Government's Decision to Withdraw Portion of Forces Tokyo, June 23:
It is learned from an official source that the Government has decided that the comparative trot Jquillity of the situation in Manchuria and Shantung justified withdrawal of part of the expeditionary forces. Tt is understood that orders will be issued shortly for the withdrawal of the troops of the Kumanoto Division and the reservists of the Nagoya Division from Shantung, while the brigade which was sent to Manchuria from Korea on May 3 will return to Korea and the troops belonging to the regular Manchuria garrison, which were retly concentrated around Mukden, will return to their normal stations.
As the situation in the Peking and Tientsin area is not yet sufficiently clarified it is considered still inadvisable to withdraw from that district, but the reinforcements which were' sent there on May 17 will be withdrawn as soon as the situation permits, Though partial evacuation is pected shortly it is understood that complete evacuation of Shantung will not be carried out till a settlement of the Tsinan affair has taken definite shape—Reuter.
Baron Tanaka on Need of a Stable Government Tokyo, June 24.
The Premier, Baron Tanaka, in interview yesterday, part, as follows:
The finishing touch will be put on the Nationalist Revolution if the Nationalist Government tries to lighten the people's burdens in unifying the nation and readjusting military and financial affairs. Aspirations of this nature will doubt-Jess win the sympathetic attitude of the Powers, "It is the intention of the Jo Government to see the Tsinan lent settled amicably as soon as through diplomatic channels, but negotiations will be slow unless we can find one representative party to deal with and general stabilization."
Asked when Japan would withdraw her troops from Shantung, Baron Tanaka spoke guardedly, saying that that was being seriously considered and that it was closely connected with the settlement of the Tsinan incident.
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