A telegram received in Shanghai on Monday stated that Mr. L. Sintsze, compradore of Messrs. Arnhold Bros. & Ca. at Chungking, had been executed by the military.
Inquiry at the local office of Messrs. Arnhold Bros. elicited the information that Mr. Loh had been executed as stated. He was, however, not Messrs. Arnhold's compradore but an employee of their Hankow compradore attached to the Chungking branch of the firm.
The message in question, which is the first to be received after several days of telegraphic interruption, was despatched about 1 p.m. and received three or four hours later, Navigation under Difficulties:
Japanese Boats' Casualties
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