FOREIGNERS WORRIED
CONSTRUCTION OF WIRE BARRICADES SETTLEMENT AT SHANGHAI (Rec. 9.5 a.m.) Shanghai, Aug. 25. Foreigners are increasingly worried about the Japanese construction of wire barricades around the entire settlement. The French concession is fearing the possibility of a repetition of the 1939 Tientsin blockade. Japanese military officials say that the barricades are designed for a closer check on the Chinese. The Japanese have constructed 25 miles of barbed wire barricades and have also blocked highways into single lane thoroughfares. Some informed circles anticipate that in the event of a worsening of the Pacific situation the Japanese might blockade Shanghai, cutting off essential food supplies which would probably result in the Chinese rioting which would give the Japanese control of the municipal police and administration.—U.P.A.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 26 August 1941, Page 5
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