Japanese Move Mystery To Concessions Tientsin, Sept. 1.
Consternation and mystification has been caused here by the Japanese military authorities' orders, issued yesterday, that all Japanese residents in the British and French Concessions here withdraw to other areas within a fortnight.
The official reasons for the order are stated to be because of the leged "absence of ce-operation" on the part of the British and French authorities and the activities of "anti-Japanese elements which are accused of being prejudicial to the peace and order and financial structure of Tientsin.
It is pointed out in British and French circles here that the fact that Japanese business concerns have been flowing rapidly into the Concessions recently and making extensive purchases of riverside and other property Japanese Train Militia at Kiukiang in them should be regarded as sufficient proof that the Concessions The Japanese military authorities are training a civilian militia at Kiukiang to take over patrol duties in the city. Picture shows a squad undergoing training under a Japanese army officer. are perfectly peaceful and orderly places, and that such reasons alone hardly justified the order.
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