Tokyo, Sept. 28, An official statement by the For jeign Office this afternoon did a deal towards clarifying the situation in Manchuria, which, owing.
the various conflicting reports roganing troop movements, was be-very confused and difficult to follow.
Following a conference by the ig fou" sot the Cabinet,—the Premier, and the Ministers for For. eign Affairs, War and Finance—a spokesman of the Foreign Office det, practically li troupe have Been withdrawn to toe South, Slane thurs oilway sone the zone, he stated, the native titles of ion, tro, sll policing Hicin ud), pos Smt, detachment at ug: although panies of lorover, two. com-
Although Japan has not, issued any orders for the evacuation of] any Japanese nationals from China 200 Japanese today com-Xing for Ghanghal. leted preparations to leave Nan-
The Japanese who are _ieaving Nanking include most. of the Japanese residents of the capital, With the exception of the attaches the Consulate General and the] military and naval_attache:
The evacuating Japanese ste to proceed to Shanghai from Hsi Kwan aboard the steamship Nanyo Maru. The Nanyo Maru is scheduled" to arrive at Shanghaiy tomorrow. Public sentiment against the Japanese has been apparent here Dut it is officially discouraged and the Japanese have been asked the Foreign Office to ce-operate With the Government so that they: way be protected against possible anloward incidents and mob de-jocal ad ly, it is stated to be technically Jeorreet to say that the Japanese sre occupying the city.
Tt is asserted, also, that the [Japanese are no longer actually taking charge of the administration Jot the native cities of Mukden and Changchun. According to the official view it is. more correct to say that Hey. are supervising the administration and ce-operating with the! Chinese in the work—Reater.
American Notes to Two Countries Washington, Sept. 23..
Golouel Henry L. Stimson,—the Secretary of State, to-day notified the League of Nations that he will jaddyess an appeal to China and Japan te preserve the peace of the
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