Shanghai Municipal Council is Approached The Japanese yesterday requested the Shanghai Municipal Council to suppress anti-Japanese headlines and articles appearing in the local ver-na cular press. The Council has taken the matter under advisement.
It will be recalled that the Council two months ago suspended two Chinese papers which were considered excessively anti-Japanese. The Japanese recently have complained several times regarding the attitude of the vernacular dailies.
The "Shanghai United News," the only Japanese language paper in the Settlement, yesterday suggested in an editorial that the Settlement authorlties should take adequate measures to suppress political intrigues and should expel all Chinese political and administrative organs from the territory under their jurisdiction, in order "to assure absolute neutrality." This request was believed to refer, among others, to Mayor O. K. Yui, whose home is situated in the French Concession.
"If the Settlement authorities fail to recognize the situation, the Japanese, in order to assure complete neutrality, might be obliged to resort to effective measures for the purpose of preventing the recurrence of incidents and for the laying of a foundation of lasting peace in the Orient," the "United News' said.
The paper urged the authorities to assume a fair attitude so as to "satisfy all elements comprising the Settlement organ by evading the monopoly of police administration and political rights by one country."
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