The kidnappers took their victim through the Settlement and across the Garden Bridge to Whangpoo Road and into the Japanese Consulate-General. There they started examining the literature which they had confiscated" as well as questioning Mr. Mao about his business, It is understood that the articles concerned were translations into Chinese of malter which had appeared some months ago in well-known foreign journals, dealing mostly with Japanese trade.
The Settlement licence number of the kidnappers' car had been reported io ihe Settlement Police who at once made inquiries as to the route followed. Detectives succeeded—in tracing the car across the Soochow Creek to the Japanese Consulate-General. There the police. went yesterday afternoon and the Japanese admitted having the Chinese printer in custody. He was released shortly before 5 o'clock, and all the matter "appropriated" from his shop was returned, Headquarters officers of the United States Fourth Marines, in whose bec-ior the kidnapping took place, were understood to be investigating the affair late yesterday.
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