Shanghai, Aug. 12.
When the various foreign military authorities in Shanghai meet to discuss the situation arising. from the withdrawal of British forces, the commander of the Japanese Naval Landing Parly may preside over the meeting and may" demand that Japanese forces be assigned to take up duties in the British sector when AE is vacated, This is revealed in. special report published by the "Sin Shun Pao" which also hints that Japanese authorities here will not tolerate any change of the defence system as a result of a "unilateral understanding reached between the British and American military thorities here, The report also refers to the rumour that after the withdrawal of British forces from Shanghai, Amer= ican Marines may take. over. their duties. It is alleged that although the transference of the British sector to American Marines has not been ofially announced, the information has leaked out. The report further goes to assert that In 1027 an agree ment was reached between militar authorities of the four Powers, namely Great Britain, the United' States. Holy and Japan,' here for defending Shanghai and. that therefore any unilateral change of the defence system would not be allowed by the Japanese, The British commander in Shanghai on August 5, formally notified the Japanese authorities of the impending withdrawal of British forces, it is stated, 'The same paper quotes Mayor Fu Siao-en of the Shanghai Special Municipality as saying that he had received a' telephone call from the British Consual-General. telling. him of London's decision to withdraw the troops. The Mayor is further quoted fs saying that he predicts that the withdrawal will be effected within two weeks, after which peace and order in Shanghat will be. further guaranteed, The report refers to the Mayor's recent request for withdrawal of belligerent foreign troops from Shanghai The "Central China Daily News, organ of the new Nanking regime, also expresses relief editorially over the withdrawal of British forces, but expresses the hope that Ameri forces will also withdraw
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