SHANGHAI INCIDENT
BUILDING OCCUPIED JAP. USE OF FORCE DELICATE SITUATION (Elec. Tel, Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Oct. 14, 9 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 13. The Shanghai correspondent of the Associated Press of America says that 20 armed Japanese plain clothes men occupied a building owned by the Chinese Government Bank located in the British!defence sector of the International Settlement.
The Japanese are reported to have overpowered watchmen and attendants and to have removed the furnishings of the premises, smashes doors and destroyed stationery. The building has been used as living quarters for the staff since the banking operations were transferred to the French Concession in 1937. The occupation has created a delicate situation, since any attempt at ejection might broaden into another dispute between Britain and Japan.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20068, 14 October 1939, Page 4
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