The continued appearance of armed Japanese patrols did not serve to quiet the nerves of the population. At streets corners, groups were observed scanning eagerly the latest newspaper posters describing the northern situation, Maps of the zone where fighting has taken place were prominently displayed on telephone posts and walls. Business appeared to be slack in the streets of Hongkew, especially at Japanese shops. The general atmosphere was "electric."
Settlement, Chapei and Japanese Consular Police continued their investigation into the disappearance of a Japanese bluejacket, Sadao Miyazaki, who was reported by a myster: ious witness to have been kidnapped in Dixwell Road on Saturday evening. The Japanese authorities did not issue any report regarding the case and as far as the other investigators -were concerned the man was presumably still missing. The local German newspaper quoted the Landing Party officials as saying that they were convinced the elusive witness was not a Japanese, because, although he reported the alleged abduction in Japanese, his attitude and whole demean our at the time of the report was not "Japanese." The Chinese press suggested that the young seaman, who was a comparative newcomer to Shanghai, had simply overstayed his leave, and one paper reminded its readers of the case, about three years ago, involving a Japanese vice-consul at Nanking who was reported to be the victim of "foul play" but who was found again, unharmed. in the vicinity of the y The appearance, in Broadway and in Hongkew, of large patrols of the Japanese Landing Party on Monday night, gave rise to considerable discussion among residents, both foreign and Chinese.
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