Japanese aeroplanes, six or more ata time, visit Tsingtao daily, roaring low over the city and its foot-hills. No bombs have been dropped so far, and the planes seem to be merely Observing Most of the postal. stalt evacuated soon after the mills were blown up, but what small quantity of mails got through to dwingtao was sorted by a volunteer band of foreigners, and all letters reached their destinations safely.
As regards the maintenance of law and order in the city, most of the active policing appears to be done by the. large body of marines, although almost the usual number of policemen are to be still seen at their Posts. While no major incidents have been reported, differences of opinion have arisen "from time to time between the civilian population and the Chinese marines, who have adopted a "very cocky attitude, and throw their weight about a lot"
"The exact number of Americans left behind when the USS. Sacra monte sailed from Tsinglso was not known to the present party of eva~ cuees. From another source, how-fever, it is learned that about 150
Americans are still in Tsingtao, with possibly another dozen living in the outskirts. A party of about 25 to 30 more were reported to have gone fon board a coastal steamer and to be on their way down to Shanghai. rong, (Ses that etna SiiPay tne ponies rom fected pakta "west of ace Mien duty ROS tthe ES, ce hat Be Scr coe me Waa" tment We, By Sahat dane serine Jena Leena ce Seve Berane soe tp Sve Master' "chin Keefe, Keefe, "Mrs, sisi" Metacnian, Mester overt, "McLachlan Phillip B. Price, Ses. Octavia ti, Btiur Bary G- Prive, Mrs, Bella 'Tay Mester 'Horta' Taylor, "Int Henry 1 Fowler, 'Master, Malcolm Werner, "A0ss Anne RV Wilson, "Master itubert 'Zimmerman, Master, Waller Zimmerman, Sie"Eats' Bedhova, "ana "is Wane SShanghal, Des, 0 British subject "air.
Motgan, was being held yesterday Under naval guard at. the former Floating 'Restaurant, Peking" Road Jetty, following his arrest on' the
used by them of the attempted theft Spanese miliary poli. He fs a fierboon of Chatnas" Day) BY
St. cargo of wood all from Pooting, ud had been Kept In custody in t Floating Restaurant since" Boxing Day, the "North-China Daily News" was informed yesterday. Following representations by the British, Con-Sular authorities, and a visit to the Floating Restaurant by ty of SMP. detectives, including a Japan~ ese officer, Mr. Morgan was handed over to the S. M. Police at 7 pin. Yesterday, and will appear in HM. Police Court this morning.
"A Japanese report last night stated Municipal Police were that "Mr. Morgan was detained by the Japanese Military Water Police, together with two alleged accom: puges, one Japanese and a Chinese, Jesterday. 'The three men were later handed over to the civil authorities, Morgan being taken nto, custody the Sat Pole. "While the Japanese military authorities, the report stated, Hrrongly "denied reports that the free' toon were implicated in an oplonage scheme, they refused. to Aisclose the alleged crimes for which they. were' being, held, pending the conclusion, of a full investigation, Siber Japanese sources, however, sisted that the men. wore Doing 0 fused of having attempted to steal {tro barges loaded with elt belonging to'ene of the major Japanese trading exe member of the trio is said 1 nie Im Sha Japane
ave secured a permit forthe removal tthe all barges said to. have Been fu the Pootung shor.
Barges Guarded The barges were eventually brought across to Shanghai, and moored beside the Floating Restaurant Pontoon, where the headquarters of the Sopanese Military Water Police are located. The military potice, it was. further stated, were requested to watch over the barges, as "thefts were. very frequent." This the officers agreed to do until the removal fof the barges to another safe anchorage, it was added, and the removal was {0 have taken place yesterday mornin An employee of the Japanese trading firm, which claims full ownership over thee barges and their cargo, says the Japanese report, saw the barges; moored at the Floating Restaurant and asked the military police for an explanation. This is said to have ed to the detention for questioning of Morgan and his alleged ecompices. "Because it was technically Impossible for the Japanese Military Police to hand over Morgan to the Shanghai Municipal Police, he was. first taken to the Japanese Consular Police headquarters, the Japanese report concluded.
Mone than half of the refugees in the "Jacquinot Zone have left the zone to enter relief centres opened In Nantao by the Japanese authori~ fies; states a report to the "Hwa [Mai Pao." Owing to this decrease In the number of its charges, the International Relief "Committee, under whose auspices the zone was opened, one halt,
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