The British authorities on April 11 asked the ce-operation of the Japanese gendarmerie in investigating the murder. It had been agreed that it the criminals or their accomplices were arrested they would be handed over to the Japanese. Authorities in Tokyo were notified to this effect on April 14 by Mr. Tashiro.
"With the ce-operation of the Japanese gendarmerie British auth-critics ordered three searches during the period from April 15 to 22. At the time of the third search the Japanese gendarmes arrested several Chinese suspects and after negotiations obtained custody of them. Be-lore the return of the suspects to ihe British authorities in the morning of April 30, a date agreed upon, the Japanese authorities made an investigation at the scene of the crime. There in the presence of British representatives the suspects re-enacted their part in the crime as they had confessed it, and the Britons recognized that the men were implicated in the murder, Japanese authorities. claimed.
The British authorities promised that they would hand them over to the Chinese authorities on receipt of papers from the Japanese gendarmerie. Despite this promise the British authorities rejected a demand of the Chinese authorities for custody of the men on the grounds that the criminals had retracted their confessions. After fruitless negotiations with the. British authorities since that time Mr. Tashiro on May 31 requested that the British authorities give notice by noon on June 7 when ther they would hand over the criminals.
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