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12.
people to boycott Japanese goods. In Wanchai District there
was a scurfle between a crowd and a Police picquet during
which a Chinese received a blow on the head from a baton. He
ran away but was later removed from his home to hospital
where he died.
10.
On Wednesday 30th.September all was quiet and both
Victoria and Kowloon have remained entirely peaceful since
including two Chinese holidays viz Confucûis' Birthday,
October 8th., and the Republican Anniversary on October 10th.
Police and Military maintained a careful watch until the
"Double Tenth" after which the Military were withdrawn and
the Police resumed their normal routine. During this period
a number of persons were arrested under the Emergency
Regulations for publishing matter likely to inflame the
public mind and the River steamers and trains have been
watched to prevent the influx of undesirable students and
others from Canton who were undoubtedly responsible for the
sudden outbreak of disorder and rioting in Kowloon on Septem-
ber 26th.
Communists must also have been at work, particular-
ly in Kowloon City District the scene of the dastardly murders
of the Japanese family.
11.
Present indications are that the populace show
no inclination to indulge in further anti-Japanese demonstra-
tions and most of the Japanese residents have been able to
return to their shops and homes.
12.
Conditions were trying in the Japanese refuge
camps for a few days particularly in Victoria owing to over-
crowding but this state of affairs was quickly remedied as
soon as the unsatisfactory conditions were brought to the
notice of the Police by the Japanese Consul General who has
been most helpful throughout the trouble. Food supplies were
furnished through the Police and also the necessary guards to
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