The renewed outbreak within the Settlement of political armed crime, kidnapping and other forms of lawlessness has caused the Council the gravest concern. The Council has itself received representations on this subject, and representations have been made on this subject by the Japanese Gendarmerie to the Shanghai Municipal Police. The whole of lawlessness in Shanghai raised before the full Council for discussion at its last regular meeting on Wednesday, May 15.
The Council felt that it was its duty to report its grave anxiety to the Consular Body and to urge that no stone be jeff unturned in endeavouring to remedy the present situation which is so gravely disturbing to every law-abiding citizen of Shanghai. an American declaration of war against Germany.
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