"Moreover," he cetinned, "there has been a recent tendency where hostile acts against the Japanese have increased in these two areas. It is difficult to understand why the Concession and Settlement authorities, who at the time when the Japanese and Chinese forces were fighting on the outskirts of the city, sedulously proclaimed their neutrality, should rise in the defence of the Kuomintang army and the Kuomintang regime when the Chinese forees have fled far inland. In view of the fact that frequent outbreaks of terrorism have taken place recently against Japanese and important Chinese persons connected with the Japanese, both in the Settlement and French' Concession, which are areas that should be safe for foreigner and native alike, the Japanese authorities have repeatedly issued warnings demanding a curb on political terrorism, the control of anti-Japanese newspapers and magazines and the closing down of agencies of the Chungking regime.
However, with the Settlement and Concession' authorities showing very little good faith in suppressing anti-Japanese elements and carrying out only perfunctory measures, the basic causes of trouble in the maintenance of peace and good order have not been removed in the two areas," he went on. "Real results cannot be achieved by mere written replies, notifications and proclamations. Mr. Fu Siao-en, Mayor of the Greater Shanghai Municipality, also sent notes on five occasions demanding the suppression of unruly elements in the two areas the handing over of the District Courts to the new regime, the banning of the display of Nationalist flags, etc, to the Consular Body and to the administrations of both areas.
He asked for a reply and then pressed a second time for an early answer but we were given to understand that this has not been done. We are forced to doubt the good faith of the Settlement and the Concession authorities towards the maintenance of peace and Eood order. If we consider that the Special Municipality of Shanghai is a de facto administration in the areas adjoining the Settlement and Concession, the present attitude of the two authorities should be regarded as being based wholly upon sentiment and prejudice,
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