The first day of the intensive campaign against cholera launched by the Japanese Special Naval Landing Party proved very successful, the "Nippo" said yesterday.
Out of 38128 persons who crossed the Garden Bridge, Chapoo Road Bridge and North Szechuen Road Bridge into the Hongkew area from noon to 7 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, only 183 persons failed to show anti-cholera inoculation certificates, the paper said. All of these were given inoculations free of charge at the Chinese Primary School on Boone Road.
Bluejackets assisted in the campaign in Hongkew, Yangtzepoo and other districts by stopping all pa: sersby and asking them to show their inoculation certificates.
Chinese guerillas.
Mr. Leonard was lined up by Chinese soldiers with one of his Chinese helpers and both shot in cold blood. Later the Chinese regained consciousness, being not hit in a vital part. He found the body of Mr, Leonard beside him and, as soon as he was able journeyed to Taiyuanfu to tell the story to the mission there.
Monument to be Erected Bishop Schraven, seven priests and a lay brother were killed on the day ihe Japanese army occupied Cheng-ting. As late as November 29, seven weeks after their murder, the Japanese spokesman in Peiping gave out a lengthy account of the death of these missionaries, quoting reports from the Japanese military authorities in Chengting. This account claimed that about ten people who appeared to be Chinese soldiers entered the Catholic mission, took away the missionaries and killed them. The spokesman expressed his belief that they were Chinese and said they could have "secured Japanese uniforms from dead soldiers" in referring to a report that the men wore Japanese uniforms.
Since then however, and chiefly because of investigations made by the authorities concerned, negotiations between French and Japanese authorities have led to an exchange of documents in which the Japanese authorities admit that the nine men were killed by Japanese soldiers The spokesman however has not made this public, One of the provisions of the settlement of this case is that the Japanese army shall erect at Chengtingfu, near the mission, an obelisk or monument on which is to be stated in Chinese characters the regret of the Japanese army at the death of these nine men.
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