HOPES BLASTED
HEAVY FIGHTING EXPECTED SHANGHAI, Saturday. All hopes of averting hostilities are now blasted, and the worst fedrs of foreign observers will be apparently realised. All fronts are comparatively quiet at present, but Shanghai expects to experience the worst fighting in its history some time to-day. The Mayor of Shanghai, Mr. Wu, characterised the Japanese actions as "the brutal murder of our people," adding that the Government was prepared to bear the full responsibility for recting Japanese demands.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 154, 22 February 1932, Page 5
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