75 YEARS AGO
Friday, Sept. 25, 1936
An important instruction was dispatched to the Commander of the Third Squadron this morning concerning the steps to be taken for the protection of life and property of Japanese residents in China.
Receiving the news of the attack Tuesday night on Japanese sailors at Woosung, Shanghai, the Navy Department held an all-night conference, and came to a decision to exterminate the anti-Japanese terrorism in China and protect Japanese residents.