Considerable alarm wns felt by motorists in North Szechuen Road and other main thoroughfares, who were halted by Japanese marines carrying rifles with fixed bayonets or sub-machine-guns. Other types of vehicles also were searched by the Landing Party, including even rickshaws, One of the curious features of the report of the kidnapping as made by the" elusive witness is that, according to the direction and distance indicated by him when he told his story, the alleged crime must have taken place almost directly opposite the Dixwell Road Police Station where constables are on guard 24 hours a day. It fell to detectives lat that Station to be charged with the investigation of the mystery and one of the first facts they established was that the informer had concealed his identity by giving a fictitious name and address. Other agencies active in the inquiry are the Chapei Police, the Japanese Consular Police and the Japanese Naval Landing Party,
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