Macao, July 31.
Japanese planes today dropped circulars urging Shekki to accept Japanese friendship. Immediately afterwards, other planes machine-gunned Sheldi, killing upwards of 20 persons, while-warships.off. Wavgmeon shelled the coast, Fighting is at present in progress, with 1,000 Japanese vainly trying to make a foothold. The Japanese forces are said to include northern Chinese, Manchoukuans and Formosans—Reuter, railway, resulted in their taking refuge in a Chinese inn for two days. They then arrived in Shihchiachuang. After walting ten days before a train fest the ety, they met with a further setback when they were forced walk some eight miles because of broken tracks south of Paoting.
"Mr, Smith obtained a bamboo pole and placed it across "his shoulders and carried his baggage in Chinese feoolie fashion across the flooded countryside to a waiting train on the fother side of the railway break.
There was no anti-British sentiment among the Chinese peasants they encountered, Mr. Smith said.
Everywhere they went they were most courteously treated by all the Chinese they met. Chinese. train passengers were also very friendly, hho said—United Press. next house the occupants had been warned, They had left behind a large Quantity of opium and smoking, Mtensils. It had long been used as fan opium den. At the last house to be raided the same gang of Formosang was encountered and here also great quantity of raw and monu-factured opium was found. A Formosan claimed that the nour Lclonged to him. The Japanese Con~ sular police were informed and ther ce-operation requested. A Japanese Teilee officer came and informed the KKM. officers that the opium was Japanese property and the premises belonged "to Formosans, Japanese nationals. The owner together with the opium was taken by the Japanese Police Officer to the Japanese Con-late, A further enquiry showed that the Formosan arrested was connected with the Amoy opium monopoly office. Following this incident the Chairman of the KIN. Council sent a copy of the report to the Japanese Consul-General and stated that neither Mr. Olkhovsky nor Mr. Kikokt were aware that the house was occupied by Japanese nationals, but when acquainted with the fact they sent for the assistance of the Japanese police which was _immediately obtained. It was hoped that this explanation would be accepted.
"The Mayor of Amoy's brand new Municipality and a {ew of its obedient Chinese officials have arranged to go to Japan to laud its humanitarian service to China. This amiable so-called study group will consist of the Mayor and two of his family, the head of Education Bureau, the head of the Opium public selling bureau and a representative of the finery will include: Keelung, Taihoku, Kobe, Osaka and Tokyo. The party will return on September 5. The Mayor holds three offices in the city Government, the other two each; their work will be sadly neglected while they are away.
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