On May 1. 1999. 2 Japanese army sentry. was fired ripon and. wounded near the Lingnan College, an American property, located to the southeast fof Canton. And on the day following, a launch of the Japanese navy was hit by a shot fired from within the compound of the same college.
In connection with the incident, both the American Consul-General and the president of the college milled that they had occurred through the illegal use of college property by unruly Chinese elements and expressed their regrets.
Following the capture of Nanchang. wire-entanglements were found erect ed along the riverbank in front of the Standard Vacuum Oil Co's in~ stallation located near the northern edge of the city. compound of this company. front entrance, was found a large pile of posts identical with those used in the wire-entanglements abovementioned. Above the building of the said company was hoisted an American fag.
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