Preparations for the reopening of Shanghai University for residence by missionaries connected with the school had been completed and it was understood that a number of families would move to the campus on Saturday, the Japanese Embassy announced yesterday.
Japanese authorities decided to return the university to the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society and to re-open the campus' for residence in compliance with the desires of the society, the, Embassy statement said.
The campus would not be opened to the public because of the location of the university in a military district, but all persons connected with the school would be granted all' necessary facilities, the statement said.
Mr. Miura formally informed Mr. Gauss of the proposal on September 23, and the latter expressed his sincere appreciation. As the University is situated in a district important from the strategic point of view, the campus is not open to the: free access to the general public. People connected with the University, however, will be granted all necessary facilities.
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