Japanese Retire Most of Sentry Posts Hongkew and Chapei settled down yesterday after another Japanese Scare, occasioned by the reported kidnapping of @ young member of the Special Naval Landing Party, who was still said to be missing last night A small-scale evacuation of the area had virtually ceased by nightfall. At dawn already Japanese marines had greatly relaxed their martial measures and withdrawn numerous sentry posts established during the might. In Chapei the Chinese authorities, while maintaining a state of emergency, made successful efforts to calm the population.
The man for whom the search is being conducted is one Sadao Miyaz~ aki, 21 years of age, who is attached as a first-class seaman to the; headquarters of the Japanese Landing Party in Kiangwan Road. His abduetien was reported by a mysterious Jepanese civilian who approached three returning Japanese sailors near their barracks at 9.20 pin. on Saturday and told them he had just witnessed the alleged kidnapping. He gave them a false name and address and said he had to leave at once because his mother was ill. As the sailors telephoned their officers from a shop, their informant jumped into a rickshaw and rode off. He was still being sought last night to confirm the kidnapping story.
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