evacuated districts fo-gether with delegates of the City. Government of Greater Shanghai inspected Chapei yesterday morning. The area covered on the trip lies to the north of the Soochw Creel: and south of the Shanghai-Nanking Railway tracks and will be. eva enated by the Japanese troops. today.
special police from Peking, 500 strong, arrived in Nantao by' boat yesterday morning. The contingent and members of the above committee are to enter the evacuated area this morning, As the tracks are still in theled area controlled by the Japanese troops, arrangements will be made by the railway authorities with the Havanese officials to allow Chinese effect necessary repairs to the} railway so that traffic between, Shanghai and Nanking can be resumed at an early date, The ion party was divided into two batches: the public safety, batch and the public utilities batch. The party, consisting of 16 official me! ind several Chinese respection had been completed in a Japanese hotel in Woosung Road with the Japanese authorities, the entered Jukong Road from ries with the stores and para. phernalia of the field and: barra Numerous rolls of barbed wire, stakes, field "kitchens, tools,. Daths and such Tike were carried away to Japar'se Headquarters in Kiang wan Read in order to leave the $n Ming School premises ready for occupation by the Chinese to-day, At 945 am the Chinese Cor:- mission and the Japanese authorities the former were conduct-cars on a tour of the area by the Adjutant of the Commander of the Japanese [several Japanese naval officers.
The first stop was made at the! Police Station on Kong Wu road, which has been temporarily used as a barracks by a Japanese detachment. After a thorough examination of the main building and various outbuildings the party proceeded to the offices of the Chapel trict Maintenance Association Ming Li Road, The next visit was to the Ist Division Fire Brigade Station the Shin Ming Road. This had been eft in entire disuse during Japan-'The cars, instrants and assorted fire-fighting If the Govenment decides to keep batch cosung Road. The public safety ited all the police stations in impedimenta "stood in. confusion, the men on a separate footing the area, while the public utilities over the hall under a thick layer of from the Greater Shanghai Bureau dust and rust. The yard wee strewn, of 'Public' Safety, "another 2,500 arch inspected electricity works and with debris men will have fo be organised the telephone company.
It will be a considerable time and. trained in the north to. be Meeting Held before a fire can be extinguished by brought to Shanghai, as ut. least this station, although it is under-Following the inspection, the mem-000 police are required to patrol stood that the Bureau of Public ers held a meeting in their head: the Chapei area, Safety has already allocated 32 quarters in the French Concession, Document to Be Left Unsigned Tt was then decided to tal men and two extra cars for service Nanking, May 14, After leaving the fire-station the on the same day and that party made a complete circuit of It is learned from authoritative martial law be declared from 6 p.m. the bounds of the sector. sources this evening' that the to 5 am. next day after the ese Government intends to suggest district is taken over. The wards the recovery of which these gotual area of Chape, to-that the Chinese and Japanese texts
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