Shanghai, Sept. 11 A Japanese army' seriteant-major, not on duty, threw lighted matches inia the eyes of Mr. W. Iredale, British, in East Broadway carly yesterday' morning, it was reported by Mr. Ireland and four other witnesses to the Settlement Police and H.M.
Consulate-General.
The assault, which was said to be entirely unprovoked, occurred as Mr. Iredale and two other Ewo employees, Messrs, 'T. Clarke and H. Jackson, also British, were bound for th Shanghai Waterworks compound in Yangtszepoo, under a Settlement Police escort, at about 1.30 o.m. The three Britons had procured the escort, consisting of a foreign and a Japanese police sergeant, at Central Station as they had business which required their presence at the Waterworks in the early morning.
Accompanied by the two policemen, she three civilians were riding in East Broadway towards Yangtszepoo' when their car was suddenly halted by a Japanese in army uniform standing in the roadway. The Japanese shouted to the occupants of.the car to get out, and all complied with the request, As soon as they were on the roadway, the three civilians were attacked by the Japanese army man who beat them with his drawn sword and fist ud pushed them to one side of the road, according to the reports. The Japanese police sergeant also was assaulted by the soldier and beaten about the legs and back with the soldier's sword, The point where the incident took place was outside the entrance of the China Merchants Lower Wharf, where a.guard of the Japanese Naval Landing Party is permanently on duty. The Japanese army man managed to push two of the foreign civilians into the sentry-box outside the gatey and there he started further to harass Mr. Iredale, Throws Lighted Matohes The statements of the victim himself and the witnesses agree that the Japanese army man produced a box matches and' proceeded to light them and throw them into the eyes and face of Mr. Iredale. The latter was fortunately only slightly Injured.
Meanwhile a call had been sent by the Naval Landing Party guard to the Japanese Military Police, and about half an hour later a patty of military policemen arrived on the scene and took the Japanese army man into custody. The soldier was identified as—Sergeant-Major—F. Suenobu. He was removed by the military policemen.
The victims of the outrage made report first to the Municipal Police at the Wayside Station and afterwards to the British Consulate-General, is understood that a protest will be made to the Japanese authorities, It was stated that the Japanese Naval Landing Party, and not the Japanese Army, is in' charge of en-foreing the Japanese curfew result tions in the Eastern area, Development Company Formed Here Shanghai, Sept. 11 A Sino-Japanese firm known as the Shanghai Immovable Property Company, Limited, was inaugurated here yesterday to finance and promote arbour works and city rebuilding Jand development projects in the woosung-Kiangwan areas, sources close to the "Reformed Go} ferment" reported last night.
Organization of the company followed the announcement by the formed Government" of an am-bilious scheme for the development and rebuilding of a greater Shanghai.
Capitalized at ¥.20,000.000, the com: pany also will engage in the follow terprises: sales, purchases and of lands and buildings; imjoyable property trust transactions other businesses relating to such properties.
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