Shanghai, Jan, 1, Japan's milliard dollar investment in' Shantung Province was believed te have been, virtually destroyed by the Chinese, a Japanese Embass; spokesman told foreign correspondents at a press conference last night, While actual Mgures on the losses suffered by Japanese properties could not be obtained at the present time, they were believed to be very heavy, the spokesman said.
Listed os among the principal' pro-arties damaged wore: the Tsingtao ills, coal mines in the vicinity of Changtien, and tolling stock of the Most of the railway rolling stock was held for $40,000,000 loan, of which, $20,000,000 still was outstand~ ing. "The Joan matured at the end of 1937 but was not repaid.
Other Destruction addition, the following proper les were damaged or destroyed; The Japanese Weather Bureau, in Tsinanfu; The lecture hall of the Japanese Primary School In "Tsinan= i} Dojin Hospital in Tsinanfu.
Both the Weather Bureau and the lecture hall of the school were burned, the spokesman stated. The. rest of the rooms in the school were All departments of the hospital, with the exception of the sick ward where patients were being cared for, were looted, the spokesman said, and surgical instruments removed.
At Changtien the Japanese branch Consulates and the Japanese Primary School were looted. Coal mines were destroyed beyond hope of. rehabilitation, the officer declared.
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