in Shanghai Oct, 7 fare being held and the wide-spread Following the failure of a num-distribution of AntiJapanese Iiterabr of Chinese wharf coolies to show ture and posters, all of which he declared to be illegal, Mr. Murai up for work yesterday morning at then cited various incidents of Japa the Japanese docks on which thes Inese. subjects being attacked by. Chi were employed, the crews of Inese and demanded that such activ. proximately forty lighters used to ties as. he had related should be Convey. freight from. Japanese terminated by the authorities. Steamers in the stream went "Unless this is done," Mr, Murai Strike last night. stated, "these actions will lead to The strike was part of the anti-untoward happenings with most ser-Japanese movement and came after ious consequences." the men had been. approached on-In reply, Gen, Chang is said to Unually, inthe last few days.
Ihave informed the " Consul-General representatives of the AntiTapanese that he would do everything within his power to bring an end to the and. National "Salvation" Society. anti-Japanese agitation and that he: 'There ave still " number of lighters in-service, however, the. Japanese would' guarantee full protection to every Japanese: subject within his State, and the despatch of cargo wil that. be materially hindered.
Apparently the strike was con Jed, 2 Japanese paper delivery bos, Shortly ater the meeting termina uetet without violence, ax the Poo-Jeniployed by a Shanghai Japanese fung Headquarters of the River Inewspaper, was set upon by students Pollec had no reports of disorders Woosung Road and in the en-of any kind. suing battle hed his papers taken 'Four destroyers belonging from him, "The Japanese Consulate the 24th destroyer Aotlla of the! reported the matier to the police and Japanese Navy, steamed up river jo search is being made for the esterday, and' are now Nethed at youth's. assailants,"
The first three arrived off Woo: yesterday, and are new bert SaP'"Detence Areas °arrired Commander of the Woo General Hsiong Shiba, Garrison sung late on (Monday night "and with the arrival of the fourth, all Shanghai on Tuesday. In the four proceeded to ther berths course of sri interview on the question of the safety of Shanghed, and one Oct, 8. terday morning, commenting: on tue various rumours that are rife obit the possible oe-As the result of the first invasion Jeupation of Chanel and Nantso by of International Settlement terri apanese forces he said that both, tory by a search and seizure Party'
Chinese and Japanese residents of of the AntisJapanese Association, those districts were moving out of squad of police from Headquarters fear of a clashing of. forces. and thirty of the society. members The Chinese fear drastic action lashed yesterday afternoon when from the Japanese troops. This, he the fernier forcibly recovered a declared, was due to a misunderment ut Japanese-owned paper 'iMegally confiscated a few hours be-standing' or to ignorance of the real fore in Urga Road. The recovery facts, The Chinese patriotic movement, in the general view, are well was effected at the Anti-Japanese ordered, Moreover the Chinese are Association offices on Siking Road, not actuated by malice or hatred istence from the Central Police Station, force being: necessary} against peaceful Japanese subjects. Conditions in Shi are unlike '4s the peaceful return of the paper those in Manchuria and there was refused.
The seizure occurred while Mr. is no reason for believing that Japanese Consul Gen-the Japanese would apply the tame methods here as in the shanghai, was ¢1 with North, The General consider-Chang Chun, - Mayor of fed that rumours in—certain Greater Shanghai, registering 2 decided "and" emphatic protest newspapers (not the North-China against antisJapancse—activi Daily News) that the Japanese and demanding better protection Consul-General had protested to the for the lives and property of his Mayor of Greater Shanghai and nationals. "A truck load of paper] threatened to laud troops in the: event of the Chinese authorities owned by Mr. fatsuhara, 131 Kiangese Road, was being carted being unable to give proper protec-Through Urga Road in the Hon tion to Japanese nationals, were Kew District, to the Mizuo Printing, very dangerous for no such note had Office, when it was stopped by an been gent. The Japanese Consul-'Anti-Japanese Association search General had visited General Chang Sapanese sailors were being landed, naturally more rumours were creat-Jed and I informed the Japanese Consul-General that Japan would be lteld responsiv< for untoward troubles that may arise should these armed forces enter Chinese territory. The Japanese Consul-General replied that he had full confidence in the ability of the City Government of Greater Shanghai to preserve order and gave an assur-Jance that Japanese armed forces! [would not enter our territory, "said the Mayor. "Accordingly, particular} attention has been paid to the main-{tenance of peace and to the proteetion of Japanese residents, rumours have been spread that hostilities have broken out and that ithe City Government headquarters have been moved to the Internation. al Settlement, which, of course, is quite contrary'to eet." It shows, how-fever, that the rumours are not only [groundless but that they are harm fol, In spite of the knowledge that such rumours are untrue, many people have taken them at their face [value and have commenced move Jout of Chinese territory.
