The Archive · 1936

Mill Trouble in Tsingtao Ends

Fresh Incident When Nippon Sailor Bayonets Chinese 'Tsingtao, Dee, 14, 'The end of the Japanese cotton-mill, dispute was heralded here this inorbing when nine mills, employing about §5 per cent of the total number of operatives available, resumed operation. It is hoped that' the mills will be working at full strength in a day or two.

Meanwhile the report that the Japanese marines, who were landed here at the outset of the dispute in order to protect Japanese lives and property, would be withdrawn today has not been confirmed, Chinese semi-official circles do not expect "their withdrawal for another three or four days. The situation, however, remains completely quiet, An ugly incident, which, however, it Is hoped to settle amicably, was Stern Enforcement of

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