SETTLEMENT INVADED
(Press Assn.
JAPANESE ORDER GUESTS FROM HOTEL AND SET IT AFIRE government leaves nanking
. — By Telegraph-
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Rec. Jan. 31, 11.20 p.m. SHANGHAI, Sunday. Over Chapei and its Hinterland, today 20 aeroplanes demonstrated without bombing. Alleging that the Honkew hotel, within the northern area of the International Settlement, was housing Chinese snipers, the Japanese entered it at 8 o'elock this morning and cleared the guests out, sprinkled the place with parraffin and set is afire. This is the first action within the Settlement against the Chinese and seriously challenged the authority of the Municipal Council. _ Three days' fighting in Chapei and its environs resulted in enormous damage. It is believed that the Japanese lost 500 killed and the Chinese many times more. The removal of the Capital from Nanking to Loyang indicates the intention to escape the possible attentions of the Japanese Fleet up the Yang-tse River. Food supplies at Shanghai are sufficient only for three weeks. The price of rice is already soaring.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 136, 1 February 1932, Page 3
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