"The authorities of the Settlement and the Concession" stated Col.
Mabuchi "as well as the police of both areas, should be deeply thankful for the lenient, charitable and chivalrous attitude of the Japanese forces. The authorities of the Settlement and Concession would do well to refresh lapsing memories and recall the time of the occupation of Tazang, the crossing of the Soochow Creek and the entry of the Japanese forces into Nantao.
Continuing he added, "The maintenance of peace and order in íhe oe. cupied areas is the grave responsibility of the Japanese forces and we cannot brook any interference from any source with the exercising of this duty. The Settlement and the French Concession are, at this moment maintaining a peculiar existence, and they are located in the centre of the Japanese-occupied areas, As long as the Japanese forces are the principal agency in the maintenance of peace and order in the territory surrounding the Settlement and Concession, the authorities of these two areas are duty bound to ce-operate fully with the Japanese forces i that task.
They should realize that the situation is changed entirely from the days when the Japanese and Chinese forces were engaged in combat on the outskirts of Shanghai. We hope for the maintenance of neutrality by the authorities of the two areas. It is now almost one and half years since the Chinese forces were crushed by the Japanese army and navy. outside Shanghai, and at this time the Japanese military and naval authorities cannot ignore the continued existence in the foreign-controlled areas of Shanghai of agencies of the Nationalist Government, engaged in activities likely to disturb peace and order by inciting, anti-Japanese elements and utilizing anti-Japanese publications.
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