Japanese Issue Warning To Consular Body A warning against the use of foreign flags on Chinese buildings was sent by Mr, S, Okamoto, the Japanese Consul-General, in a letter to the Consular Body yesterday, according to a Japanese embassy spokesman. No reply had been received up yesterday evening.
The spokesman stated that certain Chinese factories which had apparently purchased their equipment from foreign firms were taking advantage of that fact to fly foreign flags over their property. The Japanese were not concerned to know whether the equipment had been paid for, but so long as they were satisfied that the property was Chinese-owned they felt they had every right to take action against_it, if necessary. This applied to certain factories which had been used as nests for snipers.
The warning, the spokesman said in answer to questions, was more applicable in the areas outside Shanghai than in the Settlement south of the creek, though in this area the Japanese had plenty of dence that foreign flags and Red Cross and Red Swastika flags were being misused. Japanese troops operating round Liuho had found Chinese farmers' huts occupied by nothing more than pigs over which foreign flags were being flown. They did not take this too seriously, but nevertheless wished to curtail the use of foreign flags over property which was obviously Chinese, while respecting foreign property to the best of their ability.
The spokesman admitted that for eign property in the Yangtszepoo district which had been used by Chinese snipers might have been damaged by the Japanese.
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