Feng-lin issued the following com: mucniqué at Lunghua on Wednesday night:
The city of Lotien is, Part of the city is burned. We are doing everything to extinguish the fire, which.is now slowly going out.
The causes of the fire have not been definitely ascertained, We found, however, that agents of Kiangsu have been instructed to commit such outrages in order to fereate disturbances in the vicinity lof Shanghai. We shall notify the city. police, the Settlements. police and the Consular Body to take precautionary measure:
Lotien is about six miles from Liwho on the Shanghai-Liuho Road, Midnight.
The Lunghua authorities found that the fire at Lotien was started. by four men, two of whom managed to escape Two of the incendiaries were caught and shot by repre: sentatives of General Ho Feng-lin. They are believed to be Nanking Without doubting the convie~ tion of the communique, we must aecept under reserve the allegation that Kiangsu agents fired Lotien, which there seems to have been little time to prove conclusively, went to the Huangtu front yesterday and a squad of recruits, who students, made a' clean vigorous showing at the their ages ranging from 17
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