Shanghai, Apr. 18
Representations in regard to the assassination of Dr. Hsi Shih-tal, Secretary of the Police Bureau of the Greater Shanghai Special Municipality, requesting the enforcement of stricter "measures to. prevent terrorist crimes in the Settlement were presented to. the Shanghai Municipal Councit by the Japanese consular authori-lies yesterday, according to a communique issued by the Japanese Consulate-General at 530 pin. The communique reads as follows:
"Mr. Yoshiaki Miura, Consul-General, accompanied' by Mr. Midenari Terasaki, at 2.43 p.m. called on Mr. C.'S, Franklin, Chairman of the S.M.C., In regard to the assassination of Dr. Hsi Shihetai on April 11, and filed representations with him concerning the incident in question.
"Furthermore Mr. Miura requested a strict enforcement in the future of understandings reached between the Japanese authorities and the S.M.C. on the prevention of terrorist actions in the Settlement. actually fred at the CPC. who was injured, whilst the gunman's wound was caused by @ bullet fired by the [Chinese policeman as the latter gave chase to the decamping terrorists. No weapons were fourrd on either of the two suspects and the belief that Toast one more man must have been connected with the shooting is understood to. prevail.
Meanwhile, ballistic experts of the Shanghai Municipal Police have care fully examined the bullets extracted from Dr. Hsi's body and it was found that the' weapon used in slaying the oficial had no previous police history.
this ity, Gunman Confesses Before Expiring Apr. 14.
Peng Fuclin died of his wounds ai 3 lam. yesterday and was understood to have made a confession to detectives who had. been summoned to his bedside when he was.about to expire.
Peng admitted having been a mem= ver of the trio and having fired at, and injured, C. P. C. 730 who had {taken up the chase. "He is also said {to have stated that the gang reepon= sible for the shooting was composed of three men only, one of whom is still at large. The other suspect at present detained at police headquar~ fers, whose name is Zau_ Pa-suns, also admitted being a member of the terrorist group and said that he wax orilered {0 set as "look-out" man o-signal to the gunmen at. the moment that their viellm would be coming out from the alleyway. carried mo weapon, however, and {old investigating detectives that the man who se tually killed Dr. Hsi was known as Yiu Te-chiang and that he had only been introduced to him a Tew days beforehand, Zau when questioned said that he didn't know where the orders for the assassination came. from and detectives In both the Settlement and the Concession a vestigations whielf may anat to arrest the man known as Yi and to get some details as to the heads Dbchind the terrorist move. Tt appears evident from all investigations thus far concluded that the three men volved in the shooting were. ae tually henchmen of an organization vhich wanted 10 do away with De, Move by recent reports of successes n the Chinese cotutor-offensives on the various fronts, a joint telegram was sent to General Chiang Kai-shek by local Chiness public bodies on [April 17, reaffirming the unconditional support of the Chinese population in [Shanghai for prolonged nation: resistance, says the "Wen Wei Pao."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.