The Archive · 1938

Authorities Mediate In Tientsin

Tientsid, Sept, 5, The American, Ttallon and German [Consular authorities here are medial. ug tu the question of the withdravel jot Japanese residents from the British and. French areas, and the feeling of anxiety and tension previ. ously existing with regard to this matier now is being alleviated, 'The general pellet here 8 that speedy settlement of the question will be reached, Col Kwaguehil, Japanese military spokesman, who' has arrived here from Feiping, denied that an actu order had been given 10 evacuate the British and French concessions, He said that merely a warning nad been issued regarding the por sibility of Japanese residents evacua. ug, acting under their own ini.

'He Kawaguchi stressed the activi. Hes of guerillas in the vicinity of 'Tientsin, and renewed the charge that the' concessions constituted bases for the guerillas, 'He hinted that further measures might be necessary, though the we of force, he declared, was unlikely, 'The Japanese military authorities, the spokesman' added, expected the Concessions to remain impart)

The fundamental Japanese policy he stated, was to ald the Peiping Government, and any impediments {to this policy must be swept away, Reuter,

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