it appears that the Japanese commanders had confidence that the Southern troops were better disciplined than the Northern forces and it was owing to the fear that looting might be done by the evacuating Northern troops. that every precaution aras made. Therefore, when General Chiang Kai-shek arrived, guaranteed the safety of Foreigners and requested the Japanese commanders to withdraw thei troops to certain districts, they readily consented, thus leaving many helpless civilians to the mercy of the looters.
The 15th Regiment of the Japanese Garrison in the leased terri of Kuanturg, some 1,000 men strong, and the Seth Regiment Yelonging to the same Garrison, numbering some 1,000, arrived here this afternoon on board the Sanuki Maru and jrotama Maru, Reports of the insults and atrocities committed upon the Japanese at Tsinanfu embitter and arouse a brutes" sentiment servatives merely ins rotation without aggression and and Colonel Ejima, the Commander Of the 50th Regiment also arrived Libre f the fatter steamer, These troops got ashore the same afternoon amidst thunderous cheers.—Toho.
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