Although he is a Japanese, Mr. Otojiro Nishikawa, aged 56, called the "patriarch of Kungchenchiao Street" by Chinese residents of Hangchow, has retained the respect and friendship of many Chinese in that city despite the hostilities, according article in the "Shanghai Mainia Japanese daily, yesterday.
Mr. Nishikawa, whose kindness and philanthropy have endeared him to he Chinese people in Hangchow, recently was reunited with his friends there after a five months' absence during the fighting in this area, the per said.
He has resided in Hangchow for the past $4 years as the proprietor of the Ta Tung Apothecary Shop, having come as"a young man to China from Ofuna, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
When tension gripped the lakeside city as the hostilities spread through this area, the "patriarch of Kungchenchiao Street" resolved to remain in Hangchow, and tried to dissuade his Chinese friends from fleeing by assuring them that the Japanese troops would not injure civilians. Many people heeded his counsel and remained in the city.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.