A number of foolhardy Chinese, till intent on looting Japanese homes and shops, wore caught red-handed by Japanese marines on "Kuanbslen Road and were taken off to headquarters. House-to-house searches are being made inthe Tai-si-chen district near the wharves and those found in possession of loot will prob= ably receive short, shrift, It is a pity that the request mai to Admiral Shen by the British trid the French Consuls in' Tsingtao to refrain from destroying—Japanese Property was not heeded by. the Mayor of Tsingtao, for the destruction, which was of little military value, has only tended. to make the Jot of the local population a great deal more difficult. It is reported. however, that the Mayor was faced
happening to his family, which w withthe "alternative of somethin in Hankow, and so had to carry out his orders, which are believed to
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