He said the Municipal Council of the International Settlement wax responsible for thi peace and order He regretted thal Municipal Police in giving his version of the terroristic outbreak in Nanking Road on Sunday to a local newspaper represented it ak not being of a 1 nature but an ordinary to a love intrigue.
He said the altitude of the Municipal Couneit "lacked sincerity."
Rear-Admiral Kanazawa announced that the government yesterday sent Instructions to Japanese authorities in Shanghai to start negotiations with Mr. Cornell S, Franklin, Chairman of the Municipal Council, for a settle. ment of the question with a "vigorous attitude:" "He declined to reveal the specific nature of the instructions, Official circles and the press today expressed regret that the authorities of the International Settlement "failed to respond to the Japanese representations for" taking. precaution ary measures against rumoured terroristic crimes on Chinese New Year's Day, and thus gave Chinese terrorists a chance to assassinate Mr Chen Loh and Marquis Li and commit other crimes during the past few days!
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