The foreign International committee which is charged with establishing a Special non-combatant district in northern Nantao was yesterday hard at work trying to perfect details of administration in a manner satisfactory to all concerned. After a meeting of the committee; under the chairmanship of the Rev. Father R. Jacquinot, S.J., it was announced that it was hoped to make the special area effective within two days.
The district which it is contemplated to make a sanctuary for refugees and civilian residents is bounded on the north, east and west by the French Concession (Boulevard des Deux Republiques) and on the south by Fang Pang Road, which traverses the "Native City" from east to west. It is to be policed by the ordinary law-enforcing agency of Nantao, which, however, is not to be armed. Military groups are not to operate within the district. Agents of the disinterested
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