duced gud Directed by FRITZ LONG lation s fighting elements against Japan, it can reasonably be assumed that the Chinese who remain in the war zone would not be refugees but fighters.
"In these circumstances the establishment by Third Powers of a refugee zone and the protection of resisting people would be interference with the operations of the Japanese forces. foreigners in Hankow are med about the safety of of the city they should first of-all cause the Chinese milit. forces to withdraw from Hankow.
"In the past almost all the refugee zones which have been established in areas occupied by the Japanese forces were set up without any agreement with the Japanese military authorities.
"However, "the Japanese forces, acting from a standpoint of humanity, have assumed an attitude of benevolence toward these zones at the cost of great inconvenience to their military operations.
"A mere glance at the protection afforded Chinese residents in Japan, io say nothing of the state of affairs in Japanese-occupier ar will show the real intentions the of Japanese for "The fa to date show that the Japanese forces have suffered in numerable inconveniences to their tactical operations because of the r ugee zones established without the approval.
"In addition to this, the so-called refugee zones, which have persisted even after the Japanese occupation of several places, have proved great obstructions to the maintenance of peace and order.
"It is a well known fact that though foreigners established refugee zones for charitable purposes, the zones in some cases have become places of refuge for anti-Japanese elements."
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