Japanese Army Statement to Clarify Actions Property of Chinese "engaging in anti-Japanese activities" will be seized regardless of its location, a Japanese Army spokesman announced last night.
This statement was made in connection with the confirmation by the Japanese spokesman of the sealing of the former private residence of Gen. Wu Te-chen, Chairman of the Kwangtung Provincial Government and former Mayor of Greater Shanghai.
Differentiating between seizure and confiscation, the spokesman declared that the property of Chinese engaging in anti-Japanese acts would be placed under the "control of the Japanese military authorities."
Questioned as to whether or not property of such Chinese in the International Settlement or the French Concession was liable to seizure by Japanese, the spokesman declared that in his belief neither the Settlement nor the Concession authorities could "intervene" in matters regarding ownership of propert:
Japanese action in this direction, however, would be taken "in the light of the relations between the Japanese and the Settlement or Concession authorities."
The Japanese military authorities, "as a matter of principle," will not recognize mortgages or liens on Chlnese property.
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