Their maintenance cost was frst paid by the Chinese National Government, but since the fall of Nanking into "Japanese hands, the "Tairiku 'Shimpo" said, no money. has been forthcoming to defray the costs of their internment. "The Council hopes to be repaid some day by the Chungking Government, although there is no possibility of that regime making any' payments," according to the newspaper.
Indignation has been caused among Japanese, the daily claimed, because of the action of the Council "in protecting and maintaining Chinese prisoners for such a long time in an area under Japanese control."
Several casualties were caused last year in a riot at the camp when the internees resisted an attempt by the Russian Regiment, S.V.C., to prevent them from hoisting a Chinese national flag, the paper recalled, Tite "Tairiku Shimpo" failed to state what should be done with the "Lone Battalion" Head
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