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At the Wing On Cotton Mill in Seoul Road, it is learned, more than 500 Chinese have been held, with many of them arriving in Shenghai by trucks from Pinghu, Kating and Minghong, while others have beer brought from Haining, Shenshih, Ka. shing and Hangchow.
Quite a number manage to escape from the clutches of the Japanese Army, but the fear of having to pay a heavy penalty if they are retaken has sealed their mouths. The fact, however, that Yangtszepoo district is deserted' at night and thet Chinese who live north of the Soochow Creek area and who work on this side of the Creek, prefer to remain in the Settlement rather than return there in the evening.
It may be recalled that the commendeering of human labour north of the Soochow Creek has been done before—in March 1940, but was denied by the Japanese Embassy spokesman, who attributed the reports to the facts that arrests north of the Soochow Creek had been made, the detained men being criminals.
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