The Japanese authorities had stated their "intention, he continued, of removing the Customs House from the Trench Concession to the Japanese Concession but the latest information was that it would remain in the foreign area and a branch office would be opened in the ex-German Concession. This office would deal with cargoes coming from the Japanese controlled areas.
The erection of barricades on the borders of the British and French Concessions had caused few difficul-fies to foreigners, who were required to show passports or an identification card. Very few incidents had occurred at these barriers.
For the Chinese, however, the restrictions were greater. All Chinese pedestrians, chauffeurs, rickshaw cocles and others were stopped and searched with the result that there was a certain amount of traffic congestion, and for those people who had the International Bridge to ay station it was advisable to allow plenty of time for the journey, for although foreigners were not molested in any way (unless they caused an incident by objectionable behaviour), the examination of all Chinese was liable to delay traffic for considerable periods. Many people had found this out to their cost when they had missed their trains by not allowing sufficient time to cross the bridge.
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