"As the members are aware, barricades for the past year have been maintained round the Concession and numerous restrictions have been imposed on residents. These barricades and restrictions are being removed, and the Japanese authorities in North China have also undertaken to do everything in their power to suppress any anti-British action or agitation in regions under their control."
The Tientsin settlement, after nearly a year of fitful negotiation, does not, indeed, permit any general deductions to be drawn, but it removes numerous causes of local friction, states an editorial in "The Times."
The newspaper adds: "It marks some improvement in Anglo-Japanese relations, and it does not sacrifice the (Continued on page 8, col. 4)
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