Conpulate Looted, Officials Bay-
"win! netted: Fate of Three Unknown Shanghai, Mar, 26, A. Nanking message dated March Abs received by the local Japanese @gnsutate-General sta "Southern troops were seen passfagi; in front of the Japanese Sonvaate "at 7 aske Seterday ning, and. 15 minutes: later a some 0 Southern sadier Junder the command of an officer -same to the Consulate but soon left Without offering any violence,
aad of Southern soldiers invaded However, at 7.80, a large num-'Consulate and started looting threatening. to. shoot, Later slare mins "southern "solders moped Into the Consulate building apevetied their rifles at important ind did all sorts of damage. They
ite of the Canmate, and ted many of the Japanese Befugees in the Consulate, They Paine building, but reprenentes attempted to set fire to the
the Kuomintang visited the late at noon, when the lawless iors quitted the premises on the Us, advice, The Commander of the 6th Divi-Won of the Southern forces also talled: Later -on the Commander despatched a number of Chinese ers to us for the protection of "In ' the course of the outrage, Major Nemoto wns. bayonetted the right side of the abdomen and the, hip, while Mr. Mori, the woriatandent of the Police attach:
to the Consulate, was also bayonetted through in the right up. arm Arms and provisions in the Consulate were all tod, but fortunately there were other enaualties, and itis fajsty's portrait and important ments remained intact, "At 10.80 the same morning, the G@binmander "of the Japanese troyer flotilla carte in haste to fie Consulate and mado_arrange-Wnts with the Consulate. an. foritien about the commodation Hit Japanese residents in the moki, "The Commander is remain.
in the Consulate and is now, aged. in putting things in order.
Major Nemoto and Mr. Mori, the intendent of the. Police Btation, and their families have been taken to the destroyer Hinoki amd are now being given medical Efeatment on the ship.
The fate of Mr, Takata, a photopher; the proprietor of the feraikd, 'a Japanese hotel; are Matsuseki, a physician, all of whom remained in their homes, is of known at present."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.