The Unruly Soldiery Cause Unpleasant Incidents A short time ago a warning was issued to the citizens of the Inter national Settlement to stay out of Chinese territory after dark yo that they would not be annoyed by robbers or possible kidnappers, It ap= pears, from recent complaints, that foreign citizens will not only' have to stay in their own territory after dark bat also during the day and that they may not even travel on extra-settlement municipal _roails, Chinese soldiers are forbidden to go armed along the Municipal Roads but there is nothing to prevent them from going across the boundaries for personal business or pi when they are mot on duty, are particularly numerous Soochow creek roads, strolling about in groups of ten or twelve, And foreigners who stroll too near the Red Joss House on Keswick Road, or the mew Chinese rond near Lin-coin Avenue are very apt to be sub-Ject to the insolence and insults of the Chinese soldiers, The Municipal Police Force is trying to control these soldiers while they are on duty and to keep them off foreign roads but the casual passer-by is, often an object for their stoaethrowing and thtimidating,
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