Defence Works Being Erected on South Side of the Soochow Creek The Japanese military authorities, axe wadenaing their activities in the Shanghai area to points south of the Soochow Oreck wich were never Involved in the recent SinoJapanose ininluey tonic aetording 10 ort Tors the lace Chinese auth orities to the Government which Bins! "eftnce "works are. bein pul'up in the Chou-hia-chiao are Bethe south: of Soochow: Creek by he dapanate troops who relive night to their post at Toyoda Cotton MUM Jepanese' mounted troops were Shan Road on April 13. Since the dicered npn along Chung: titharawral of out fore on Batch 2, dress and inspect, the battalion at] the Woosung Road compound." The battalion, headed by Lt.-Commander Minoru Ohta, will then march out of the quarters and proceed to the; The 7th battalion has a proud "war" record during the recent hostil ft Woosung and at Chapei, base during the early stages of the recent trouble, Yesterday afternoon the officers and men of thi ult were entertained by the Japan. ese residents of Boone and Woosung Roads at a farewell party given in their honour in the Japanese Club Three transports, the Aso Maru, Rot star the Rokko Maru, and the Kotsu hsin-chen or at points south of the Maru, will take home reserves and Soochow Creek. "Our sentries were now also withdrawn from Chi-wang special units attached to the 14th Division to-day it was announced by mino-soon after the 3rd Regiment the Japanese Army Headquarters Yap shifted' to its new position at Yesterday' afternoon. These ships "faving discovered that our son-Will sail from "Woosung between 10,30 a.m, and 11.30 a.m. vies had been withdrawn from points 'Yesterday the transport Norway south of Soochow: Creek, Japanese 'Maru carried home some of the refrcops have on several' occasion: serves of the same Division—Union crossed "the Greek, posted. imam Press, motory and anti-Chinese posters in Hua-tsno-toong, 'Tee-di-tseng, Chi-Chinese Soldier Near Japanese wang-ming and Pen-loong-tseng, Consulate pillaged the villages and molested 'The fourth Chinese soldier in women there. They have frequently' lain clothes "spying" near the fired on our sentries. All this has' japanese Consulate building during already been reported to higher the last several days was caught on authorities, Wednesday night at about 8 o'clock.
"At 1 pam. on "April 7, over, 90 This man was found loitering be-Japanese troops appeared in Pan-tween the Japanese Consulate and Joong-tseng (10 li from the south the German Consulate, and was ar-bank of Soochow Creek) and staged' rested by a municipal policeman who unprovoked attack on our took him to the Hongkew station' wentness, At 9 am, on April 8, over for examination. The examination 100 Japanese troops advanced to revealed that he was a regular sol-'Tee-di-tseng (6 li from the south dier of the Chinese forces in bank of Soochow Creek) and attack-clothes. "Yesterday he was exa ed our sentries. Our casualties were ed by the Japanese gendarmerie, one dead and one wounded. Our: wentness were constrained to offer resistances for golf-defence before withdrawing to points further south,
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