The Archive · 1941

Central Reserve Bank Bombing

About" 30 Japanese gendarmes rushed from the billet in the old Bank of Communications building Hankow Roads at 10.25 a. explosions at the newly-established Central Reserve Bank at 15 The Bund, where a bomb outrage, committed by severct Chinese, resulted in the death of a Chinese watchman of the bank when he tried to stop the terrorists from escaping. Revolvers in hand, the Japanese gendarmes searched the led to find the miscreants. Picture the bank. measures, because we do not wish destroy what belongs to the people jand to the community, and thereby to aggravate their sufferings, "Everyone now knows that the reorganized Chinese national govern-Jment is now in complete control in ]Shanghal. The Administrative organs jand the agents of the Chungkin regime in Shanghai are now power-jess to offer any self-protection themselves, The authorities of the foreign concessions in Shanghai have declined to harbour or to give tony protection to illegal acts or per-[sons in their areas, 'While taking: the necessary measures to restore and enforce peace Jand order and of suppressing terror-{sm in Shanghai, T shall do everything possible to' avoid taking those

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