Shanghai, Aug. 23.
[SERENATION to take "effective and appeoptite measures to eradicate at the roots the evils" responsible for the Jessfield Road shooting incident was expressed in a joint statement issued by Japanese military and naval authorities here yesterday evening.
"The Japanese forces are gravely concerned, the statement said, "over the incident that took place at the entrance of Hsin~ kangli, Jessfield Road at 3.45 p.m, on August 19 in which a probationary sergeant of the Shanghai Municipal Police killed and wounded with a machine gun a number of policemen of the Shanghai Special Municipality. panese Note to S.M.C.
"The Japanese forces some time ago declared in a joint statement Japanese authorities were unable to issued for distribution at home and permit the immediate restoration abroad.that they would give support to the Shanghai Municipal police fo and ce-operate with the "Reform-of the right to function in areas ed Government," and especially with north of Soochow Creek, and had the Shanghai Special Municipality. redded to postpone the matter for the "And it {s proof of {he non~ time being, Because the shooting recognition of the actual state of Incident on Jessfield Road on affairs on the part of Britain, which August 19" raised. a question. of exerts Its influence on the Shanghai confidence in the municipal police, Municipal Council, that despite such Mr. Yoshiaki Miura, Japanese Con-fa statement this incident took place sul-General, declared ina note against police of the Special Muni-
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