Nanking, Aug. 21 Measures to isolate the Shanghai International Settle~ ment or return it to the jurisdiction of Chinese authorities were being advocated by Reformed Government officials and anti-British organizations here today.
Desire for such drastic action was rooted in the growing resentment being felt here against the Shanghai Municipal Council because of the numerous incidents and outbreaks of violence in the Shanghai Settlement. Mr. Wang Tsan-tzu, Director of the Political Affairs:
Bureau of the Reformed Government's Foreign Ministry, left here this morning for Shanghai,—Domei.
Chinese Fired First high police oficial informed the "North-China Dally News" yesterday that no protest had been' received from the "Reformed" Government in connection with the affair. pointed out that the first to open fire was a member of the "Ta Tao" police party, members of which had no ght to. be operating on a Municipal Road. The action of the Sergeant in halting the party was quite justiNabl he added, as the latter had been attempting to ascertain whether the men Just going from one enclave to another or whether they were operating on @ Municipal Road, Had the party been crossing from tone post to another, as they were entitled to do under an agreement with the SALP., nothing would have happened but "the fact that, when questioned, they opened fire on the Probationary Sergeant, was the cause of the shooting, continued the official.
this pol although the "Reformed" police were /not allowed to function on Municipal Roads, the SMP. did not object to their presence when they were erossing from one of their patrol points oF stations {0 another.
Ho added that when Sergeant Kin och had accosted the men, two of the party in plain clothes had become Abusive and had told him that it was business of his to know where they were going. A second or two later the Aring broke out, with disastrous results to the "Ta Tao" whether or not the Japanese authorities would agree to interest themselves in August 19 affair.
Scene of a clach of arms between Shanghai Municipal Police patrol and an armed "Ta Tao" police party fon the evening of Aug. 19 when Proba tionary Sergeant W. L. Kinloch of the SALP. was wounded in the back and two of the "Ta Tao" band were killed, the area surrounding Jessfield and Connaught Roads yesterday. was placed under the protection of Com= mander TT. V. L. Virialdi, Commanding, JOMicer of the Italian Marines in whose Acfence sector the incident occurred. This action followed tense scenes which followed the shooting when other "Ta Tao" police with Mr. Kitaoka, their Japsnese adviser, and 4 party of the Shanghai Municipal Police, including Capt. H. M, Smyth, Acting Commissioner, arrived on the scene. Shortly afterwards Commander Virialdi, in order to avoid any further trouble, offered to take complete charge of the district and his offer was accepted,
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