Brig.-Gen. Yen Chun-yang, com mander of the Shanghai and Woosung Martial Law Forces, is now personally inspecting all' military posts. After visiting Woosung every day, he tours his district after anight in a motor car to see for himself that all is well.
Gen. Yen has ordered the commander of the Woosung Forts to enforce stricter martial law in the Woorung district. No boats, larg or small, must move about at night, and all citizens must remain indoors. Searchlights must constantly be played and soldiers and police must always be "on the move".
Conscription of coolies is still as bad as ever, especially in the City and Chapel. The police have re-more men fas there are insufficient for service at the front. Apart from uniformed officers, plain-clothes police are now being sent out in search for coolies. few days until the question further advance northward "has been decided upon, Ten mountain guns, 10 small guns, 17 machine guns, 300 rifles and a similar number of boxes of ammunition were brought to Shanghai yesterday from Nanking. These, it-was said, were captured form the Fengtien army in Hauchow.
What was believed to te part of movement to attack the Allied Army locally was discovered by the Chinese authorities when, during raid on a cigarette shop, near the {Arsenal on Friday, a machine gun and a huge quantity of ammunition was discovered. Two men wore arrested and taken to the military Vheadquarters where they were examined. 'Their information Jed to the arrest of two others on Satur-(day and another yesterday, who alto have been handed over to Brig.-<Gen. 'Yen, the. martial law commander, who' recently issued proclamation saying that all arms and ammunition were fo be handed over to him with-jour delay and all who disobeyed would be executed. "Investigations being continued.
The Shanghai-Hangchow Railway's freight service has been dislocated once more owing to the commandeering of rolling stock by the Allied Army, but it is hoped. that vorything will again be normal. in a day or two. Service on the 1 southern section of the Tientsin-Pokou Railway (below Hsuchow) was resumed on Saturday,
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