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Show ForeignSoldiers Rescue Refugees From Nipponese British Gunners Drive Off War Plane as Chinese Accuse Invaders of Using Poison Gas' in Attack SHANGHAI, Nov. 2 (INS) While British troop fired angrily an-grily at Japanese plane, French, troops dramatically went into action on the Shanghai front today, rushing to the aid of terrorized terror-ized Chinese refugees threatened by Japanese attack. The French treepa moved eat of , the French sen cession which they had been guarding and task aaa-trai aaa-trai af the Chineaa Naayaag snd-verslty, snd-verslty, near the . ana cession boundary. Japanssa officials, claiming the university buildings housed Chinese military detachments, had threatened threat-ened to launch an Immediate assault as-sault Their plana apparently ware balked by the quick French action. The French tricolor waa hoisted over the university and redoubts were built around the buildings. -The action waa takes by French commanders In response to appeals ta neutral forces by the university president French missionaries took charga of the menaced fhlnss refugees. . Plane Draws Fire . At the same time a royal Lancashire Lanca-shire regiment which replaced the royal Ulster riflemen In the British defense sector of the International settlement at the first opportunity ssnt a revengeful volley of shots at a Japanese war plan soaring overhead. over-head. The royal Ulster riflemen, five of whom have been killed by Japanese shells and bombs, wars relieved of duty In western Shanghai apparently apparent-ly in an effort to prevent a possible clash between British and Japanese Japa-nese forces. . But the spsed with which the replacements took shots at tha Japan Jap-an see plan showsd they, too, wars highly resentful against th Japanese Japa-nese military forces. Japanese Halted Amid violent fighting In tha city's western suburbs as Chinese troops fought to halt a Japanssa of tensive, , ths defenders rushed up reinforcements reinforce-ments and dug fresh trenches for a new stand against tha Nipponese tide. Heavy rains today swelled Boo-' chow creek far beyond Its normal sis and made th surrounding countryside a veritable sea of mud, slowing down th progress of th fighting and aiding th Chinese. Nevertheless, braving tha "dirty" weather, Japanese planes were extremely ex-tremely active, especially over the Pootung district whil on tha western west-ern perimeter shells screamed ever tha British defense posts, occasionally occasion-ally by accident falling dangerously danger-ously short SHANGHAI, Nov. (UP) Japanese Japa-nese troops used gas on ths Shanghai Shang-hai front today, a Chinese spokes- -msn charged, but they were driven back when an unfavorable wind blew it back Into their lines. Gas 'Boomerangs' The spokesman said that ths Japanese resorted to the use of gas in ths Liuho sector, on the northwestern north-western outskirts of Shanghai, but that the gas had "boomeranged." The Japanese were driven out from five points they bad occupied on tha south sids of Soocbow creek, the spokesman ssid. Hs admitted that a naval force had crossed at Chenchlatao, on th westers outskirts out-skirts of the city. Foreign military experts believed thst ths Chinese had halted ths Japaness advanc south along th western fringe af the international settlement Japaness authorities capitulated to a United States marine prder for the return of a Chines junk which they had taken during an Invasion of ths American defense sector Monday. Seised Junk Betuiaed Ths incident for a while threatened threat-ened to become serious. U. 8. marina ma-rina officials refused to drop ths matter because ths first Japanese apology had not been accompanied . by the return of th junk. After a number of tens hours, th Japa- ICeeUniiee en Par guar? iCsiMssa Osas '" BRITISH REPULSE zJIIPiflNJOMBER (Ceetlnvs trea rats Oee) nese high command met all conditions condi-tions and the Incident was closed. SHANGHAI Nov. t UP-Huge projectiles from Japanese wasahips In the Whangpoo river burst along Shanghai's waterfront tonight menacingly close to the United Btstoc oriilocs Augusta. 1 The Augusta, lying closs to the cruiser Idaumo, Jspanese flsgship, cleared her decks and battened portholes as a precaution for the safety of her crew. Artillery Retaliates The bombardment was aimed at Chinese batteries tn Industrial Poo-tung, Poo-tung, across the Whangpoo from the International settlement It was In answer to Chinese artillery shelling of Japanese foroea in the Yangtxepoo and Hongkew sectors f the Shanghai front TOKIO. Nov. 1 UPt Creation of a highly centralised Jspanese government, govern-ment, with all the power in the hands of an "Imperial headquarters" headquar-ters" of not more than six men, apparently was In the offing today. Observers said they believed Premier Pre-mier Prince Fumimaro Konoya, War Minister General Gen Sugiyama and Naval Minister Admiral. MlUumaaa fonai would preeent to the nation such a plan for taking over most functions of the parliament and cabinet Long War Anticipated Some quarters said proposals to create the "Imperial headquarters" Indicated Japan either saw the necessity ne-cessity of waging a long war in China or believed a third power, possibly Great Britain, might Interfere Inter-fere In any peace negotiations. Reports that some drastic government govern-ment revision was developing circulated circu-lated widely as Konoye, Sugiyama - and Tonal held a series of unscheduled unsched-uled conference a During the Ch nese-Japanese war f 1894-96 an "Imperial headquarters" headquar-ters" was established when the emperor em-peror moved to Hiroshima to be Bearer the scene of hostilities. A similar move was mads during the Russian -Japanese war of 1904-06. 1 In each Instance military and naval chieftains gathered under one roof and all government cams from them. |