LULL IN FIGHTING

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 152, 19 February 1932, Page 5

LULL IN FIGHTING

(Press Assn.—

shanghai front STRENUOUS EFFORTS TO BRING ABOUT PEACE BRITISH SAILORS KILLED There was a lull in the fighting at Shanghai yesterday and ttrong elforts are: being made hy ......the League of Nations and the interested Powers tb bring about a settl'ement. In the meantime, there have been further deaths and more damage in the International Settlement, which is daily becoming more appirehensive. A strong British protest has been lodged following the deaths of two British naval ratings caused by Chinese shells. SETTLEMENT DAMAGED BRITAIN LODGES PROTEST

-By Telegraph— Copyright.)

SHANGHAI, Thursday. As the result of the Chinese shelling the dock areas in,. which as alr'eady cabled two British sailors were injured, eight Chinese were killed and over a score wounded. The damage within the Settlement is extensive. In the vicinity of Chapei and Kiangwan buildings were wrecked, and foreign houses and a foreign factory were badly damaged: Two popular cafes a'nd a japanese theatre were hit in the northern district. The Chinese apparently directed their fire towards a Japanese battery, which was located behind the Council's . Hongkew park, but their markman- : ship was extremely poor. It is believed that the shells which fell on the waterfront were intended for Japanese transports lying in the vicinity of Hongkew wharf. The British authorities lodged a strong protest.