"1, together with the Shanghai)Disttict Kuomintang and the Shanghai and Woosung Gendarmerie Com. missioner, have issued a tion warning the public to act within the bounds of the law and to re-from from si rumours. Those who fail' to abide by this to order will be punished severely."
Tu this connection, it fs of interest to note that Captain Yasuda, adjut= fant of the Japanese landing forces fin Shanghai, has sent a. fetter to ur. Wang Kuang-tou, chief of the Second Department. of the Greater Shanghai Bureau of Public Safety, Jdenying the rumours that the [Tapanese marines intend to occupy (Chapel, As the circulation of such rumours tends to stir up illfecling fand cause the present tension te ber come worse, he requests the Chinese authorities "to devise ways. and means of patting a stop to them.
Martial Taw is being' enforced in territory under the City Govern ment of Greater Shanghai, General Hsiung Hsi-hui, former JGendarmerie Commissioner. and Chief of Staff to General Chiang Kai-shek, who has relingulshed the former position In favour of Ge feral Chen Ming-shu, former Chal man of the Kuangtung Provincial (Government, arrived here on Tuesday to take charge of the local fgatsison pending General Chen's arrival from Canton, Oct, 9.
Asserting that they were actin lurider orders from the Woosung ai [Shanghai Gendarmerie Commissi ler, a detail of uniformed guards appeared at the Shanghai Ger.era) Post Office early yesterday morning and -all copies of the two. local received at their destination. unintelligible when
'Several more guards have been posted around the Japenese. Con- Mi sulate-General in' Whangpoo Road jand a number of foreign police off leers are on duty at the steamer land-below the consular headquarters.
Oct, 11, Goce of Gio sides TEER of Cena ates sao ree ern see Sei, sea meet te peeped
spite against parties, innocent of sabe eae. pees, apse of a Retry Bel gyre ale versary of the founding of the Hepa "eign, of the hal a oe te Cata ait Frets? feot rennet SMe, Sarid, panatits seep us ide Bac been prt fostered by leaders of—the! ao meaty and ward of the, Regret Geromeirtn ya briers force Yeing eypplemented by abut 30°Fapanese Marines who arrived Ran ca atin Subsequent to their display of coupled with nationalism, the mob sao i rsa once era! toco Mit ok Rated by their leaders, they be; shout-is Slogans, ah as," ale As the officers arrived the mod lat had amy' up from a pile whicl had been dumped by a truck. The Bebes does 8 la As the mob broke up, sympathis. on neighbouring roads. This crowd cause of the holiday, Spngregated Stas that aot taken.
Strong parties from the Shanghai
by at the cross-roads, and the French with others in reserve, for some rime. Nothing happened, however, the police precautions apparently having daunted those. whoever they, were, from holding their meeting.
Bringing with her a complement lof approximately 240 marines, the Imperial Japanese Cruiser Tokiw funder command of Lieut. Common: der Mori, dropped anchor off Wayside wharf shortly after four o'clock The Tokiwa was dispatched directly from the Sasebo naval base, Japan, and is expected to remain in Chinese water until the present [Sino-Japanese crisis has abated. The marines aboard the Tokiwa were landed later in the afternoon and transported in motor trucks to the [Japanese Barracks near Gordon Road.
