The Archive · 1939

Gunman Brought Before District Court

Echo of Attempted Murder — Of Leading Merchant

Dong Nyoh-ching, an alleged mem~ ber of an assassination gang, was brought before the First Special Dis-io Gen. Chiang Kai-shek, should be attempted as the "only solution of the present trouble," the journal argued.

"The time has at last arrived when a resolute attitude is called for to deal with the challenge of such atrocious street warfare," the Tokyo paper continued.

S. Chung"

m. Smith and a number of smaller donation Apologies No Solution A solution of the question can never be reached by the mere exchange of written protests and apologies, the Japanese Plead Guilty "Miyako," another Tokyo daily, de- 'T'o Illegal Fishing clared editorially today. The prerequisite for liquidating the question is the frank admission of the Powers concerned of the facts which have actually been proved in the past, the paper said.

These facts are none other that the Settlement is firstly, the head. quarters of Britain and France in their policy of assisting Gen. Chiang Kai-shek, the paper charged; secondly, it is the nest of anti-Japanese China; and lastly, it is the base. of operations for terrorist outrages in the so-called "third period warfare", using guerillas.

"The 'Reformed Government' has boldly and frankly declared that the Settlement and Concession are hostile territories so long as Britain and France continue their policy of assisting Gen. Chiang Kai-shek. In such circumstances it is self-evident what Japan should do", the daily asserted.

Vigorous ce-operation with the municipal police in maintaining order in the International Settlement has been foreshadowed by the assignment of a large number of gendarmes tò the factory zone in western Shanghai, the "Nichi-Nichi" said today.

The Kung Deli, Toyoda and Naigai cotton mills, all Japanese concerns, according to the paper."—Domei.

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