The Archive · 1936

Foreign Residents Protected

Ndequate Measures Devised by Chinese Police: Close Investigation of Kayau Killing While emeers of the Bureau Public Safely, the Settlement Police, and the Japanese Consular Police fare sparing no. efforts in their Investigation of the murder of Mr. Kosaku Kayau, a Japanese sea-food broker, in Chi el Road, on July 10, adequate measures huve been devised divided their functions By the Chinese Police for the protee- themselves. lon of foreign residents In Chinese) territory, especially In Chapel. A meeting of inspectors in charge of Various police substations in Chapel Was. held on July" 14, when Aetaila concerning police patrols and guards in areas where "foreigners five wore reported. the houses in which" foreigners] Maps showing! reside were displayed at the meet ting, and it is understood that police posts in these areas already "have been doubled.

Neither the weapon used in the rime "nor the cartridge case have been found yet, A high police acer, interviewed by a representative of the. "North-China Herald," plained that in the case of' certain Weapons, the empty cartridge case remains in the pistol after the shoot ing until it is ejected by the user. This probably explains the absence of the empty cartridge case on the Scene of the killing.

'Settlement Police, who are assist~ ing' the. Chinese Police in the tional officers to the work, and are x, ce-operating with the Chinese Police in every way.

The statements of two rickshaw pullers are being examined by the Chinese Police, but itis reported that no valuable clue has been of tained from either of them, Accord-Ing to a Japanese report, the two puller, Chen Lung-chuang and Liu Keucken, told the police they reside in Chi Mel Road, Both thought the Japanese was drunk. They saw no blood. One of the pullers conveyed. Mr. Kayau's body, another a. Japan ese! woman, to the Fooming Hospital, Where some five hours later the: vvietlm succumbed to his wounds, Settlement Police Thanked Mr, Hidenarl Terazakl, Japanese] Const, on July 14 called on MIN. Baudet, the French Consul-General to ask for the protection of Japanes residents in the French Concession and to acquaint him with details of the Kayau case, Mr. Masusaburo. 'Amano, President of 'Japanese Residents Corporation, called on Mr. 'A. Tajima and Mr. 8, Uyehar spectively Deputy Commissioner' and lant Commissioner of the Shani hai Municipal Police, to thank them for the prompt measures taken by. the SMP. for the apprehension of the assassin of Mr. Kayau.

Mr, Hikaru Kondo, Chairman of the: Federation, of the—Amalgamated Japanese Street Unions, presented to Mr. Sugihara, acting Consul-General, copy of the resolution adopted by that body on Monday afternoon. The resolution urged the local Japanes Consulate-General to approach 1 Nanking Government with a request for the safeguarding of peace and order In Shanghai.

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