Populace Warned Not to Be Too Optimistic Tokyo, Oct. 24.
Wishing to guard against "wild excesses, as well as undue optimism over the future of the hostilities in China," the Metropolitan Police have laid down a series of rules in connection with the celebrations to be staged on the fall of Hankow.
The celebrations are not to start until a communique announcing the capture of the city has been issued by the Imperial Headquarters.
If the news is received at night,|' the celebrations, which are to last one week, are to be reckoned from the next morning.
The celebrations, the police declare, must be quiet and sober, no wild outbursts are to be allowed, and must not masquerade, nor riy advertising material The celebrations are to be confined Paris, Oct. 24. dete is gain-t" three main parades, flag parades branches, and ma ing ground here that the time is ripe to musie for a new attempt at mediation in the Far Eastern conflict. That at least is the impression gained by a close study of yesterday's newspaper comments on the latest developments in China, This desire for mediation is quite plainly dictated by the fears that the continuation of the Sino-Japanese conflict wilk imperil the French interests in Indo-China and in the The banners to be used should bear inscriptions such as "Endurance and perseverance." They should, the police state, "emphasize the fresh effort required to face the difficulties before the nation and the task of reconstruétion."—Reuter.
Mr. Roy Allman, an American lawyer, was taken off the Dollar Line: s. President Coolidge yesterday afternoon ahd returned to the International Settlement by Mr.
Arthur Peterson, Deputy United States Marshal. According to the United States District Attorney, Mr. Leigh-ion Shields, Mr. Allman will be charged with the alleged embezzlement of several trunks, on complaint of Mr. France Reed, with whom he was formerly associated in the US. Oriental Trading Company, Yuen Ming Yuen Road.
Mr. Allman, it was understood last night, will appear before the United States Court for China within a few days.
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