The Foreign Office has explained to the press that the troops are being sent to Shantung expressly. for the protection of the lives and property of Japanese. The Government has no intention of occupying way. troops to guard and protect the! railway but the Chinese will still be in control The Government confidently expects that the troops will be withdrawn as Yoon as the danger passes.
The spokesman denied that the Japanese troops entered Tsinan for the purpose of impeding the Southern forces. He pointed out that! the Nationalists were already reported to be proceeding northward
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