The systematic removal of metals from the areas north of the Soochow Creek to which reference has already been made in the columns of this journal is giving rise to very considerable anxiety in the minds of neutral observers.. The word "systematic" is used advisedly, for gangs of Chinese coolies under a Chinese foreman, and controlled by Japanese, have for weeks past been making house to house, factory to factory visits on Chinese property removing not only metal which might be rightly termed scrap, but all types of metal fabrication from boilers down to Phone 34220
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