'OMENTUM reigned north of the Creek yesterday afternoon following the attempted assassination of accountant Lieut. Hsiao Nakamura, a young paymaster'in the Japanese army of occupation aged 30, who was conveyed to hospital in a critical condition after being shot on North Kiangse Road near Haining Road.
The West Hongkew and Hongkew districts were thrown into an uproar following the shooting and for more than two hours a strict search, the most rigid enforced in recent months, was made by the Japanese naval landing party of all pedestrians entering and leaving Hongkew. All pedestrians and, vehicular traffic were stopped onthe main roads including Broadway, East Seward Road, Tongshan Road and East Yuhang Road and all Chinese were subjected to a thorough search for concealed weapons.
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