The area North of Soochow Creek now occupied by Japanese forces would be returned to the Shanghai Municipal Council when the ques.ion of the jurisdiction of the extra-Settle ut roads in the Western District has been settled, the Japanese Embassy spokesman said in answer to a question at yesterday's press conference. Necessary preparations for a return to normal in the Northern area were almost completed, the spokesman added, and once ihe extra-Settlement roads question was settled, rapid progress would be made reger: ing the restoration of the Northern area, The spokesman said that following the shooting incident in Jessfield Road on August 19 be cen Probationary-Sergeant W. I: Kinloch and armed members of the Special Municipality Police, the Japanese authorities in-Irma Hi Paoa Mun fpa Oan cil that negotiations regarding normal conditions in the area North of Soochow Creek would be suspended. There has been a rapprochement in views between the S. M. C. and the City Government of Greater Shanghai regarding the extra-Settlement Roads question, he continued, and since there were hopeful signs for a settlement of that question, the return to normal in the area North of Soochow Creek may also be expected.
Questioned by a "North-China Daily News" reporter a spokesman of the Shanghai Municipal Council said that the S.M.C. would be very pleased to see the return of the area North of the Creek. He said that negotiations between the Council and the City Government of Greater Shanghai were proceeding smoothly and that the S.M.C. hoped for a successful conclusion of these negotiations.
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