Peiping, June 7.
'The Tientsin City Government, it learned. to-day, has appealed' to Nenking for a ruling on the Japanese demand for Fecognition of the right of Japanese subjects to acquire perpotuat land leases outside treaty Port:
There has so far been no answer to this demand, which Is one of four made by the Japanese in connection With the alleged action of a number Chinese in setting fire to buildings fand offices of the Japanese expi mental farm established at Tunglou village, near Tientsin.
The Chinese authority have already agreed to the first three demands which are:
1, The immediate release of Ku Wen-fu, the Chinese who is alleged sold land to the Sap 2, Adequate protection of Japan: ese' lives and_ proper!
Suppression of activities tending to cause uneasin" among Japanese residents—Reuter.
Tsingtao Follows Example Tstngtao, June 7.
A. decree prohibiting the sale of land to foreigners and the purchase of foreign-made goods has been issued by Admiral Shen Hung-lich, Mayor of Tsingtao, the Kokutst News Agency alleged to-day.
The decree, the agency said, was addressed to all local officials under the municipal administration. It was issued on June 2, it is asserted—
Domei,
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