Barbed WireS¥enees Down When Unexplained Shooting Begins 'The Kuo Min news agency issues 'a long account by General Huang, Fu, the Nationalist Minister of Foreign Affairs, of his recent ex-nonces. We' publish the most important parts The Nanking army entered Tsi nanfu on April 30. Gen. Huang Fu arrived there on May 2.
"On the morning of May 3 1 entered the city to call on General Chiang. On my way, I observed that most of the shops had already resumed trade and the conditions were very good. When I reached General Chiang's Headquarters, 1 was informed that the sand-bags i barbed wire, which were placed in the commercial area by the Japanese troops, had been removed the previous night.
The Japanese Consul and some officers came to call, all was vers friendly, "I was very much gratified to find that for the first two days after the entry of the Nationalist Army both Chinese and foreigners enjoyed safety and security.
The Shooting Breaks Out "But, while I was on my way to my" place of sojourn at about eleven in the night, I heard, to my great surprise, shooting on all hands and saw people rushing about and shouting that the Japanese troops have begun shooting our soldiers everywhere.'
"My oar rushed through the firws line and reached its destination. The whole day, firing was heard intervals and communications were cut. Telephone messages were cot tinually received that a great many people on the streets were killed.
"The wooden fence of my te in the Tsinsurrounded by Japlanese soldiers, was communicating with different parties by telephone for, first, stopping firing and, then investigating the real situation, when all of a sudden, a large number of- Japanese soldiers surrounding the fence fired on my office twice, and rushed in. The i mates of the place crowded together, and the whole place was turmoil and confusion. The wi dows of my office were honeycombed with bullets. I went upstairs and, opening the window, persuaded them to stop firing.
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