'Mr. Kaname Wakasugi, Japanese Consul-General in Shanghai, on Oct. 17 filed 9 written protest' with Gen, Wu Te-chen, mayor by Greate: 'Shanghai, against' the 1% hour detention of two members of the Japanese Special Naval Landing Party on Friday moming by members of the Peace Preservation Corps, the Japanese Consulate-General" announced on October 19.
According to the communique, Chief Warrant Oflcers Klyonobu 'Murai and Tawezo Kanazaki, of the Special Naval Landing Party, were accosted by a Chinese in' plain clothes as they were passing in front of the Shih Chin Kungssu. building in Chunghsin Road, Chapel, at about 1030 o'clock on Friday morning on their way back to the barracks from the Toyoda Cotton Mill In Jessfield Road. "As they stopped, they were surrounded by armed. members of the Peace Preservation Corps who, in spite of the oral protestations of the two petty officers, forced them into a room of the Shih Chin Kungssu, There, the petty officers wrote out their names and their rank on paper 3 requested by the Chinese officials. The two Japanese were detained in the building until 1240 o'clock, the communique stated. At the time of their detention, the petty officers were in civilian clothes.
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