The situation, however, is admitted to be extremely grave.
Japanese sources report that not a single Japanese resident, nor a single Japanese business firm, now remains in the British or French Concessions, from which all Japanese business corporations, including the Yokohama Specie Bank, the Mitsui Company, and the branch of the Federal Reserve Bank, withdrew on Sunday.
These sources declare that unrest is felt by the foreign colonies in the British and French Concessions, and state that some 350,000 Chinese residents, in addition to the foreign communities, will be trapped in the ions from tomorrow, when "isolation" measures go into These Japanese sources declare that foreign residents are trying to keep their Chinese employees within the Concessions, but that many are leaving their employers.
(Continued on page 8) to the Chinese authorities of two terrorists who were arrested in the British Concession last February, and against whom conclusive evidence of engaging in terrorism was secured by the British Municipal Police.
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