Shanghai, Oct. 8 French authorities in' Shanghai will "have to hold themselves responsible" for any consequences arising from their alleged failure to grasp the present situation here, fan unnamed Japanese "high personage" was quoted yesterday by the Shanghai "Mainichi" as saying in a discussion of the French attitude towards the protest of the "Reformed. Government" against the construetion of military defences outside the Concession.
Referring to a statement made by Mr. P. Auge, acting French Consul General, to the "North-China Daily Nows" here on October this "per son age" was reported to have ex-Dressed the view that the French oficial had made such public com-hent in lieu of a reply to the protest.
This was done, the "Mainich continued, as a diplomatic gesture the French authorities, not Government." tu gestion adhered to a strictly Eight Chinese were injured when a bomb exploded in Japanese controlled territory off Jessfield Road at about 7.15 o'clock yesterday evening. They were all inmates of House 17, Lane 957 Jessfield Road, but whether the bomb was thrown or whether it exploded through careless handling could not be ascertained last night, as the area comes under the jurisdic tion of the Japanese military and enquiries were in the hands of the "Ta Tao" police.
'As far as could be learned, the injuries were mostly of a trivial nature, giving rise to the opinion that' the bomb was more of the "cigarette tin" variety than of the real hand grenade type. to the laissez-faire attitude taken by the Concession authorities towards Janti-Japanese organs located there. Why they should have strengthened their defences in proximity of the Japanese lines, while allowing anti-'Japanese elements to operate at will within the Concession, is hard to Understand," this unnamed person was quoted as saying.
The "personage" was reported having declared that a realization the fact that the sovereign rights fon the Concession formerly; exercised by the Nationalist regime, had ceased to exist when Japanese forces oceupled the areas " surrounding Shang-hal, as pointed out by a Japanese Foreign Office spokesman on September 23, was necessary.
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