"Authorities of the Settlement and Concession gave a favourable reply and promised to take effective measures to control lawbreakers, the Foreign Minister stated. "Then Mr. Chen Loh, Foreign Minister of the 'Reformed Government,' fell a victim to a new terroristic outrage on February 19,"'Mr. Arita added.
He recalled a bomb attack on Japanese troops in January of last year during a march through the International Settlement. As a sequel to this, the Foreign Minister said, the Shanghai Municizal Counci! in July of last year "partially accepted" proposals for the appointment of a special Japanese assistant police commissioner and another Japanese hig police officer.
Negotiations had been going on since November of last year between the Japanese Consul-General and the SMC. for reorganization of the police force and "improvement in its standard of efficiency," the Foreign Minister stated—Domei.
He commented on the fact that another terrorist crime had taken place in the International Settlement, this time against Japanese nationals, while the negotiations still were going on.
"Fundamental Means"
Mr. Arita said the government had instructed Japanese authorities in Shanghai to take effective measures to deal with the situation. If the situation showed no improvement, Japan would be compelled to con-
(Continued on page 12)
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.