Shanghai, Aug. 13.
Jewish emigrants. residing "in Japanese-occupied territory would be treated in exactly the same way as other third parly nationals, stated a Japanese army spokesman' at the press conference yesterday when Deked whether Jewish emigrants, would be allowed to reside. freely territory occupied by the army.
'The emigrants, he said, would be required to have permits for resi-@ence in' the same manner as Hungjao residents. He stated that there was no question of diserimination and the action had been taken, Decause of military necessity.
Asked if Jewish emigrants arriving in Shanghai would be allowed to, land in Hongkew or would be required to take tenders to the Customs Jetty, the spokesman slated that the Fegitiration applied only to residents. and people in business. " Jewish arrivals would be permitted to land in Japanese occupied. territory, answer fo another questioner the military spokesman "revealed that a house at the Civie Centre had been occupied by Jewish children for over a week. The very fact that the children's camp was organized for the benefit of the Jewish children indicated that there was no inten-tien on the part of the Japanese authorities to make money out of the venture, the spokesman, replied to a pressman who enquired if rents were being paid. He added that there might be anormal fee for the use of the building. fire to nine other Japanese enter-rises, 'Chuang, an employee of the Hong Fong mili, succeeded in smuggling incendiary' chemicals into a cotton warehouse, thereby causing a di astrous fire, according to the news-Papers, Coolie's Imaginary Story of Hold-up Shanghai, Aug. 13.
Tou Teh-yang, coolie employed foreign home on Route Remi, will face charges of larceny when brought before the Second Special District Court tomorrow, after he misled French Concession detectives: who were investigating an alleged hold~ up dri the house which was reported to have occurred at about 9 pin. on August 4, When detectives arrived at the scene at the time, they questioned the coolie who told them that had been sitting in front of the door for about an hour that evening, when he heard the telephone ring. He went to answer it and. after having finished his telephone conversation, he turned around only 10 find that' four men, one of them armed with a pistol, were standing inside the house. The door, according to the coolie, was closed by the robbers and while one looked after the coolie, the other three were said to have removed a large quantity of clothing and other valuables, subsequently making their escape over the rear garden wall, Detectives investigated the case, taking the coolie's statement correct, but soon discovered that a Jot of things could not have happened in the manner described by the servant. Some of the stolen objects were recovered in various pawnshops and it was" ascertained that they had been pawned afew days before the alleged hold-up. He was therefore arrested and will face the judge tomorrow, In an endeavour to make his story. sound more real, the coolie had inflicted three scratches upon him-
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