Peiping, July 3. The "Provisional Government's" demands were:
1, The immediate handing over to ihe "Provisional Government" of terrorists and Communist elements now in the Concessions.
2. Ca-operation with the "Provlsional Governments" currency policies, by prohibiting the circulation of National bank notes in the concessions and ce-operating with the "Provisional Government" with regard to the transfer of silver specie.
3. Ca-operation with the "Provlsional Government's" control of Chinese banks, native banks, and commercial institutions within the concessions.
4. Control of actions and publications running counter to the policies of the "Provisional Government."
5. Acceptance of the above demands and the establishment of Enquiries in official quarters last night failed to reveal the identity of the arrested man, Even the British Japanese Said Warned London, July 3.
Sir Robert Craigie had been instructed to inform the Japanese Government that any deliberate extension of insulting treatment to Britons must imperil the success of the impending negotiations in Tokyo, declared Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in the House of Commons today.
He was asked whether the insults sustained by Britons in Tientsin at the hands of the panese had ceased. In reply, Mr. Butler sajd that there had been no reports for some days, until today, of Britons being subjected to indignities, Lord Halifax, he continued, had not yet received official confirmation of the incident reported in the press today involving the stripping of a Briton named John Anderson by the joint control agencies for their execution.
The demands, observers here said, indicated the "Provisional Governments" determination to secure de facto recognition by the Powers as the authority over North China areas, replacing the former National administration—Domei.
The army's statement pledged full support to the demands of the Peiping administration, which were described as "just and highly appropriate."
Hopes for the realization of these demands were expressed by the Japanese military command" from the standpoint of the army's obligations as well as on the grounds of justice and humanity."—Domei.
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