The Archive · 1932

Withdraw: Normality

After Three Months

Jane 1.

the interested mensiers of the Com Several, thousand Japanese resi dents of Shanghai," diplomatic 'On May 28, the Japanese delegates officials, naval officers, and blu: of the 'Commission recorded their Jackets' were at the different piers Sense of uneasiness at this move: yesterday afternoon to give an tment of the Chinese with Mr. Cun-enthusiastic send-off to the last of ingham, but, while conceding that the home-going: Japanese troops, they were not inspired by other con-At the ide wharf, were It eiliatory. motives, they" considered General K, Uyeda, Acting Commanthat, before such movements took der of the Expeditionary Forces, and Place, the concurrence. of all, the his stam, fepredentatives of the friendly Pow tre concerned should Brat. be ob-Maru; a number of distinguished {ained. When this, suggestion was Japanese were present to exchans propounded to Mr. Kwok, he point: farewell greetings with the dep out that the territory in which ing officers and men of the Imperi these. troops were Tocated "was. Army. Among those present at the respect covered. by. the. Sino. wharf were the Consul-General, Mr.

Japanese agreement and. that. the! KK, Murai, who has just come out of troops were being brought from! the hospital following treatment of Hangchow and not over the Shang-injuries received in the Hongkew hai-Nanking Railway, Park incident, all the Consular stof officials, officials of the Legation, 'As the points of view of the two principal were definitely conflicting Teading' representatives of the cor and there seemed to be no means munity, ete, of solution through the medium of 'A naval band was on hand to play the Chairman, Mr. Cunningham' "Auld Long Syne" which was played considered it necessary to conv simultaneously with the departure a meeting of the Joint Commission of the transport, Aboard the ship, to thresh out the matter. the bugle sounded and all the officers and men stood at attention and "In opening the meeting, Mr, Cun-saluted the thousands of well-bingham quoted extracts' from Ar-wishers on the wharf. A thunderous tele Tand Annex T of the Agree shout of "Banzai" went up from the ment, which provided that "any crowd on the wharf, repeated thrice, doubts arising in the negotiations responded to by the troops from the between the two parties should be transport slowly moving out, conned by the delegates of the:

Hundreds of streamers, long and multi-coloured, were thrown across from the wharf to the deck and vice

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