Since his assumption of command of the Third Fleet, Vice-Admiral Hasegawa has been called upon to take action in such Important matter: as the strike of Chinese workers in Japanese mills in Tsingtao and the evacuation of Japanese residents from the interior of China in August and September, 1937.
When the murder of a Japanese officer and a bluejacket on -Monument Road on August 9 heightened tension here, Vice-Admiral Hasegawa ordered units under his command to patrol the Whangpoo and the lower Feaches of the Yangize. For a fortnight, bluejackets under his command played the leading role in local hosti-
China Incident Shanghai, May 1.
There are many different. problems connection with the present China incident which prevent ite termination as quickly as the Manchurian hostilities. of 1931-32, Mr. Monte Morishima, newly appointed Counseller of the Japanese Embassy here, clared In a press interview yester-
"It is a mistake to think that rapid developments would take place in the current incident such as those that marked the Manchurian incident," Mr, Morishima said.
"To name one of the fundamental differences between the two incidents, Manchuria was a single politfeal unit controlled by Gen. Chang Tso-lin, the only warlord in the country. On the contrary, North China, comprising five provinces, cannot be compared
unity. with Manchuria in terms' of political "Moreover, Manchuria was com-letely separated from the Nanking "In Manchuria there was the South Manchuria Railway taking an import-fant part in economic and_ political developments, Foreign Rights ested rights of foreign countries in Manchuria were only-on a small scale, comparatively, "Japanese enterprises in Manchuria were managed by the SMR. and Okura' interests, "Central China is the focal point of the vested rights and concessions of foreign Powers and in North China similar conditions exist"
Steady progress is being made in negotiations for the projected merger of the "Provisional" and. "Reformed Government," Mr. Morishima reveal=
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