"It the Japanese want to wire-of the North bank of the Soochow Crock there nothing. 10. prevent them {rom carrying their wire around the Sites and backs of the factories" he Stated. "IE would then be impossible {or undesirables to enter the Western that the British should continue to maintain their present attitude, it might become necessary for. the Japanese to curtail the recent re-Taxation regarding the transit and domicile of third party nationals in the occupied areas round Shanghai, Further, he said, the British attitude showed lock of" understanding eireumstanees, Not only in this inx tance, but in others as well, if the British had tried to Investigate and {ried {o ce-operate, there would have been less friction than up to now.
Abuses like the present were considered az being unfriendly to Japan fand the Japanese might have to re= consider their third party policy.
The wires at present, he replied to correspondent, were strung only Where trafic was heaviest, but oven tually they would be strung round the entire promises, The Case In Retrospect The three mills in question, the spokesman stated, wore of une determined "character when the Japanese occupied Chapel, but atter investigation it was proved that they were of British ownership.
November, the British authorities, at the request of the Zoong Sing Cotton Mill, asked that 40 Chinese should be allowed on the premises to keep the machinery in order, This was ted, (On November 28, 1928, the Japanese agreed to resumption of operation of {two of the mills on five conditions: would, proceed to the shan dad or over the passes for employee should ye Tom, HM: Conauinte-Gonoral The spokesman said that the British authorities sent no reply to the Japan proposals and began operations Further they ferried their employees over the Soochow Creek In junks,
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