Mukden, May 22.
'The Asiatic Petroleum' Ca. to-day wound up ils business here, following the recent closure of its local office. Two other major foreign oil concerns, the Texas Oil Ca. and the Standard Vacuum Oil Ca,, have also withdrawn from Manchuria, follow-Ing the promulgation of the Oil Monopoly Law by the Changehun Government on April 10, 1935.—Domei, primarily for the Chinese and Japan: ese governments.
According to his information, -the Tangku Truce laid upon the Chinese authorities the duty of maintaining law and order in the Demilitarized. Zone ite gathered tat, owing to the divi: sion of effective author tis, diticulties were being encountered, bathe hed
ngku Truce were not recognised as lnformdon that thers ¢ the Binding ty the dopanese Government,—Reuter.
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