Tokio, Dec. 15.
Owing to the approach of the final settlements for 1922, following a year of depression, a number of the smaller banks in Osaka, Tokio, Fukuoka and other centres have recently been hard pushed for cash against abnormal withdrawals. The situation has been brought to a climax by requests for assistance from larger institutions.
A nieeting of representatives of the banks was held in Tokio to-day. The Bank of Japan, the Yokohama Specie Bank, the Mitsui Bank, the Fifteenth Bank, the Mitsubishi Bank, the Dail' chi Bank and others were represented. A resolution was pi to take precautionary measures against the spread of false rumours and to advise caution and conservation, but, should eonditions among the smaller institutions become worse, this consortium
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