The Archive · 1938

Japanese in Tientsin

Mysterious Order to Evacuate British and French

Concessions; "Absence of Ca-operation"

Tientsin, Sept. 1.

Moreover, the discovery of a plant Consternation and mystifeation has jin the French Concession where Chi-een caused here by the Japanese Inese guerillas were printing bank, military authorities" orders, issued notes was followed my its seizure by yesterday, that all Japanese residents the French authorities, who, however, in the British and French Concessions declined to hand over'the plant's em-Here withdraw to other areas within lovees to the Japanese.

1 fortnight, 'The Japanese charge of speculation the official reasons for the order sin yen notes apparently refers to Chi-fare stated to be because of the nese exchange banks' purchase of yen Teed "absence of ce-operation" on for transfer to Shanghai, a practice the part of the British and French resulting in numerous seizures lately] authorities and the activities of "anti-by the Customs.

Japanese clements;" which are ac-'While the Japanese military aucused of being prejudicial to the thorities have often expressed their peace and order and financial struc-discontent with the situation in the ture of Tientsin, British and French Concessions, the Tt Is pointed out in British and authorities of the latter areas say that French circles here that the fact that they have tried their utmost to pre~ Japanese business concerns have been serve political neutrality, to consider lowing rapidly Into the Concessions recently and making extensive pur~ chases of riverside and other property'

them should be regarded as

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