Request by Japanese to Embassies in Peiping Shanghai, Feb. 4.
Evacuation of third party nationals from a vast strip of Central China between the Yangtze on the south and a line extending from Tsingtao to Tolyuan in Shansiby way of Yenchow, Taming and Chengte, has been requested by the Japanese authorities, Japanese Embassy spokesman revealed yesterday.
The request was made in identical notes despatched to various embassies Jand legations in Peiping by the Japanese Embassy there, he sid.
"In consonance with the policy of the Jupanese Government to prevent the lives and property of third-party nationals from. being endangered as a result of the present hostilities," the spokesman declared, "requests have been made that foreign property be marked by insignia clearly discernible from the air and from land'
In addition, the spokesman. sai description of the buildings where such insignia were used, as well as all other data tending io ald their identifation, was asked. 1¢ possible, map on which the position of such properties was marked was also requested.
This step, the spokesman declared, was being taken in view of the possible extension of the present zone of hostilities.
The various diplomatic authorities approached in Peiping, the spokesman slated, were also requested to counsel the evacuation of their respective nationals from the specified zone.
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