The radio bulletin also stressed the act that trenches and fortifications were being erected quite openly in the Chinese areas. A Dome! message from Tokyo last night stated that the of Navy had been advised y y by the office of the Naval Attache to the Japanese Embassy in China that Chinese regulars. dressed in the uniforms of the Peace Preserva tion Corps in order to keep within the terms of the Shanghai agreement of 1932, were now. building fortifica~ tions at Kiangwan:
These men; the report continued, were engaged ju nightly manceuvres in the northern outskirts of Shanghai. "an area demilitarized by the truce accord of 1932." The report alleges that the recent heavy. exodus of Chinese residents may be ascribed to these activities.
Japanese residents outside the Settlement, went on the report, are now moving in; the Japanese com munity is having difficulty getting food-stuffs "owing to the refusal of Chinese dealers to sel) anything Japanese nationals.
The radio bulletin from ated that there had been sey ances pf Japanese being pelled with stones, according to the report. end that the Japanese c unity was remaining indoors after dark. Mant amusement centres in Hon: consequently, close
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