Oct. 12, Declaring that the manner ich the AntiJapanese boycott, is conducted in China constitute jes. veritable act of war, over 5,000 Japanese merchants, shi ing Linen and residents of Shanghai terday cabled a petition to the [Tokyo government, asking that pressure be brought against, Naning to terminate: the movement, The petition was compiled at a Jmass meeting of the Japanese Com-held in its primary" school lon North Szechuen Road "at
ous speakers addressed the imceting tock esterday acermgon. afternoon. land pointed out that, although the National t Government had repeat given assurances that the bbe discontinued, stil no active steps had oom. taken without the tacit "consent of th thie rey rd. "Ie was alleged that,
authorities, the Anti-Japanes? campaign could not exist hi the speakers asserting that nem: one day, bers of the association ile stroyed Japanese goods, imprisoned (Chinese suspected of relations with japanese and inflicted inder the very eyes. of the const: ruted authority without interfer-
The AntiJapanese Association thas usurped the functions of the Chinese government, it was charged.
the meeting, and through its ae~ tivities is endangering seriously the relations between China and japan when. the "serious minded. thinkers jon both sides are doing their best 0 settle the outstanding difficulties without further strike.
Yestonday afternoon the Japane: viser Tenryu dropped anchor the Whangpoo, River, off Wayside
loral Wharf, having been, dsp igo from the Sasebo Nav The Tenryu is the war vessel to are hai during the last few. party of three men, A. cursory in-Spection revealed the paper to be of Japanese manufacture and the party informed the driver that, his load was confiscated, Protests that
ment, and that the point of seizure tined Japanese establish:
paper was Japanese property,
lay well within the precinets of the Tnternational Settlement proved] unavailing, and the Association, members drove off with the load.
Mr. Matsubara, owner, of the property, immediately advised. the 'Japanese Consulate, who turn] an; communicated with' the Settlement police, Shortly after 2 pan., Sub-'Inspector B, "Palmer, of 'Head 3 fers, "accompanied by Sergt. thou ye, of Honguew Station, and a mumber of tem, Torsted the' conto ated property at the ofos of the 'AntiJapnnese Association' in, Sin King Road, Central District, About 30'nen were in. the offices when the police arrived, and, when the Yotusn of the paper was refused, a tense situation prevailed for-a few Twoments, Subringpeetor Palmer then ordered his men forcibly fo Te: sain the paper. "A inlet suite one sued, but the police restored the ioad'to its owners No arrests were made) as far as is known, neliher Was anyone injured, Wale this" affair was taking pice simian sedents tu" Chines Generat Chang Cidin by Mfr. Mural.
retary were being. placed before Pointing out thats state of Perce Stil prevailed between Sapant aod Ghingy and that the League at Cone:
"had" requested bots "Powers Sapeciily to refrain from over¢ ast, ile the Manchurian case fe under Consideration, "rr Marat_Getiared fiat the ateinyted severance of eco-
[Chun but no such threat was made. The Chinese Government have re Peatedly, declared that they will Jsume full responsibility: for the pro-
[Japanese daily. newspapers which 300. nad been deposited in' the outgoing pest, recording to 8 statement mace 7 the Japanese Consulate. General A group of female students had assembled to. deliver anti-Japanese lectures, While the leaders spoke, iwa having entered the saturday a(ternoon with, who are' quartered at erty. convinced that there tection of Japanese life and. pro-ast ening. When advised by the postal authorities "of the selzare, will not be any untoward incident executives of the two newspapers land as to the presence of Japanese oncomed, the "Shanghai Nippo" and jwareraft in Shanghai, the General che "Shanghai Mainichi", immediate-Jagreed that it might have a steady-jing effect on the Japanese public ly" reported the occurrence to, the nstlate and Mr. Y, Shirai, Vice-Bat it might be productive consul, Inter in the day, called on understanding by the Chinese. Gen-loral Hsiung declared that his troops \Gen, Tisiung Both, Commissioner here were quite ready to cope with [of lot Gendarmerie, and registered a ly emergency that' might arise Nefther of" the had las in the past three years. His dat) received any order barring them the newspapers had is to protect residents here both Chi-from the mails, Str. Shiral informed Inese and foreigners alike.
