Council Strikes Suddenly at Midnight: Vu Yuen Road Tax In lent Recalled by Move Striking swiftly at, midnight on Aug. 4, agents of the Shanghai Muni ripal Council blocked off. a. terrace fof houses at Lane 427 in Ferry Road with boards surmounted with barbed Wwite, "Moving quietly from the Gor don Road Police Station, the squad of PWD, coolies reached the lane and completed the job within twenty minutes, quickly and efllcientty.
The unexpected move by the SM.C. was almost exactly similar to the creating of a "Forbidden City" in Vu. Yuen Road on March 1, of this year when the same body isolated bioeke of houses which had failed to pay taxes.
The entire move was. done with an obvious attempt to pre serve the almost secrecy. Aside from agents of the SINIC. several foreign police officers, Chinese. con-Sables, and about. twenty PWD. Colles; the only. spectators of the Scone." were" representatives of the the street to the other entrance. Here, the work was delayed for a fe: minutes owing to a. misealeutation The barrier was a Tittle too large 10 enter the gate to the lane and 3 few remove tone of the supports temporarily.
The men in charge of the party repeatedly gave orders to make the whole proceeding as noiseless as possible. Once, a coolie was pounding with a hammer and received a curt order to pound more silently.
"The stealth of the attack had its] reward for people sleeping in the immediate vicinity continued to] sleep and there was no watching, crowd despite the fact that the realons was obviously well populated.
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