The excerpt of the minutes of the League of Nations follow "igor, Sato (Japanese Delezate) There are some circumstances on which the withdrawal of our forces withdrawal which we regard as esaential—must depend, If the word conditions is too, strong we Should be perfectly ready to accept any other term that may be suggested in place of it, What we ave in mind are for security or the maintenance of that good. order which would imply Security: and protection for the lives and property of Japanese nationals. We emphasise the necessity of such circumstances prevailing before the withdrawal can be effected.
"The President (M. Boncour): Perhaps there is only a very.slight difference of intention between Mz, Sato and myself, if any, because think those Wwho'drew up this text certainly" thought that "conditions Concerning security would natural-provided for and. would be included in the arrangements which are referred to in this text to Fender "definite the cessation of hostilities and regulate the withdrawal of Japanese forces. ally' be provided for by those who "Those arrangements will natur-
spot and who are fully fed with local civeun More Japanese Troops Believed to comprise the heavy, lery, and remaining technical units of the Lith. Japanese Infantry Division, the major port of which Ianded last Sunday near Litho, approximately 3,000 soldiers, together with a brigade of large tractor-drawn howitzers and considerable other equipment, completed disembarkation froma fleet of seven converted Japanese transports at Woosung yesterday. The. troops and other munitions of war; were unloaded at the Wentsopang Railway Station Baso_ of. the Japanese Expeditionery Force. on the south side of Woosung Creek. and, immediately following the disappeared in the. direetion of the front lines held by the imperial army.
Convoyed by the usual flotilla of Japanese cruisers and destroyers, the converted transports arrived the mouth of the Whangpoo River from Japan early on Thun the limit-atthe Wentsopang wharf permitted, the transports, one after the other, ranged alongside and discharged—their cargoes of soldiers and stores. the work continuing night and" day until the last steamer was unloaded last evening. The howitzer brigade. which is believed to be attached to the Lith, Division. is declared to be the largest ordnance as yet brought ashore here by the Japanese forces, While Gensisting of eight inch pices.
constructed on the "same eneral pattern as the heavy siege guns of the British army, the Japanese howitzers are lighter somewhat and more mobile, according to foreign observers who have. inspected them,
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