At the Chapoo Road Bridge some friction occurred between the Settlement Police "and Japanese naval sentries yesterday morning over the placing of barriers. At an early hour. the Police found that the bridge had been opened to traffic, and closed it again. Subsequently, it was reported, the Japanese sentries turned the barriers to one side, and made it again possible for cars to pass. A high official of the Settlement Police went to the bridge and in his presence the span was re-closed. There was no actual clash between the parties involved Steel-helmeted members of the Russian Regiment, S.V.C., patrolled The Bund and Avenue Edward VII in small groups, while men of the First Battalion, the Seafofth Highlanders, operated in Nanking Road and thoroughfares of the Louza district. The S.V.C. armoured cars and S.V.C. lorries mounted with Lewis Buns patrolled various streets.
The S.M.P. Specials were on duty, largely to assist regular police posts in searches for arms and other contraband. Thousands of motor-cars and rickshaws were halted and
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