The Archive · 1939

Mr. RW. Yorke and Mr

Samson, Assistant Commissioners, were on the scene with other high oMicials of the S.AEP.

'A personal inspection of the local" ties "involved Was made also. by Commander of British Forces in the Shanghai Area, and Major Ashmore, Brigade. Major Shortly, after the incident, truck-cadis of "Special Municipality" uni formed men, equipped with rifles, toured the district, pausing at the important crossings. These men did not alight from their lorries, how= aver, at the Edinburgh Road inter-

Four Japanese Attacked On Wuchang Road Shianghal, Oct, 14, Attacked atter they had left the offices of the Japanese Consul-General, where they" presented a resolu ion' criticizing "Mr, Yoshiaki Miura, Consul-General and his "stof, four members of the Shanghai Branch of the Great Japan Young Men's Party today planned to send a ropresenta~ tive to organization headquarters Tokyo to report details of the a sault, the *Taleiku Shimpo" said yesterday, The asenilt took place. the news paper said, in the vicinity of chang Road about p.m, on October 12, "The youths were attacked, was stated, by four alleyed Japanese carrying seamen's Knives and. ham= mers, None was burt seriously Their attackers: the youths told the \ewspaper, approached them, sayin "Young Men's Party, you are pertinent."

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