Concession and Settlement Said to Be Haven of Refuge of Terrorists; Mayor Fu's Demands JOINT statement by the Jo in Shanghai expressing the of the Sh \ghai Municipal Counci Shanghai, May 3. panese army and navy authorities leepest concern" over the failure il and the French Municipal Council to reply to the demands made recently by Mayor Fu of the Greater Shanghai Municipality, was handed to journalists present at the Japanese press cot inference yesterday evening. Following the issuing of the statement, Col. Mabuchi, Director of the Japanese Army Press Bureau, severely cut ced the existing conditions in the two foreign areas, which, he said, were only occupying their resent status because of the fact that the forces occupying the Shanghai area were Japanese, The statement was as follows: It was because of their reliance on the Dolice power and good faith of the Settlement authorities that the Japan ese army' and navy authorities, from the very beginning of the present hostilities, endured numerous taetieat hhandieaps in their operations to drive the Chinese forces from the Shanghat area and have subsequently left the task of eradicating the elements prejudicial to the peace of the Settlement to the Settlement authorities.
Its, therefore, much regretted that the focal situation has tended to become worse than it was at the time of the retreat of the Chinese forces withstanding the frequent representations we have made, not only have outbreaks of terrorism continued. to this day, but numerous organs of the Chungking Government ace carrying fon their various activities, both the Tnternational Settlement and the French Concession.
Maintenance of pence and order within the occupied territory Is a rave. responsibility. resting on the Tapanese forces. And since the state of order in the two foreign areas of Shanghai immediately affects the faske of pence maintenance in the occupied areas as a whole. we cannot but feel keenly anxious regarding the conditions in Shanghai.
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