Relentlessly, ceaselessly pushing forward their war against the rapidly diminishing number of armed hiding in the Concession, the.|Police have succeeded um iz iE
Tokyo, Jan. 7.
"Now that it is quite certain that we have to be prepared for a protracted war in China, it seems necessary for Japan to take immediate steps to strengthen her hold of the Nanking area, and assume responsibility for setting up a military government over that district," says the "Herald of Asia," a semi-offücial Japonee weekly.
"That means necessarily assumption by us of a pretty heavy financial responsibility," the journal adds.
"But that responsibility," it con-
extent by taking over the Customs perd ey bet made good to a large administration of Shanghai, as has been done in the North. trians, for arms. Search parties are most active at about 6 am, when "In addition, some system of direct taxation of a light nature will be increasingly productive in proportion to the return of normal conditions, so that in the course of a comparatively short interval a fairly large amount of revenue will be provided by this source.
"In cage-We have to extend our military occupation to the surrounding provinces, we should follow the same procedure.
"In this way we can stay a long time, if not permanently, in occupation of the Chinese provinces with decreasing financial obligations.
"Tt is obvious that the Chinese population will benefit much from the continuance of our military occupation of their country, so that we should not be surprised if the effect of the fatal policy now adopted by General Chiang Kai-shek and his friends should be the presence of cur troops in @hina for many generations to come, if not for ewer. bers, walk the pavements, motorcycle combinations and armoured cars patrol the streets,—Recently, police motor-cycles have been fitted bullet-proof shields. the way through the night hours searching for arms, ferreting out armed robbers from their hiding places, and arresting any person who cannot establish his identity, Chinese who cannot prove their bona fides are taken to the finger print bureau, where. ihe tell-tale mark Reuter. idly and, it may be added, in the Settle.
Shanghai Situation ment. During the last two weeks, the "Tokyo, Jan. 7. number has considerably diminished, That Japan should be more strong-One every two or three days is now ly represented on the Shanghai Muni" gangster and the mealies T re ELE hi E. Counci e doina bite ward by Japanese newspaper, "Nichi Nithi Shimbun," on the by the police this is à Very figure. grounds that the Council ought to take more account of the importance The public is already actual of the Japanese element in Shanghai. with ihe successful couj A radical change, the paper con-[brought off by the French Police, In. tends, should be made in the present some cases, night raids have netted composition of members, This claim, as many as fifteen armed robbers in Nichi-Nichi Shimbun" says, is based one swoop, and whole gangs have on the fact that restoration of law been taken into custody within and order in the International Set-hours. A French Police official tlement is largely due to the action the "North-China Daily News' taken by the Japanese who now rule the roost in the Settlement.—Trans-
Finance Commissioner Tokyo, Jan. 7.
Mr. Ryutaro Ohno, Secretary of the FiMance. Ministry, to-day was Chosen to be the new finance commissioner to be sent to China. His formal appointment wil be announced after a session of the Cabinet.~Domei. arrested, even if it means working on and on through the night hours, and. during the following day."
No Anti-Japanese Demonstrations,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.