The Japanese did not know of their arrest until recently, despite the fact that it was made in February, and that in the house where they lived a quantity of explosives had been found.
Japanese authorities branded the concessions as "hotbeds of anti-
Japanese terrorism and agitation."
Japanese military commanders and Mr. Shigenori Tashiro, Consul-General at Tientsin, arrived here Jast night for the conference, which was called early this morning. Also present were Peiping military commanders and Mr. Tateki Horiuchi, Counsellor of the Japanese Embassy.
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