Tsinan, June 2
'A Japanese soldier named Matsuo Haibara was sniped at by Southern plain clothes soldiers early this morning while on sentry duty the Armoury in the Commercial area, in which arms seized from Chinese soldiers are stored. The sentry was shot through the left arm, but his wound is not serious.
Acting upon information, Ji panese troops lost no time in putting a cordon round the locality. They arrested 15 suspects, Tt may be recalled that a Jo panese soldier was killed by Southern plain-clothes men some time
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.