Chivalry is so often claimed to be the quality. most esteemed by Japanese that it is imagined that no serious opinion among their community Shanghai is prepared to encourage the train fof thought developed in the only local Japanese newspaper, which is urging what it calls. the "surrender" of Mr. 0, K. Yul, Mayor of the City Government and General Tai Ching-chun the head of the Police Bureau. Those officials are now in the position of refugees in the French Concession since the territory of their administration is now in Japanese military control by the fortune of war, Moreover their actions— whether right or wrong—have been taken in conformity with the orders of the Government which they served. The contention, apparently, is that they were responsible for the breaches of the 1932 Truce and so directly caused the precipitation of hostilities here, "At the best that is an extremely controversial issue into which atthe moment it is not necessary again to enter. It is assumed, of course, that, In thei present positions, Mr. Yui and General Tsai Ching-chun will recognize the obligations due fo the French authorities by: refraining from activities incompatible with their enjoyment of fan asylum in non-Chinese territory. If that assumption be correct, then it should be clearly understood that action such as appears to be advocated by the Japanese newspaper would violate accepted notions of international comity, to say nothing of chivalry.
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