Tokyo, Jan, 8.
Although Press comment on the Hankow situation continues to be noticeably absent, official circles regard the matter with the gravest Jconcern as they feel it may encourage similar incidents elsewhere against other foreign interests, substituted by Chinese poli "The affairs of the Concession are Ju the hands of a Provisional Counil comprising representatives of Ministries of the Nationalist Government, During the two days' interven lon, soldiers and pickets found it sneeessary to make only a few ents. One was &f some Chinese Ving to areal coal from Messrs. Tandine, Matheson and Company's compound: another was of a house-servant attempting to steal his mmployer's trunks.
Both cusses might have occurred mina times."
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