The Archive · 1940

Guerilla Leaders Arrested

Japanese Raid Wedding Feast at Kashing; Two Wanted Men Caught

Attendance at a wedding proved the nemesis of two alleged Chinese political terrorists who had been active in the Kashing area, situated along the Shanghai-Hangchow Railway, the "Shanghai Mainichi" reported yester-lay.

A raid conducted by the Japanese gendarmerie on a farmer's house at Paolienankiang, in the suburbs of Kashing at 2 o'clock in the afternoon on March 11 led to the arrest of Chen Hui-ching, 46 years old, who was described by the "Mainichi" as the leader of the "Assassination Section" of the outlawed Kashing District Government, which still acts under instructions from the Chungking regime, and Tsai Chiang-fu, his assistant.

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