Public Bodies in Shanghai has forwarded a letter to the Chinese Ratepayers Association requesting that the Association should urge the Shanghai Municipal Council to make strong representations to the Japanese authorities in Shanghai against the alleged kidnapping of five Chinese by Japanese plain-clothes men on May 9 in a Kwangsi Road restaurant, according to the Shing Sheng News Agency.
The letter expresses indignation over the affair and states tha! even should the five persons" be found guilty they should be dealt with in a legal manner. It is complained that during the recent two years the Japanese have repeated the offence of ignoring the Settlement police rights.
"This does not only render it impossible to guarantee the safely of ihe Chinese people here but also endangers peace and order in the whole Settlement contrary to the principles of a good political system. If no stop is put to the practice every resident in the Setüement will question the safety of his life, Although none of the five persons has anything to do with any member body of the joint office we feel called upon to point out ihe danger," the letter stated.
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