Tientsin, Aug. 31.
The Chinese authorities are institit-{ing additional measures for the protection of trains operating between Shaahatkuan and Peiping, following. the demands made by the Japanese Jas a result of the outrage on August 15, when the Mukden-Peiping through express was looted by bandits, who shot three persons dead and wounded many others. Cars with accommodation for 40 armed men are. being Jattached to passenger trains, and an alarm system is being installed, Meanwhile, four persons suspected lot complicity in the attack on August 15 "have been arrested by the Japanese, and are detained at the hheagquarters of the railway police—Reuter.
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