The Archive · 1940

Another Japanese Shot

Whole District Blockaded as Troops Launch Rigorous Search for Assassin Shanghai, Dee. 1

SHANGHAT'S "badlands" were placed under blockade by Japanese troops for the second time within tess than two months yesterday afternoon when an unidentified gunman opened fire on & group of three Japenese gendarmes, seriously wounded one of them, and then made good his escape despite a' burst of gunfire blazed from the pistols of the injured man's two unharmed Victim of the shooting" once aigaine led area extendesl from Titers with restrictions being. lighter beyond Blinburgh Kos, measures, ties tant his another "bans Corpora fewkern Moat oth Salurda iso of the wondarinerie, "who was were started "soon ater seualy wounded as he was, walke {ihe shooiing, wher opanese_ ce Ing through village lust 10" -the darmes: and members. of Shanghai no fin or Vu Yuen Rest, seven weeks!Sncetal Muntepaiity Police ushed ce test ton zo was [M, g260, MIN ceted Varbod wire Bund Sees Pro-Wang Leaflets petserraages ama, [oarsieades eross all roads leading rye Bund was again cleared on Dee. 1 of all trafic and all the side-streets were' barricaded ax five lace at about 220 pam (cweseward. No one, including for. Cars, displaying banners and fluing Wang regime fags, sped along the road, throwing thousands of hear Lane 5%, off Great Western tne distriols under search, although Propaganda leaflets, urging Chinese leaders and workers to unit behind the "New Order" move-Road, Immediately after the shoot] inter in the night foreigners were ment in East Asia. The Bund was closed up at 12.45 p.m, and the Police removed the barricades rena tanes pagdermarie in full HEE, _00 (he Bight foralgners" wore 1248 a tala "Rit and "large "numbers of [allowed. to proceed police from the sAtunieipaity Palctor Shanghat were rushed fo the The restrictions in the western eave in tras add on tab es vee to menet|Western District Blockade Pro-Wang Leaflets

ment Fee eeeeatee trary (he Bevier m police anyer eyo oes loses wot eeeeetian reigned among the] dering from contusions of Ue. teh proper, to the Police Hospital in Ward Road, brown from Ca Telephone Workers Isolated Since Saturday Cars

siento the went dai, po he rutin rt ta In Badinburgh Toad Scholars Able to Leave ye saitenen ners is wells Chinere were result of language misundersta Shanghai, Dec. 3. hat at 1245 pin. yesterday and was 1 '4 ecaded uff from the rest of Shan; {ora. judging. by. the varied] certain spot in Etluburgh Road, jut passage either way through A police driver parked his car at "PYLIC blockade of the Great Western and Vu Yuen Roads area, deserted but for the presence, of

time, it oppe more ner that" the divested to de so by A isolated by the Japanese military authorities following the members of the International Settle: me, Another sen shooting of a Japanese gendarme, was taking on a serious aspect Ment Police as a precaution, austin troops thensselves were without de-seat tan are iment Femara ines that a finite Instructions on the subject, oF dered him ta re: 2"9i1 restrictions continued lo be applied, cutting off the Sette [fy wuowerd, cedent, tha, mh, hat the search was being shifted the driver hesitated, not ment completely from western part of that area, Both foreigners ears, decorated with the Kuomintang aren 10 area, and Chinese were subject to the regulations and no one was allowed fags with yellow pennants, sped Barriers Shifted leave o enter the area during the day. pond 'This way demonstrated by the fact] serious Injury' to Mie The blockade remained in force at a late hour last night, Genie Bras, raving mate that! between J pan. and 5.30 p.m bulanee was immed Great Western Road was. blockaded restrictions being still continued against both the foreigners and caders and workers (0 Jo Chinese, no one being allowed through Vu Yuen and Great Western Ching-we! movement in estab 4p bain Chinaws and foreigners, walle} to howslta Roads. At 9.20 p.m. the barbed wire barricades were moved to a}# "New Order in East Asia:

