Shanghai, May 14.
'Three men were injured, not seriously, shortly before noon yesterday. when' a portion of a wall collapsed in a Chinese house at the interseetion of Canton and Chekiang' Ron They were taken to the Lester Chinese Hospital in a Fire Brigade am-
Customs Chinese Abducted Shanghai, May 10.
Following the arrest of a revenue, guard in the Customs examination shed on the Bund, the Customs Commissioner is understood to be faking the matter up with. the Japanese consular authorities.
According to eye-witnesses, the revenue guard, No. 98, Yang Wen-lung, was dragged into a military car by plain-clothes Japanese and taken to Hongkew at about 11 a.m. yesterday. No news of his whereabouts was known up to last evening.
The Chinese was reported to be in uniform and working in the Customs shed when a Japanese plain-clothes man ordered him, at the point of a pistol, to follow him to a car. Seeing the Chinese undaunted, two other Japanese came up and started to push him to the Bund. The efforts of the trio were not successful until two additional Japanese came to their help. He was finally placed in a Japanese military car and taken to, Hongkew.
The abduction of the Chinese was generally believed to be connected with the strong opposition raised by the Chinese members of the Customs staff to the reported transfer of the administration to. the "Reformed Government." A' meeting, attended by the majority of revenue guards and other Chinese members of the indoor and outdoor staff, was called on May 7, causing the Customs routine to be at 2 standstill for several hours.
'On the advice of several high Customs officials, the men returned fo their posts. Many members of the indoor staff had to work as late as 6 pin. in order to catch up with the delay. Another meeting was held on' "May 8, when the members decided to await" instructions from the Chinese authorities at "Hankow.
Tt could not be ascertained yesterday whether the man held by the Japanese had' in" any way" been responsible for the convening of the "protest" meeting on May The Customs building was guarded by the River Police yesterday.
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