Japanese Organizing Police for District With the establishment of JJapanese-controlled Chinese police {orce to patrol extra-Seltlement areas within the defence perimeter cast of the Shanghai-Hangchow-Ningpo Railway line, conditions in those districts are expected (0 be restored to normal soon, a Japanese military spokesman "declared on "Due. 24.
negotiations for the transfer of patrol duties from the foreign tary forces now in control of the areas to the newly-created authori~ ties were now under way, the spokes man added. The transfer, he said, was expected to be carried out this month or early in January.
While the first stage would deal with the policing of arcas east. of the railway, steps were being taken for the extension of the patrolling fo western areas beyond the tracks. This, the spokesman said, would Inckide Hunglao Rood, Foreign and Chinese residents would be permitted to resume resi Jdence in those areas as soon as such policing arrangements were completed, the officer declared, outside the Settle tunder. the control nghai Municipal Police, ood-will" was expected by the Japanese authorities in operating with the newly-created police administration,
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