June 25.
NE of the most impressive funeral services in the past few months was held yesterday afternoon at the Japanese Club in Boone Road for the late Mr. Chikayuki Akagi, Special Deputy Com: ioner of the Shanghai Muni pal Police, who met death at the hands of Chinese terrorists on Tifeng Road in the morning of June 17, when he was shot and killed as he was taking his wife for treatment at Country Hospital.
Special precautionary measures against any untoward incidents were taken by the Shanghai Municipal Police, the Western Shanghai Area 'Special Police Force, and the Japan-ce authorities in the' north of the Soochow Creek district, All traffic east of Mohawk Road, along Bubbling Well and Nanking Roads, was closed by the Settlement police at 12.5 p.m, Extra: policemen were detailed along all the streets where the procession passed, while similar precautions Were carried out in the Western dite Strictest Precautions the area north of the Soochow creek, "where "searches have. been koing'on for the post few days and where a Chinese wae shot and killed by "unidentified. gunmen. yesterday morning precautions taken "by. the Japanese "were the strictest ever 0 carried out during the past three yearn comprising the European persons ie! of the Shanghai Municipal Police, were the next in line, Next came the: medial of the deceased and the hearse.
Japanese Consular authorities, headed by Mr, T, Horiuchi, Japanese Consul-General, " representallves various Japanese military branches, French Concession Police, Major. KIN, Bourne, Commissfoner of Police, Captain H, M. Smyth, Deputy. Commissioners, Mi Yao, " Robert son, E, C, Baker, Iwao' Kakegawa Assistant Commissioners P. C> Liang, 'A. H, Samson, W, J, MeDermott and Huruya, Deputy Commissioner J. B. Clissold of the WS.ASPF,. and other officers of the new police force, followed the hearse.
The procession was completed by a unit of the Japanese Branch of the SMP, representative units, both foreign and Chinese, of the French Police, and. the Russian Auxiliary Detachment of the SMP, Broadway Bast and Broadway, were Japanese owned buses, plying alan
forced to use a different route, being turned at kungping Road' and thence to East Seward Rond, At the comer Singkeipang Rood, Japanese. sentries "made all Vehicles turn north again, making a semicciecle and {urnihg to the Hongkew Creek bridge fon. Seward Toad, Here they were Stopped and all passengers' were told proceed over the bridge on foot Whether asa precautionary measure. because of the reported lallling of the Chinese near the North Station or as a step against any une toward 'Incident' in connection, with the funeral service for Mr, "Akagi, All the Chinese, Including women. and children, were' stopped by the sen {ries and were thoroughly searched Foreigners, at this point, were allow eat fo proceed unmolested 'The entire ree, bounded by the Whangpoo on one side: and Woostng Road on the other, from the Mongo Kew Creek' to. the "Garden Bridge, Was cordoned off by the. Japanese Naval Landing Party, und pedestrians, who were allowed to cross the Hong? ow Creek bridges, found: their entry into the area south of the Sodchow Greek barred, Tt was anally reopens fds at 218 pim, after the procession haa crossed into Hongkew, The cortege of fourteen ears, led three motorcycles of the Stange "Municipal Pole, eft the fidence of the late Mr, Akag! at 627 Yu'Yuen Rosa at 1230°p.m. and. pros ceded east slong Vu Yuen Road and then on to. Bubbling Well oad, At the corner of Bubbling Well ana Hohawl "Boads, the cortege was Joined by various pole units of the tyr and continued on its way fo the Sapinose Club In Boone Road.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.