'The slreets_ are unsafe and must remain unsafe while there is doing from heavy guns in the nelghbou hood and. aerial" combats' continue. The police ave posting up huge pro-damnations warning the public not to falter or to collect in rows, and Ihave asked that these: warnings, may be repeated again and again." Apart from these a ithe lack hale ite might be said' to" be proceeding on salistactory lines. Mos fof the police reports, which -are Roted for their brevity, report, to-
Shanghai, Aug. 26.
'A. warning against the' use of for-flags on Chinese buildings was sent by Br, S. Okamoto, the Japanese Consul-General letter to the (Consular Body yesterday, according. loa. Japanese embassy" spokesman, [No reply had. been "received up to yesterday evening.
"The spokesman stated that certain' [chinese factories which had apparently purchased their equipment from oreign firms were taking advantage of that fact to fly foreign Rags" over their property. "The JJapanose "were not "concerned "10 know whether the equipment had been paid for, but so long as they wore satiated that the property was ied they "felt they had to take action against It, This applied to certain factories which had been used 23 ests for snipers. conditions. continue, the next change tray possibly be the discontinuance of those evening broadcasts, in. which fcose the publfe. should not "surmise {hat something has broken dove the publicity arrangements, but should (alee to their beds in the ance thet "li Is wel."
There wore two fires in the early hours of this morning la the vicinity Boone and Nortlr Szechuen Toads The Fire Brigade were qulcily on the Job and both had. been extinguished Yeas. than two hours. - Yesterday, 'Brigade yecelved. two calle from the Eastern distriel.. A fire was reported to have broicen out in the Ewo Cotton milly but this was not. true, 'There, was & small fire in the nelghbourligod of the mill and another' In the Thorburn Road area, but com= paratively litre damage was sone by fitlier. As far as the Central District concerned, fre precautions. slond The warning, the spokesman said answer to" questions, was. more applicable in "the areas. outside [Shanghai than In the Settlement south of the creek, though in this [area the Japanese had plenty of evi fence "that. foreign flags and Red [Cross and Red Swastika fags were being "misused. Japanese" troops leperating' round Lube had found Chinese formers' huts" occupied by nothing more than pigs over which foreign dogs were being down." They the reign fags over property which. was obviously Chinese, while respecting. foreign. property. the! Best of their ability:
"The spokesman admitted that fo eign property in the Yangtszepoo district which had been used by Chinese snipers might have been damaged the Japanese,
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