ' v JAPAN PERILS : FOREIGN AREA ( Continued from Pas One) and Admiral Sir Robert Little. When they paid their firit call J '- npon him yesterday they refused ' to listen to his complaints. l ' MaUul was also angry because Y - British forces refused to permit J . Japanese troops to traverse the In-3 In-3 temational Settlement. But he was " " chlifly angered by the outspoken 't pro-Chinese sentiment among most foreigners here, including army and nevy officers J Meanwhile, another incident oc- -5 . eurred which may cause further IJ tension between the BritlsfT and jr Z Japanese. This was the death of - the correspondent of the London 2 Daily Telegraph. Pembroke Ste- phens, who was killed by machine ' gun bullets while observing mill- V tary operations in Nantao from a ; vantage point in the French conces- 1. lion. Fire on Foreigners Stephens, a French physician. Dr. Richer, and sis others were stand- lng on a platform atop a water " tower near Slccawel creek when : they were fired on by th Japan. Th British newspaper man was . struck in the y and leg and two - other wer wounded and removed T to hospltalfc tru.... Hml((t(i " responsibility for Stephens' death - and expressed regrets. H aaid Investigation In-vestigation revealed the Japanese - gunner wer firing on sniper on th Chinese side of Slccawei creek Z. Dr. Richer later said: "Th Japanese evidently mistook " us for a Chines poet owing to the angle of the creek at the point ' where w wer standing, and be- - cause of th fact w had no flag." Beaened by Marina ; Captain Evans Carlson of the - United States marines, observing "" the battle from a Chines house - overlooking near-by Zahwei creek. aaid he noticed blood dripping from r the water tower and found the party of men huddled In a pool of blood. terrorised by th firing. - Th two men wounded when Ste-; Ste-; phena waa killed wer A. L. Thur-' Thur-' bansky, a Hungarian, and M. P. Ametler, a Frenchman, employes of th French Trolley Car company ' In th concession. Stephens, when shot, waa wear-". wear-". far an Armistice day poppy. . While this Incident waa occurring. bringing th proepect of further r dangerous International repercus- alons, th Chines resistance in the Nantao region, where a "doomed battalion" of 10,000 Chinese had bald out against th advancing - Japanese hosts, collapsed. Z. ' Seek French Haven Z' The Chinese resistance In Nan- tae began to dwindle when bomb ' and shells started a hug fir in the - district Many of th Chines still ' held out against their overwhelm- -. lng foes, but 100 of th "suicide squad" wtre caught in a barrage of . bomb. Quickly they laid down their arms . and rushed Into th French concea-- concea-- ion. - At th same Urn Japanese ma--rlnea occupied Pootung, across the I Whangpoo river from th Interna- tloaal Settlement, hoisted Japanese flag and began mopping up opera- . tlOSK. I A few Chinese snipers still held . Out In this area, but gave ground grudgingly and retreated before the . marinea' advance. They set fire to building as they feU back. Japanese Wreck Boons At the same time th protective boom la th Whangpoo river, designed de-signed to hold Jepanese naval unit at a safe distance from Nantao, was wrecked. |
