In February the Japanese had made a request to the S.M.C, he added, and on the following morning the inhabitants of the city were treated to the sight of almost all the police force on the streets, including the "men with canes" and even higher officers. Now the Council had issued a notification in the press against anti-Japanese organizations but it remained to be seen whether any would be prohibited or suppressed.
Many Chinese in Shanghai had shown that they wished to be friendly to the Japanese, he continued, and to work with the new regimes but they had been prevented from doing so by terrorists in the Settement and Concession.
Newspapers published in both areas were nothing but copies of newspapers printed in Chungking. This was not acting in accordance with the actual situation in Central China.
Asked what would be the Japanese reaction if they were not satisfied with the measures taken by the two authorities and would that reaction include occupation of the Settlement and Concession, Col. Mabuchi said that be was not in a positron to make public what steps the Japanese intended to take."
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