"(3) As the Courts of the First District have not yet been token over by this City Government of Greater Shanghai, it constitutes the major cause to encourage the—terroristic criminal move of the evil elements.
As these Courts of the First District are controlled and paid by the Chungking Government so that the maximum clemency will be allowed to the terrorists who are also affix hated on the same line with the Chungking Government, although they are arrested and sent to the courts. For this reason, this City Government of the Greater Shanghai believes that the Courts of the First pass unhindered, although all exits are heavily guarded by Japanese sentries—Reuter.
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