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NO NEWS COMING THROUGH.SHANGHAI. Saturday.The silence of the Japanese wirelessstation at Tsinanfu, which has hitherto been almost the m1c source of news from there, is causing some anxiety, particularly as no information is coming in from other sources.The wireless station has hern silent sinro yesterday afternoon.The Pekin legations arc anxious for the safety of other foreigners, and their eon-suls, from whom no word has Iwcn received for several days. Their fate is unknown, as the Japanese are at present unahle to leave their defence nrcn to investigate.The extent to which the Southern troop* have got out of hand is illustrated hy the fact that Colonel S.asnki. the J.i|anee officer who conduchil !h; negotiations between the .fapancsc and Chiang Kui-Shek, wns yesterday dragged out of his motor-car while he was under Chinng Kai-Sliek's safo conduct and r»corfod hy a special bodyguard of Chinng Kai-Shek’s troops.ABOUT TO BE SHOT.The escort was unable to resist the attackers. who belonged to one of Feng Yu Hsiang’* armies. Colonel Sasaki was robbed of his jiersonal belongings, subjected to indescribable indignities, and was then bound with ropes, and stood against a wall to he shot.Just as the Southerners were levelling their ritlrs, staff officers from Chiang Kui Shek’s lieailipiarters arrived and rescued him.Colonel Sasoki was conveyed to Chiang Kai Slick's headquarters, where he collapsed. Later he was taken hack to the Japanese headquarters under a strong escort.A STATE OF SIEGE.The Japanese troops are in a state of sirge in the concession area. 'IIicy have already captured from the Southerners two mountain guns, 20.000 shells. 2.000,000 round* of ritlc ammunition, and 2,000 hand grenades.It is now known that several Japanese women have been assaulted. One Japanrve woman's maltreated bodv wns discovered near the Japanese defence lines.NATIONALIST PROTEST.IIwaDg Fu, the Nationalist Minister of Foreign Affairs at T'inanfu, has instructed the Foreign Affairs Commissioner at Shanghai, to telegraph the following note to the Japanese Prime Minister (Baron Tanaka):—“The despatch of tn^ojis to Shantung by Japan violates Chinese territorial sovereignty and the Nationalist (iovrrnment have twir* protested against this action and declared that slmuld unfortunate consequences reuK therefrom the Japanese (’•overnment will have to hear the responsibility.“ To my very great surprise, early on Thursday morning Jopanrse soldiers nt Tsinanfu, fur no reason whatsoever, committed acts of the greatest provocation and firrd ruthlessly upon our soldiers ami people.Thereupon the Nationalist (ommander-in-Chicf, Chinng Kai-Shek, ordered histroops to keen away from the region occupied by the Japanese soldiers, mid at the seme time instructed high military officials to hasten to the Japanese headquarters and arrange measures for the prevention of a jx)ssihlc collision.
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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool, Middlesex, GB
Sat, May 05, 1928
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