The day previous a Chinese was walking in Chapei, west of the North Railway Station, when, according to his story, four Japanese soldiers seized him for the purpose of forcing him into a labour corps. He made a break away from them, and he was immediately fired upon and slightly wounded, He had run far enough, however, to regain his freedom and he made his way back to the Settlement south of the Soochow Creek. The next morning he sought medical aid and he is now in a local hospital under treatment for two bullet wounds in his legs. A full report of his experience has been made to the proper authorities. Foreign Observers have previously noted the presence of young Chinese with their hands tied behind their backs in the neighbourhood of the North Station, in Chapei, A few days before the shooting near the North Station, a young Chinese was walking in the vicinity of Yangtszepoo Road and Thorburn Road when he was accosted by two men in foreign clothes who spoke a language which he recognized as Japanese. He was ordered to stop and to go with the men to a canvas-covered motor-lorry parked at the kerb near by. He noticed that at (Continued on page 8, col. 2)
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