Tokyo, Apr. 4. is reliably learned that the Japarese troops at Tsinan_ will commence concentrating at Tsingtao on April 18; the first contin gent will sail for Japan about April 24, and the remainder will follow about the middle of May.~ Apr. 8.
Some perturbation is being felt in Government circles owing to the alleged failure of the Nationalist Conimissioner, Mr. Tsai, to submit 'a plan for the maintenance of peace and order in Tsinan after the withdrawal of the Japanese forces from Shantung.
The plan was promised by April but it has not yet been presented. As a result, it is feared that the overement' may" find it necessary postpone the Japanese with drawal, though it is still hoped that Avoid upsetting present arrange: ments Apparently the Natioralists are finding difficulty in earring out their promise to guarantee adequate protection to Japanese lives and property—at least so it is stated here—as they have informally suggested that Japan shall remove all liber nationals for the time being from Tsinan and other places along the railway to Tsingtao. The Gov-iment insists that this is incom ble with Nanking's promise e02- tained in the recent Sino-Japanese agreement settling the Tainan Incident Apr, 9.
The War Office announces that the evacuation of the Japanese troops Shantung will be carried out in two groups. The first will sail from, Tsingtao between April 21 and 23 and the second between April 20 and May 3.—Reuter, Troops Ready (o Step in Taian, Apr, 5.
Approximately 8,000 men constituting the entire Goth Brigade of the 22nd Cheng where Srelt orders from the Stoning Provincial Go the troops there. duties following, of the. Japanese Another division of th ial Forces has also. lett Tt is expeetprovincial capital by the Japanese be complete within tea likewise prepatis patch a large force to station la the territory, along the Kiao-Tsi Rail Suppression of rou Chefow where ese troops have left Shantung—} Min Japanese to Leave Tainan be accorded to after the wither troops in Shantung, the Japanese residents of the city held meet fat aehich it was de entails, the Japanese Residents Association has provided $8,000 for travelling caste and $7,000 for living' expenses at Teingtao for one month Tee believed that uneasiness has been caused by the alleyed failure of the Chinese ut to deliver a programme of the! the preservation of at Tainan after the drawal. The delivery of this programme, it is stated, had been promised by Apri—Reuter.
Mu. M. Shigemitsu, the Japanese Constil-General, has requested the Commissioner of Foreign Affairs to take steps to settle the antiJapaness Doyeott and to return all seizer Japanese cargoes to their legal owners. Now that the Tsinan affair has beer settled, he sags, the fanti-Japanese movement sould ome to an end in order that friendly feiations may be resumed.
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