As the party and its pursuers dropped out of sight behind the 17th. tee, the report added, three separate shots were heard. At that moment two Japanese officers came up to the 16th. tee and stood at the side of the golfing party and were questioned by a foreigner who had just alighted from his car. As the replies were given in Japanese the foreigners present were unable to ascertain if any of the Chinese had been shot or what was the cause of the chase.
On the way home, at about 3.30 p.m. the party passed a company of Japanese soldiers and in front of them, being led, were three Chinese, while all along the road there seemed to be a great deal of military activity, the report continued.
It is believed that the chase was the result of renewed military zetivity in the district following recent acts of disorder there, which culminated last Sunday in the kidnapping of four Japanese soldiers from a lorry by a band of Chinese bandits or guerillas,
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