The Japanese arrested 9 large umber of persons during a house-Toshouse search last week for the murderer of a Japanese colonel who was shot on November 29. Accord Ing to Chinese reports, some policemen are said to be among those arrested. They are reported to have been present at the time of the murder.
Questioned why they did not try to ture the assassin, the police are floged to have repticd they were jot armed and could not do any-hing. whereupon they were severely beaten, and some died from their injuries, the Chinese reports claim.
Other Chinese quarters ascribe the restrictions on leaving the city and continued house searches to hunt for Chinese soldiers who mutinied last week, Some of them are be-Teved te have taken refuge within the city
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