The outcome of the conversation. was that the two Japenese and the Chinese seized hold of Wang and started to drag him into the hire-ar which they had waiting at the Kerb. The coal merchant. resisted Dut it looked as if his efforts would, prove insufficient against the force of the three others. "At this juncture the unexpected happened.
The unexpected was that between 20 and 30 rickshaw pullers who had taken an Interest inthe proceedings from a distance came over and started pulling at the other end of Mr. Wang. The final result of this tug-of-war was that Mr. Wang was left fon the footpath surrounded by rickshaw coolies, while the two Japanese left hastily in the hire-ear and their Chinese assistant legged it as fast as hho could down Tientsin Road.
Police who investigated the incid~ tent came to the conclusion last night that the coal merchant had been mistaken for another Chinese. Search Jing inquiries are now -on foot a1 are expected to expose an interest it pilot.
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