Bitter criticism of the Shanghai Municipal Council's lack of action in dealing with terrorist crimes in the foreign area was aired in the editorial columns of the "Tairiku Shimpo" yesterday, when the Japanese journal asked whether the S.MC. was ready to assume responsibility for "demolishing the groundwork of s new order in East. Asia."
"Recent recurrences of political crimes in the foreign sections of Shanghai have reached a state of extreme gravity, and sre to be considered a major problem in East Asiatic affairs," the paper said. "The question has come up for Diet discussion, and Shanghai Japanese offi-cids are demanding that strong measures be adopted.
Japanese authorities should display a "resolute attitude" towerd the Shanghai Municipal Council in dealing with terrorism, the "Yangtze Hermit" declared yesterday in a contribution to the "Shanghai Mainichi."
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