Policeman Bowled Over by Two "Merry" Soldiers Indignant dignity and convivial gaiety formed the keynotes of a little incident in Woosung Road yesterday afternoon involving one Sikh policy constable, large and two Japanese soldiers, "merry." The two Japanese soldiers, one of them carrying a bottle that earlier in the afternoon had doubtless been full of refreshing pauses, were seen by a foreigner coming down Woosung Road. Both were singing snatches of popular songs, making up in enthusiasm what they lacked in quality.
The Sikh constable was on point duty and after seeing where the noise was coming from, continued to stay at his post to the bitter end, which was not far away. The" sol diers drew near to the constable, whose eyes were directed towards the traffic. and the foreigner saw the two men exchange a few words apropos the policeman, Heads nodded, and, with consummate skill, one of the soldiers knocked his comrade into the policeman who, with legs and arms a-flying, crashed to the tarmac, Com-
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