Japanese sentries patrolled Soochow Creek on the right bank and guarded the Japanese mills along the waterway, while another group were stationed at Tung Wen College on Hungjao Road. Although many motorists tried to road on pleasure and curiosity! bent, the guards acting under new' orders just received, turned them all back, as they did one of the most senior members of the Consular Body—"If said the officer, Double guards along Siccawei Creek and the approaches to the Concession stopped all suspicious characters who tried to enter, and the French Volunteers, reinforced by relief marines from' the Jules Ferry, held posts in six-hour watches, Chekiang retreating men, numbering well over 1,000, walked down from Minghong and' Machao yesterday, and approached Siccawei and the outposts beyond—the Cathedral and the Convent, but were turned back by the guards. Offering to give up their' arms and to concede to any proposals they could only get out of Chinese soil, this miniature army virtually, begged for what they styled their, Hives, but the outposts drove them back.
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