Interviewed by a. representative \Gen. Hsiung, and pointed out that violation of" the post is strictly Jof the "North-China Daily News" against he provisions of the Geneva yesterday with reference to the Postal Convention, of which China many rumours which are being dis isa member, as well as being con-seminated in Chinese circles and trary to international treaty Fights. which have been responsible for an|Gen Hsiung said he would have the their henchmen fired several rounds. of firecrackers, attracting additional to the crowd, ime more vociferous, gesticulations and in their diatribes against Japan, Inspector Ginnane, of Wayside police station, had turned out available men, and with the inspec-for leading his men, they approached the speakers supporters, Who soon dispersed. At' about this time the van from the Reserve Unit, with @ full complement of foreign and Chinese officers, put in an appearance, but the crowd which Siren hangers:
and chop assistants disperse. ted
rhe. trouble was not owes ever, inasmuch ay ivolated" groups fathered om side roads, When their reinforcements, the exception of her own com nent, Serious trouble was narrowly averted by police action in the Dixe {well Road and Hongkew districts yesterday afternoon when a number fof Japanese counteracted the anti-nese movement in Shanghai by tearing down posters in the shop, This action on the part of the'
held in the Japanese Primary Scho ese followed the mass meeting ed a demonstration on North Sz Ichuan Road.
The situation at one ime was fraught with alarming Jconsequence, as Chinese shop em= ployees resisted their entrance and retaliated.
With large crowds, exodus of Chinese residents from the territory under the City Govern-iment of Greater Shanghai into the International. Settlement. and. the French Concession, General Chang Chun, the Mayor, expressed his re-pret that the people should take heed of all the false and malicious statements which they hear.
"Bverything is quiet controlled territory," he said, "and there fs no semblance of trouble, We have sufficient forces at our [disposal to cope with any distarfeanee that may arise, The public should not take alarm upon hearing tone report o another.
"After news relating to. the [Japanese occupation of "Manchuria had seeched Shanghai, Twas "a7 proached by the Japanese Const General with a request to accord matter investigated at once.
Eamber bad increased io about €00, swarming around the different cor-
According to information received they cles verite atthe ners along the main thoroughfare, joy. the Japanese Consular authori- intersection of Yangtsnop00 [snd Japanese marines parading up ties, the gendarmerie guards, 0 Pingliang Roads, where they seize Jand down in trucks, police officers their arrival at the postal head-oda quantity of cigarettes, which thad their hands full keeping peace quarters, made s careful inspection facture, and scattered suid to be of Japanese manu: [and order. them over While several windows were r0- loopies of the two Japanese journals.
the mails Wat seized nothing but the "toads." There was no "ye: [ported to" be. broken" when the was stated last evening that the sistance on the part of the othe Bales "hearing [Tapanese foreed their way into the, leopards are still on duty at the Gen-Keeper, but, the police hearing 0 shops, no serious injuries were re~ loral Post Office, consequently it is the third disturbance, rushed to ported in the ensuing clashes. feared that subsequent issues of the the spot in motorcars and rieshas, arrests were made, the Japanese de~ Jpapers will meet with the same fate "As the parties jostled each other, monstrators being successfully dis-until the matter is adjusted. a Japaneas passed on ble: persed by the police.
Up until a Several of the mob threw stones at Into hour Inst night, the reserve Hong series of complaints which have Ye seizure followed on a him and as one of them seized hit been registered during the past ten units of the two stations were stand-days by local Japanese individuals things became worse, Dixwelf and firms concerning the post, it] i und tramcars but, with Police Star was informed, Simul i Japanese has been subject to lengthy delay, while
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