Hankoiw, Oct. 30.
A Chief Petty Officer and Leading Seaman of the British gunboat Gnat (625 tons) were stopped and searched by Japanese sentries near the gates of the French Concession this morning. It is understood that the American naval authori~ ties have. already protested over similar treatment.
The Gnat was also troubled by large numbers of Japanese craft passing within a few feet of the gunboat. Rear-Admiral R. V. Holt, Commanding the British Yangtze Flotilla, is lodging a formal protest Reuter. impressed the local Chinese popula tion, Many of them turned out in the streets to welcome the incoming troops. The streets were decorated by the Rising Sun Flag and the Five-Barred emblem of the new Nanking, regime.
Tt is understood that the Japanese military authorities already have started to restore peace and order and to begin reconstruction of the ruined city. Leading Chinese are closely ce-operating with the Japanese authorities, 'At five o'clock this afternoon, the Public Security Maintenance Asso-dation was brought into being with offices at the site of the Kincheng Benking Corporation in the Third Special Administrative District. More' than 300,000 Chinese civilians are within the city walls—Domei,
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