Since this incident took place thie or four days ago, the atmosphere has} been very tense. Formosans open} fire from doors and. windows, fon every policeman who looms in sight of his place of business, while the arrest of Chinese assistants still continuing. Chinese police go about in plain search them out and arrest them. Ni tionalist soldiers have been assisting] the police in maintaining order in the streets, several of them standing guard on street crossings with drawn revolvers. Two or three police have been reported wounded in revolver duels with owners of the dens, but so far only one Formosan has been reported as wounded. It is believed, however, that others have suffered) injuries.' It has been reported from} official sources that the twelve Chinese who were executed were bad men (communists) who had taken refuge! in these places.
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