With the forts untaken, 30 truckloads of Japanese. marines from inghai Were rushed to, Woosung night and a move "determin offensive is expected to-day.
While the battle raged yesterday, set of hervien wastbeiog enact Jand Mr. Andersen, his assistant, Stayed at their posts at the station near to the place where the offensive, "At this point, the. land japanese landed and started. their
pte, from, Shanghai connects wth fan although other enables have beet sea cables. go
destroyed leaving the Great Northern feeble intact, Me. Kirkemo who lives with his wife at the Great Northern house there, remained at his duty to protect, not only this vital communication ink but also the valu fable cable. stores kept on the pre Jevaph Company has w launch along fnisen The Great Nowhorn Side the house to evacuate Afr. and rs, Kikemo apd the stag? when: ink through "yesterday's Aghting ver necessary, but in spite of
they were still on" duty" a sturdily refused to abandon thelt charge, The importance of main-{taining this. sole remaining calle ink is a duty" which will be readily 'The fifth attack on the Woosung fortified area opened at 8.30, yestare Jday, morning when a squadron 10 bombing: planes accompanied by, fighting "aircraft' "high in' the clouds, swooped shown on the forts releasing' high explosive "bombs rom but 200 and 400 feet in the air, the lowest altitude yet noted in fucvial combat here, Although. the [Chinese "defenders "replied - weakly. with machine gun fire and guests from several morters, none of the ait-craft seemed affected. One shell, however, fel] in close proximity to the Norwegi which was outbound at the time hai under charter to, 'Mining Administration, Captain ¥, H. 'Taner, marine, sutyoyer of this city, Wilfved adjusting' compasses, with the "required" international flying. "After the "fall Chinese shell, this work was abate doned and the steamer put on full speed f0 escape out of range, place, two. yellow Japanese "river While this attack was taki
Jeraft; "believed to have bean. the Yangtze for the purpose, were brought down from Chungking on
Japanese troops alongside ese cruisers at anchor about les seaward from. the for fications. Tt was not until 1.30 the afternoon, however, that' any, move towards' a Tanding: was start sewanpane, where, ME Matacic wich "awe the onthe ed. Presnged. by. the air northern Telegtuph Company, would almost certainly "brow the country into the hands of reaetionary extiemints—Reuter, in''The Cluinp™ to" Weostng site fortineations from the, South
Tage, the two small steamers headed the Whangpoo. escorted by five furor and he hier," reap-carriers immediately' landed Geneva, Feb, 6.
The horrors of war, and parti-Jeularly that phase of war represent fed by the use. of aeroplanes crowded cities, were denounced before the disarmament Jconference in plenary session here fovday. by Lord Cecil, representing. the International Federation of League. of Nations, societies, established in 36 countries with a mem-and a halt.
Tu presenting a demand for the abolition of ait-bombing, Lord Cecil ficelaved, "We have soon in recent the Far East to what ex:
tary authorities thought it clit to employ bombing under very einarkable conditions. Nor have reason to. suppose that the Hapanese authorities are unique in that respect."
"The disarmament proposals, sub: ritted by the societies were adopted Jat Budapest in May, 1981.
'They urge at least' a 25 per cent, reduction gri armament expenses and the abolition of capital ships, submarines, tanks, heavy artillery and 'Aitombing was described by Lord' Cecil, im submitting the recommendations ax the "most. barbbarous form of warfare.'—United Press.
Export of Arms to Far East London, Feb. 4
Any intention on the part of the British Government to place Jembargo on the export of arms either to China or Japan was dis-Claimed "by the President of, the Bourd of Trade Me. W, Runciman at question time in the House of Commons to-night. In reply toa question. from a "Labour member, Me. onciman stated that during! the first-ten months of last. year the export of arms and ammunition to China and Japan had amounted £167,700. In November and De cember' the export had totalled '$60,558—Trans-Ocean Kuo Min, way Wharf, on the Souths The' WoostingyCrecks "while tke Nesvships. anchored in the. stream point "blank range of the Fortifeations. "Covering the land: ing of the: soldiers with with tetrife bombardment from all thoit rdinanee, the Japanese ships ted atate of tee: shells a minibe for" over 20 minutes. belt oan appeared to be directed towards the bank of the Woosung. area Wwhese large bodies of Chinese troops concentrated, It was reported, th fre preventing them from operating against the landing parts, Bridges Destroyed the bank they: moved up" towages As the first of the troops gained
Woosung Creek, the north side which was entrenched and heavily Decupied by. Chinese soldiers. who amed machine an five on he Japanese, Both the railway and {oot bridge had been destroyed by, the Chinese, consequently no deter-ined effort was made at that time to cross over. cording to military' obeervety the Japanese land attack, then, seemed ere asa move to cover the fesberkation of the remainder of the party.
Tu' the meanwhile, early in. the Jaay, a large force of Japanese armoured cars had moved off from Shanghai down the 'Woosung Road and vere on hand atthe railway tation when the troops landed, pa iiipating in the engagement' with fit ordnance. Later in the afternoon, two convoys of empty for lori one nuibesing 30 a sic-wheel armoured eats, followed other 28, together. with large
parently for $h® purpose of convesiag a part of Txndingr party to the Japanese lings. outside this ity, a Just before the afternoon ent started, the Bri Malay Prince ani passed in from the pilot
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