100 Arrested in Hunt for Guerillas r More than 100 Chinese villagers are reported to have been arrested on Thursday in Peishingcheng, a village located in the western district by Japanese military authorities in Shanghai after conducting a big raid during which traffic was held up and machine guns. were placed at strategic points. The persons caught are suspected by the Japanese to be guerillas but other Chinese Villagers coming to Shanghai from that district are quoted as saying that the arrested persons have nothing to do with any armed force.
The report which lends weight to Chinese reports that guerillas have been active on the outskirts of the city "states that shortly after 9 am. more than 100 plain-clothes Japanese officers and men made their appearance suddenly in the district when the morning market time was not yet over. After. placing several machine guns at various strategic Points they carefully searched tea houses and restaurants and pedestrians resulting in more than 100 persons being arrested. The search lasted for nearly two hours and the arrested petsoüs were transported in trucks to Hungjao for questioning.
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