Keelung, May. 31.
4 in Kulangsu, the International Settlement of Amoy on May 12, 'ONDEDIONS for the withdrawal of Japanese bluejackets, landed were outlined here today by Rear-Admiral Shunzo Mito, Director General of the Amoy Liaison Office of the Asia Development Board, as he arrived in the liner Hongkong Maru on his way to Tokyo. The conditions, he said, were 1, Acceptance by the interested foreign Powers of Japan's proposals, and Indications that peace and good order in the Settlement would be maintained.
The Japanese attitude, he declared, was firmly fixed along lines already expounded.
Describing the prevailing conditions in the Amoy area as "something like a test of patience", Rear Admiral Mito said that while the British and French authorities appeared to assume that Japan was about to "grab" the Settle. ment, the real intentions of the Japanese were "only to secure peace and order in Kulangsu."
Conferences between naval commanders of the three Powers were not being held at present, he stated.
As soon as foreign authorities demonstrated their sincerity and "approved Japan's propositions" and peace and order showed signs of being maintained, Japan would voluntarily withdraw her naval forces from Kulangsu, Rear-Admiral Mito declared.—Domei.
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