The intruders then demanded from Mr. Abend the manuscript of "the is japanese book you are writing."
being told that he was not engaged on any stich book, one of the men jabbed Mr. Abend with his revolver, and demanded to be shown the office. The shorter of the (we kept his gun trained on him, while the other started to search desks and files, discovering the nearly finished manuscript of a book on Gen, Ward. Mr. Abend explained that this was purely historical work having nothing to do with present day affairs, as the man had been dead for some 60 years.
'One of the men, on reading portions of the script, discovered an innocuous reference to Japan on the front page, jand also on' the ast few pages an account of the Japanese desecration fof the Ward shrine at Sungkiang. This last reference put him ina rage, and declared that it was an insult the Japanese army. He thereupon struck Mr. Abend violent blow on the side of the head, knocking off his lasses. 'The victim' was then forced to his knees by having his arm twisted behind his back.
The Japanese then held a short dis-Jcussion, after which it was demanded that Mi. Abend should produce "the {telegrams attacking General Miura which you have been sending." Mr. Abend "replied that he had sent no such telegrams, and offered his es! fas, proof of this. A search of his belongings was then started, inthe course of which papers and other articles were strewn about the fat. In one file the thugs discovered the manuscripts of nine short stories, and made off "with these, besides" the manuscript of the Ward book.
Alarm Raised When leaving, the Japanese warned their victim that the door would be guarded for ten minutes, and that any Stlempt to raise an alarm would lead his being shot." Mir. Abend did not hear the Tift come up, and it is be=
Heved that the men' descended by the staircase. An alarm was raiser through "the "Broadway Mansiot fofiee, but without result. The building has six exits, and many of the fats are occupied by Japanese te ants, with one of whom the two may have sought shelter. The handkerchiefs were later found lying on the The book on General Ward was being written under contract "to Messrs. Doubledsy Doran of New York, who had. advanced US. $500, ind would have paid Mr. Abend an additional $600 on delivery of the manuscript by a prescribed date, as well as excellent royalties. Mr. Abend stated that he will not be: ble to complete the manuscript in the time allowed. In view, however, his reputation asa writer' in Ameria, itis believe that the pub renew. negotiations An Barber Incident During August, of hostilities, Hongkeve, and when no Chinese could be on streets without being shot_on sight, Mr. Abend's flat was ransacked Agreement on Outside Roads Police Reached Shanghai, July 16.
'An agreement' has nally been reached between the International Settlement authorities and the Shanghai Special Municipality for the establishment of a special police station in the outside roads area. The station will probably be opened on August. 1. This was reported in Aapanese circles yesterday.
The reports went further to say tat the of the outside roads special police was to" have been formed yesterday jointly the Shanghai" Special Municipality and the International Settlement thorities to select the chief of the: projected police station and" other officers, and to arrange. tech alters, adding that 280 British, Japanese "and" Chinese policemen will be detailed to guard the area, Both potice and municipal officials were reticent on the subject and. the official municipal statement sato that on April 26, 1940, Major K. MIN, Bourne, "Commissioner of Police. forwarded to Colonel "Lu Ying. Chief of the City" Government Police Bureau, a draft agreement on the Western Area Police negotiations. This draft embodied "the result of an exchange of views that had taken place between the two. authorities. On Saturday, July 13, a Teply' was received. by the Council from Mayor Fu Siao-en, The contents of the reply, however, were not disclosed" by the municipal authorities, The "Tairiku Shimpo," Japanese Paper, reported yesterday morning that the Shanghai Special Muni cipality. and. the International Settlement "authorities " disagreed over the appointment of ihe chief of the crime section, the most important post of the new special police. 'The International Settlement authorities, claimed the paper, Insisted upon the appointment of a British nationd as the chief of the crime section, to which the Shang: hal Special' "'Municipality was strongly opposed. from top to bottom. On his return some time later, he found the premises in a terrible state, all of his Papers and clothing scattered here and there. The miscreants, however, had stolen valuable ivories' and. jade, For this loss he was compensated in part by the Japanese authorities several Years later, When he resumed residence in his penthouse in the Broadway Mansions, the American Consular authorities placed an official notice on the door of this British-owned—apartment, which pointed out that the tenant was bona fide American citizen, By strange ce-incidence, Mr. Abend removed this document from the door on July 19 only a few hours before the attack In order to have it photo:
raphed, so he could keep it a8 a memento, Yesterday, Mr. Abend moved from the Broadway Mansions to his oMieein the Wayfoong House, No Statement to Make The Sapanese authoritos declined fo make any statement yesterday.
ing the assault on Mr. Hallett Far Eastern Bureau maneyer the New York "Times" by two Japanese subjects in his apartment the Broadway Mansions during the small hours of July 20, "We have received a protest, dated July 20, from the "United. " States Consul-General," stated Mr. Ken Tsurumi, the "Embassy spokesman reference to the unpleasay experience of Mr. Hallett Aber, whom we greally respect. 'The case fea ted! question, and investigations are now in progress' Nothing further, however, could li on the subject. He contented himself with merely repeating that he was unable 10 make any statement at this point
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