A French soldier, on patrol duty with French Municipal Police, was forced to fire into the air at about 23240 pum. yesterday when a car, with four Japanese gendarmes, in plain clothes, failed to stop at the order of a police search party in Avenue clu Rol Albert, near Route Frelupt.
The chauffeur of the car stopped After the shot had been fired and the passengers were allowed to proceed as soon as ey had been questioned by the police.
Nothing serious was attached to the affair by French Police officials, who stated that the incident had occurred through misunderstanding, the intentions of the search party not being known to the- Japanese.
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