MURDER IN AMOY
DEATH OF PROJAPANESE OFFICIAL SETTLEMENT ENTERED BY MARINES. SITUATION VERY TENSE. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright. HONG KONG, May 12. Japanese marines today entered the international settlement of the treaty port of Amoy in consequence of the shooting of the Chinese chairman of the Chamber of Commerce who was pro-Japanese. The situation is very tense. FEARS OF FOREIGNERS ACTION AGAINST OTJIER CONCESSIONS. (Received This Day, 10.40 a.m.) SHANGHAI, May 12. The locality in which the Japanese Bluejackets are landing is the International Settlement at Kalangsu. half a mile from Amoy. It is understood that the occupation will continue until the Settlement authorities control antiJapanese activities. Foreigners fear that the landing is a prelude to action against other concessions. Hung Lishan, the terrorists’ victim, is in hospital in a critical condition.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 May 1939, Page 7
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132MURDER IN AMOY Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 May 1939, Page 7
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