oe petvenes Deaea rent nour la Avenue tag, athovwse ne change beng noted in Te eae un om mitted (0 proceed from the Tifene} one restrictions on true in the the situation. and were all worded in similor Road Intersection on foot, pee tne Those to suffer most were tele-[day, has been postponed until today i2rmnq" the violet called to Chinese At 730 pam, however. Vu Yuen] prevented "North-China Daily News operators in the Lucerne Ex-for. although many pupils attended, Workers "tp unite. behind Wank Road was placed under complete] delivery men from disteibuling 2 Road, "These many candidates were absent. Twill Chingswet "by establishing the, "Now blockade, neither foreigners nor Chin- number of papers. to subscribers. neluded tive foreign girl supervisors be definitely, held today and. all the) Order, saying that Doth Chines exe. cing permitted 19 pass the bot-Every endeavour will be made. io [and eighty Chinese operators, who) pupils are advised to attend. and "Japanese, were Asiatics and flare ven"up torn late hour last} gifted delivers' this imarving at the [yesterday entered. their third day of|"

Two elber SIC: schools were f0r- thou id, "therefore, work togolher. igh, whereas foreaners fea to pass on foot along Great Wes-were atlowsual impossible a later delivery will Mrs early hour, but thie should eolation tive foreigners are ed to suspend staies in the Weulet The nite pamphlet" was addreted torn Rone.

M. Remedios, V. Nemedios ani Kuct and' Polytechnic Schools for] 0 Srea and these. were the Nich Chih 7 snile, pamphlet, was addressed Chinese cle, lenders, une tee Fears were immediately arouses Woskot Thele plight was some: Chinese, recently" removed 10 the WE" vermont daly. thet Wong Chinese "residents thatthe Chinese in Pante what cased when the Shanghai ele- Great Western Road Camp. vacated continuing the work started. by the inlockode would become ous 2: tye continent blockade threw the {Phune. Company" xent food. edding by ihe Brith cops, crat ie 9" rortunatly Te'was following the shooting of Cor: ce, continu Sind camp "beds "to. the exchange, "Meanwhile "it" was slated by tn- e Pevactthe to get the ed Teil 2 unit durknes dee that the shooting in terday was But one of of atta been made Sapanese in ud that the a ties proton loklog that the woe. that the would be more rigorous than those residents: were also. asked formed quariers yesterday that, the Was Impossible to wet the red f, curtal their phone cal Japanese had "wrested, "mare tah] eir gate ijanjen belt burden. "These tele: {the "shooting. These' deluded one] AN the Bund sidestrects, from the taken after the assassination of Cor- Iphone mumpers are those that bevin Russian, dressed in working clothes. Garden Bridge to Avenue Faward poral Sato some time ago in Vu Yuen The detention took ow yards VIE. were. barricaded with barbed Road. The "prospect of auch the sh 1 Company ur tone. 82 in Great Western Road, wire, 26 barriers being erected, All blockade saw Chinese residents pack yperstors were the Saturday shift and where. who Japanese. gendarme had trafic, both vehicular and pedestrian, foud shops in preparation for lengthy Grrived. there a" Wile. Before. the en shot by the unidentified gunman. was suspended for almost, one how The barricades have, since Satur-Sue was allowed to they had more. than 60 hours by. restrictions pan. "Trame and_ buses were lsu "Thowands of Chinese, isolated for anda half, resuming only at 2.18 ay. been manned by Japanese wldiers teen forced. te The imposed "on, the western "outside" token off the streets. although two armed with pistols, swords and rifles. camps stay roads area, began to filler through trams were foreed to await permis hinese policemen, armed with rifle. [there sx pleasant as possible and all yesterday through the one traffic] sion to move, being eft stranded on fare also taking necessary things have been sent to channel left open by the Japanese the Bund, the gunman. Although them, between Vu Yuen" and Sesstiold phe ye cars that ped along the ccontirmation oval be ota unlighted, dismal

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