After Jepanese Guards Had Been Withdrawn Peking, May 4. transpires that following General Chiang Kai-shek's surances (0 the Japanese authorities at Tsinan that order would be kept, Japanese troops were withdrawn from the places they had been guarding and concentrated in the Japanese school in the foreign settlement.
Immediately after this the Nationalist troops began looting. Japanese troops were ordered out to prevent this, whereupon the Nationalist soldiers opened fire, the Japanese replying. The firing lasted an hour and a half, but later commenced again, ceasing at six o'clock yesterday evening.
red si gain carly this morning, ceasing at five o'clock.
six o'clock this morning the Japanese authorities reached an agreement with the leaders of the Southern forces whereby all the Chinese cops were to withdraw from the Concession and any left after seven o'clock were to be disarmed, Many accordingly left, Japanese troops disarming the remainder.
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