Show BEGUN FOR SH WOUNDED MEN FILL HOSPITAL Cantonese Try to Take Rich City Before Brit Brit- British Brit Brit- British ish Troops Arrive CONCERN IN LONDON Cabinet Committee May Try to to Placate Eugene Chen SHANGHAI SHA Feb 4 D 4 Wv 4 E Tic Te Associated Press Conflicting reports left Shanghai in doubt to today to- to today day as to the military sHu situation south of here where northern a an 1 southern troops troop have taken post post- positions tIon for tor a battle which Is ec e- ex expected 1 to determine possession or of this city control of o the Ilet and possibly tho the fate fato coC at atthe the republic Headquarters of Marshal SuP SUI Chuan Fang Fatig defender of the ci cay ci y against the Canton advance d d- d lared he was holding his own NationalIst st circles forecast h his h early collapse wom r-o r ARRIVE Missionaries arriving from the battle front area In provInce reported today that of oC Marshal Suns Sun's wounded soldiers soldier reached from his T y Yn Choie Cho front crowding the Hans chow lIan- lIan chow hospitals and necessitating the moving of overflow wound wound wound-S 1 to the southern Presbyterian mis mission mii don sion hospital at Kashing The Th appearance of o the th wound wound- wounded wounded ed ell to the rear of the lines of the defendIng army Is the first eel eel- evi evidence deuce dence that the battle in province had begun MILES AWAY The Tho war theatre I li is but IWI more than miles south t of hero hera her Suns Sun's forces were n en- entrenched en entrenched trenched along alone the th Tau Tang river rl using as head head- headquarters headquarter quarters quarter The last lut known pos position tion ton of ot th the Cantonese they were centering c at Chu Chow 2 25 miles e F Chow where whore th the b recal la bout ut mid midway mid mid- midway way wa b Tw ii rn l Suns Sun's i and Shanghai I n was as here yesterday that the t two armIes had clashed and that th tie central section o of Sun Suns Sun's forces force h ti been thrust back In the vicinity of oC Yen Cho Chow RACE R IS BEGUN Because of ot the th foreign SItU SItU- lion Uon the Cantonese are expect I Ito Ito to make every effort to tal talc talc- p ShanghaI before the arrival ther there thereof of British troops With a fight fo for control of oC the city In tn prospect Great Britain and end other powers have announced their determination determination determination tion of defending the 1 settlement against possible harm harmand harmand harmand and are rushing ships of war and soldiers toward the city Both northern and southern factions have hav objected to the for foreign for for- foreign foreign eign gesture The situation now apparently has settled down to arace a arace arace race with the British and other foreIgners desirous of o armed forces j near er the city It It is engulfed In battle and the Cantonese desirous of ot capturing It before betor any foreign element ha has hasa haia a chance chanc to land military force MAY 1 YIELD LONDON Feb leb By 4 4 By The Ai Ai Press Press-A Press A special ca cal cai met Inet committee has been form d to deal with the Chinese situation It Is understood this committee will Include Premier Stanley Bald BaM Baldwin Baldwin win Sir Austen Chamberlain for for- or-eign or secretary and the Earl of lord president of the th- th council Negotiations at virtu virtually virtu- virtu virtually ally at a standstill through h the th ed On Page Pase Two IwO BATTLE BEGUN FOR SHANGHAI Continued from Crom Page One Insistence of or EUgene Chen th the Cantonese foreign minister that t re shall h hl l bo be no ot of British lJ h f forces at Shanghai all allis allIs J is now calm In La tho Iho conces lon city where serious Bertous anti antl British rioting In Dee December led the Brit Ish iah take precaution precaution- precautionary precautionary ary ATTEMPT TO PLACATE Cabinet meetings have been called to determine upon a plan to meet Chens Chen's attitude One sug su- suggestion out among th the others th others Is that an attempt be mad made to placate he he Cantonese tender leader by promising that there WI be no extensive landing of oC troops at Shanghai unless s menacing menacing ins ing developments make it a lr'S 1 At any rate the tho general appears to be looking with or on the advisability ad of ot main malno main dining the defense force at ome at at- at nearby place like Hong Kong so hat It co could be dispatched to th the scene delay dellY if It the o oc- oc oc occasion casion warranted This la Is te dIlY being aug te Ii it ac transports tr n and wa war ships hips arrive arhe riv In tn Chine waters A a squad on ton and a 1 b battalion pf r Durham Infantry arrived at SIngapore yesterday the the troops proceeding to Shanghai l Another regiment Suffolk infantry which December alter 2 before beCore plans tor for the e Shanghai defense e was arranged is I Ito to reach hong Kong in a y day or 9 S |