Yet again the insensate criminality some miscreant—acting, if the grim precedents "are any guide, Vater, Getin. froma, sion of unidentified. conspirators against public peace—has taken the life of a Japanese visitor belonging to the fraternity which has special claim to Shanghai's confidence and respect. A humble seaman from a Japanese merchant vessel, taking his lawful occasions ashore, has been foully murdered, The authorities are invoke ing all the assistance which they command. to track down the assailant. The police, in such cases anywhere, "are possessed of limited capacity for prevention and. also for actually running the culprit to earth, but. their confidence would be im: measurably Increased if they could be. assured of the whole-hearted ce-operation of the public. It Is earnestly to be hoped that this will be speedily forthcoming.. There can be no shadow of doubt that. this series. of murders is the product of some evil organization which. marks Japanese subjects for its victims, probably with the intention of inten: sifting. racial passion and, perhaps, indirectly embarrassing the Chinese authorities, No-one could credit any responsible administration with. the faintest desire either to encourage or Instigate such mad provocation. - The Settlement. Police, and. the Chinese municipality will no doubt ¢o-operate
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