London, Apr. 24.
The United States Ambassador to the Court of St. James, Mr. Joseph Opened negotiations with the British Government yesterday for a barter agreement involving the exchange, of American wheat and cotton for British rubber and tin.
Major-Gen, Hsiung was reported by the daily to have established last autumn his headquarters on Avenue Joffre from where he directed the "reign of terror" in Shanghai that victimized a large number of pro- o¢ Japanese Chinese in the Settlement, the Concession and western Shanghai areas.
The Political Section of the Japanese Gendarmerie Headquarters im Shanghai discovered that Major-Gen. Hsiung had been crossing the Whangpoo River from Pootung by sampan, was purchasing arms and ammunitions in the foreign-controlled areas, and was maintaining contact with anti-Japanese terrorists since last December, the Japanese journal reported. The water police section of the J.G.H. have exercised a constant vigil over the Whangpoo since January, finally succeeding in arrest-
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