The pinns of a loafer gang to take Wantage of the situation. to loot Chapel were revealed inthe. First Special District Court, on October 8, when Loh Zee-fa was charged with murdering Kao Lee-sung, the head of 4 rival gang, and two others were charged with' being Involved in the fatal fight, They were vernal further inquiries, Rumours Perturb Precautionary measures are being tightened by the Chinese police and the "Peace Preservation Corps, view of alarming rumours current in' Chapel "and Hongkew, The Yumours caused an increased and steady evacuation from those areas throughout the whole of October 7, and every step possible has been taken by the authorities to. guard Sgainst any "untoward Incident order Issued to the Bureau Public Safety, the Shanghai City Government Instructed that. efforts be exerted to round up. rumours mongers. Eight persons were arrest ed that day and sent to the Lung hwa military headquarters for tial, Martial Jaw has been enforced in different hsiens outside Shanghai by order of the Kiangsu Provincial Gi the hslons_ am ted sre Shanghai Hsien, Kiating, Tachang, Tenghsien, Kiangsan, Chuensha, Naiwel, 'Tsingpu, and Sungkiang. Ai Paoshan, the city gates are closed Letween midnight and 5am, dally, while patrols by members of the Peace Preservation Corps are' maine tained during the night
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