Referring to the carrying of ritles by Japanese auxiliary gendarmes, the spokesman said that the arms were part of the men's equipment which cannot be changed without the ap-Proval of higher authority."
"Auxillary military police, drafted from the ranks of other branches of A Chinese carrying a pistol was executed and another carrying a knife was stabbed in the face as the Japanese continued their campaign to clear Pootung districts of "undesirable elements." according to a Chinese report received from Pootung on Feb. 15.
'The two Chinese were among Broup of over fifty persons rounded up by the Japanese in the Tang. Chino' district on Feb. 14. Several hundred Japanese carrying machine guns proceeded to the place in the roming and immediately threw a feordon around Sheng Kia Loong alleyway, where a house-to-house search was conducted, The persons arrested were subsequently brought to a Japanese military fice where one Chinese, on whom a pistol was said to have been ound, was taken outdoors and shot dead in front of other arrested Chinese, Another Chinese carrying a Ienife received severe cuts in the face, The Japanese, according to the report, had received information from
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