Foreign residents of the eastern and northern Settlement areas, including the Yangtszepoo district. were counselled by Vice-Admiral Kiyoshi Hasegawa, Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Third Fleet, to "refrain for the time being." from to their homes. were forbidden to until further authorize as contained in a proclamation issued by Vice-Admiral Hasegawa yesterday mani The proclamation yead of the progress made in our military operations, persons, including former residents who had evacuated, hay been gradually attempting to return to the Yangtszepoo and Hongkew districts.
Inasmuch as the main nance of peace and order in the area still leaves much to be desired, Chine will be forbidden from re-entering the aforesaid until further notice "Foreign residents of the aforggtid districts are requested to take, count the efforts being made by our forces for the restoration of peace and order, and are hereby asked voluntarily to refrain for the Swift Action by Detectives in West Hongkew
Several score of looters a day strength than usual, and even war time alarms and conditions did not prevent the detective force of West Hongkew station irom speedy action of a more normal variety—murder Yesterday they caught a murderer jo particularly brutal one—with the death of three men on his hands. Neighbours to No. 64 San Tai Loong complained of the smelt coming cntasleriiad. evacuied sari the trouble leaving three apprentices locked in to guard his property He was in the habit of visiting his shop during daylight hours to see that all ell, and of leaving again. In the confusion of the times no neighbours noted that, on his last visit, he did not leave, though one of the apprentices did. This men had killed his two companions killing him as he entered his shop-without doubt for the money which he was known to be carrying. ened three or four days s not discovered until the neighbours were forced to plain. Breaking in to the h
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