Armoured cars manned by members of the S. M. P. who age armed with Thompson sub-machine-guns continue to patrol Edinburgh Road as a result of last Sunday's shooting when a gang of armed loafers fired on a police patrol from, "Ta Tao" territory. Conversations between the British Military, the Shanghai Municipal Police and the Japanese Gendarmerie responsible for the maintain ance of peace and order in the Western district, have been going on almost daily it was understood, although no definite solution has as yet been found As will be recalled the Shanghai Municipal Police made strong representations to the authorities concerned and requested that measures be taken whereby armed thugs would not be permitted to come on to Settlement Roads from "Ta Tao" territory.
In connection with Sunday's shooting, which is the latest in a series of armed outrages in that district, the "North-China Daily News" learned yesterday that the gunmen were not connected with the "Ta Tao" authorities nor with Mr. Wang Ching Wei's bodyguard but that the gang consisted of a large number of well-armed criminals of the worst type, most of whom have seen the Ward Road Gaol from the inside on more than one Occasion and who are willing and ready to do anything in their "line" for the highest bidder. inw
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