The Archive · 1928

Prearranged Attack

Tientsin, May 5.

The following is the first official report from Lieut.-General Fukuda, mander-in-Chief of the Japanese rerees in Tsinan, regarding the Tainan affair Upon his arrival at Tsinan with his headquarters on May 2, General Chiang Kai-shek, Commander-in-Chief of the Nationalist Forces, demanded the immediate withdrawal Of the Japanese troops, stating that the Nationalist forces would tndertake full charge of the maintenance of pence and order and of protection of the lives and property of foreign residents, and adding that the Japanese troops, if they are not hostile to the Nationalist Army, should withdraw immediately,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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