Show chinese forces now at shanghai shan shanghai ahal nat nationalist lonal I 1 st troops were virtually at the gates ot of shanghai sunday their advance guards having reached a point within ten miles of the city the northerners apparently are not putting up resistance anywhere meantime there is feverish ac in the foreign settlements the barbed wire barriers in the french concession on the border have all been closed the main barriers of the international ter settlement may be closed at any moment thousands of armed and unarmed soldiers are swarming through the country outside the foreign settlements and every precaution has been taken to keep thorn them out indications were that there would be no figh fighting close to shanghai general pi ilau clien chen the shantung defender of shanghai it is rumored has gone over the cantonese it is stated that he sent a representative to general ho ying ching the southern commander to discuss the conclusion ota ofa ot of a truce in order to avoid fighting in th the 3 shanghai area |