To the Editor of the "Mobrh-Cuwn pewy NEWS"
Sin—Concerning the postal baa imposed on your local evening contemporary, apparently for publishing news, you may be interested enough to record certain experiences of my own on Sunday last.
a) At 7 am. at the corner of Hungjao and Rubicon Roads were twe Japanese sentries on duty, with rifles sra fixed bayonets under the influence of intoxicating liquor, molest-mr passers-by and making themselves generally unpleasant, (2) The same afternoon two Japanese soldiers, unarmed and not on duty, were seen for not less than two hours in a grossly intoxicated state near the corner of Hungjao and Warren Roads, reeling all over the road and as far as their condition would allow, interfering with passers by.
(3) The next day, also in the Hungjao area my gardener reported that he had been approached by Japanese soldiers and asked to find young girls for them. My ultimate arrival had the effect of "liquidating" this situation, how, does not matter.
These are not fantasies but actual acts. After a short period of peace" in the Western district, there has recently been a recrudescence of Objectionable incidents, in which Japanese soldiers are the culprits.
Peace loving foreigners and Chinese are endeavouring to resume their normal routine in that area, and one hopes that the Japanese High Command will take cognisance of Occürrences which are not only delaying the resumption of normal conditions in the Western areas, which is admitted to be most desirable, but which also appear to indicate an undesirable deterioration in the bearing and conduct of the Japanese troops stationed in that area,
HUNcJA0.
Shanghai, Apr. 6.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.