In striking contrast with the action compa im within the Conces-of French officials, which resulted in
sion, Nationalist flags were openly Aispiayed in the International Settlement, indicating the attitude of the SMC. which could have taken equally precautionary measures they 0 desired, the paper continued. As the SMC. has been said to possess a better intelligence organization than. the French, it seemed obvious to the "Tairiku" Shimpo" that me formation concerning an anti-Japan~ ese drive, which had been ordered by the Chungking regime, should be known by the S.NLC.
This week has been marked out by the local Kuomintang office as the "resistance publicity week" a yesterday was the "merchants? day of the week, Chinese merchants here were urged. to disassociate themselves with the Japanese and "traitors" and to deal Fesources in the northwest and south west, Six More Terrorists Reported: Arrested Shanghai, Mar. 13.
Plain-clothes officers of the Jnpanese Military Police, arrested two Chinese guests at the Yangtze Hotel, Kiuidang Road shortly after 8 a.m: yesterday, according 10 the manag ment of the hostelry questioned. by a *North-China Dally News" re-Porter yesterday evening.
The arrested men, whose nam could not be ascertained, were said to have been middle-aged and. wer sleeping in their room on the seve! oer, when the parly of Japanese entered the room and virtually ar= rested them as they woke Usually wollsinformed sources questioned Tate last night, said that they Knew nothing of the arrests, was believed that' the two men were arrested by the Japanese. Military Police on charges of having. had connections with anti-Japanese terrorist organizations Advice to refrain from hoisting Nationalist flags could have been given by the S.MEC. to Chinese re-dents in the Settlement, similar to that of the French, even though the Settlement authorities could not be expected to issue orders forbidding the raising of the ensigns, the Japan ese journal pointed out.
'The paper regretted that the $ M.C. had missed "the best opportunity of showing their sincerity' in concrete form, a sincerity. which they have s0 loudly voiced."
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