At the request of, and in co-opera tion with, the Japanese Consular Police in Shanghai, the Settlement police arrested Mr. Kao Shingpo, general manager of the Lido Ballroom Medhurst Road, yesterday morning and at a late hour last night Mr. Kao was still being detained at the Settlement Police Headquarters.
It could not be ascertained last night why Mr. Kao was arrested, but he was not extradited to the Japanese authorities. Police circles were reficent, while Mr. Kao's assistants at the ballroom, one of the most popular ones of its kind here, said that they did not know why the well-known business man had been escorted to the police station. Even Mr. Kao himself did not know it, they said.
A British manager of the Ballroom was also escorted to the police station to answer some questions, after which he was allowed to return to his post but, as stated, Mr. Kao was detained.
Mr. Kao's detention has caused a stir in Chinese circles, because he is one of the most influential business mn here. He is known to many Chinese and foreign friends and the fact that his ballroom is a British-registered business now indicates his foreign business connections.
His ballroom is frequented by people of many nationalties, but it was thought unlikely that the way he has been doing his business has offended the Japanese authorities, Political significance was attached to the case by Chinese press circles, but no one seemed to know the exact
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