Foreigners wishing to remove property from areas north of the Soochow Creek will be escorted from the Garden Bridge to the Police Station of the district In which thir property is situated. In order to make their identity' known at the Police Station con= cerned, It is requested that all foreigners carry identifieatio papers for this purpose, An escort will, however, have to be picked up at the Garden Bridge on Jsuch occasions, This precaution, the spokesman said, was being taken to assure the bona fides" of the parties removing the goods.
The removal of goods from Chinese-owned property by "third-party nationals will, however, continue 10 ye banned, Chinese domestics, the spokesman said, would no longer have to be accompanied by their employers when proceeding to make purchases, provided they had consular identification papers, since it remained in. charge of sup-Pressing crimes stipulated by general law.
"These specific regulations are necessary as 1 do not believe that there is anything in municipal ordinances prohibiting activities detri mental to the safety of Japanese forces in Shanghai," the spokesman declared.
"Subversive Activities Strict, penalties against any person interfering with Japanese military defense sector or under Japanese operations in areas in the Japanese occupation were simultaneously made public over the signature of Vice: Admiral Kiyoshi Hasegawa, Com. of the Japanese Chi 1a Sea Fleet, Chinese tnw also did not prohibit activities against Japanese forces. he pointed out, "In such circumstances, it was deemed necessary to proclaim rules of conduct in order to ensure the Safety' of the Japanese' forces," the spokesman declared.
Penalties applied only to "specie offences directed at the Japanese armed forces," the spokesman ems cor sive activities, the said, "were punishable with death and othe severe penal ton Recording' to. Jepancse.militery: law. Prohibited were:—ij ard forces: ces Hostile acts against the Japanese 3. Adis endangering or ea harm to "persons. baler Fapanese" armed Loree Extraterritorial rights were guaranteed under treaties concluded between China and various Powers and were applicable to the territory of China, he admitted.
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