When the situation in Tsingtao became tense last August, the Japanese Consulate-General authorities "urged 17,000 Japanese residents to evacuate the port, but they did not wish to do "Atior" strenuous persuasion by Japanese oflcials, the proposal. wat acopicd andthe evacuton carried "Later a large number of salt revenue guards replaced 6,000 Central Govminent troops of the Second Divi-Sion in Haichow, on the excuse that they had been engaged in protecting salt folds near Chengyang, facing Kiaochow Bay.
They surrounded Tsingtao operation with 15,000 soldiers commanded by Gen, Han Fuchu, Chair~ man of the Shantung Provincial Government. Up to July, it was said, the Japanese mill area was completely encircled by the salt revenue guards and the soldiers under Gen, Han, renehes and gun emplacements: were constructed by them one kilometre away, with the result that] Japanese cotton mills and other factories were forced to close in the middle of August.
When conditions failed to improv Japanese officials finally issued the: evacuation order with a desire to avert hostilities in Tsingtao, Tokyo Press Reaction Concerned over the destruction of Japanese cotton mills in Tsingtao, the: Japanese Government is keeping a 787,000 Spindles Dest Tokyo, Dec. 21.
Representatives of 17,000 Japanese residents, who evacuated "Tsingtao early in' September, held a confer-fence yesterday regarding the destruction of Japanese property in 'Tsingtao. 'Their representatives later visited the Foreign Oflice, the War 'OMice and the Admiralty urging that the Government take prompt mea sures for protecting the Japanese property left in Tsingtao and' other arts of Shantuny The spindles of the Japanese cotton mills in Tsingtao, which were destroyed by the Chinese, totalled 787,000.
Opinion is gaining strength among the Association of Japanese Cotton Spinners in China that part of 3,000,000 spindles, whose operation has been suspended in Japan proper, will eventually be removed to Taingtao to replace those which have been destroyed.
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