Japan's refusal to accede to the British, 'French and American re-Jquests' for the reopening of the Yangtze River to general navigation was amply supported by the fact that [Shanghai, metropolis of the Yangtze estuary. "is infested by gangs of Kuomintang assassins and terrorist the "Tairiku Shimpo" claimed yes terday in a seathing editorial Terrorism in Shanghai was suMeient proof of the conditions prevailing up the river and showed that Japan's action in closing It was warranted, the journal said.
"During the past year anti-Japanese terrorist "crimes have occurred constantly, and in the past few days particular not a single day has passed without shootings or hand grenade Jexplosions or attacks on enlightened Chinese striving for the restoration of peace." the "Tairiku Shimpo" said.
"Terrorist acis have become more: rampant and more malignant in the Settlement day by day."
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