Meeting Tientsin, July 8.
Ten thousand Japanese. residents hold" an "anti-Beiish mass meeting here yesterday in connection with the observance of the second anniversary of the hostilities ginning this spring. Japanese forces have been endeavouring to improve the maintenance of peace and order in occupied territories by making considerable sacrifices in order to clear up the atmosphere in North China. These efforts were terfered with by the authorities of the British Concession in Tientsin who shielded anti-Japanese and Communist elements and even went as far to incite them. So long as such activities are continued in the concessions, there can be no improvement in the situation in North China, Self-defence measures were con-
Sequentiy" adopted" Gen. Sulyam The Japanese commander-in-chief stated that he hoped that the motives s./of the army would be well Under~ stood,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.