An agreement between Mr. Y. Miura, Japanese Consul-General and the Whangpoo Conservancy Board was reached on December 1, the Japanese Embassy spokesmen stated at yesterday's press conference and it was anticipated that dredging would be resumed shortly. The naval spokesman, when questioned thought that the huge dredger, which had been operating on the Yangtze Bar, inasmuch as the vessel was not elsewhere employed, would also resume work.
According to the terms of the agreement the Engineer-in-Chief and all cther important officials would be Japanese. The former engineering staff would be retained and the Japanese would not monopolize these jobs, the spokesman added.
It will be recalled that the Japanese army and navy sequestered vessels of the Conservancy Board when hostilities broke out and some of them were used in military operations. In the spring, foreign interests urged the beginning of dredging but, owing to the multitude of details—some of them of military consequence—nothing developed until December 1.
The Japanese army and navy, the spokesman concluded, will maintain a liaison and officers will see to it that military operations will not be hindered by this resumption.
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