The Ministry of Forelgh' Affairs at Chungking has formal]y, lodged a protest with the French Ambassador to China against the removal of Chì- nese national flags in the French Concession in Shanghai last week when the flags were hoisted to celebrate the pening of the general spiritual mobilization campaign.
Although the incident has been set-tied locally, the Ministry is reported by a message from Chungking to be still dissatisfied and wishes the French authorities to guarantee against its repetition, It is revealed that prior to the latest incident the Ministry has twice made representations against similar incidents.
Local Chinese reports indicate that the incident has not yet been completely settled as some persons arrested in connection with the incident are still being detained and that flags taken down by the French police have for yet been returned. It is expected, however, that these flags will be returned to-morrow to the Chinese Ratepayers Association in the French Concession.
Chinese residents in the Concession wish that the incident will be settled completely, for next month there will be many occasions when flag display is necessary. They are reported to have urged the ratepayers association to conduct further negotiations in order to reach a "rational" settlement.
It was previously reported that wishing to maintain strict neutrality authorities of the French Concession here would not allow the flying of Chinese flags on any occasions excepting the Chinese national holiday
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