"However, in consideration of the desires of my Colleagues to adopt some sort of resolution, and to make it public, and with a view to cooperating in the utmost as the Consul-General for Japan, am pre-Pared to propose an amendment."
Tmmediately after the adoption of the resolution, Mr. Miura proposed, as a first step toward the wiping out of terrorism, that the Consular Body instruct the Shanghai Municipal Council that the Shanghai Municipal Police be reinforced and that closer and more effective cooperation be carried out among the other police authorities including the French Municipal Police, the Japanese Gendarmerie, the Japanese Consular Police and the Police of the Shanghai Special Municipality.
To Mr. Miura's proposal, a Consul-General pointed out that the Shanghai Municipal Council was at present carrying out an economy programme, and that such reinforcement of the Municipal Police as suggested by the Japanese Consul-General was difficult and inconsistent with the policy of economy adopted by the S.M.C.
The Japanese Consul-General said the declaration that the reinforcement of the S MP. as suggested by himself was not at all inconsistent with the economy programme being carried out by the S. ME., inasmuch as economy meant the dispensing of certain unnecessary expenditures.
"Mr. Miura pointed out that especially in view of the present situation, reinforcement of the SMP. was a matter of urgent necessity. After agreeing with the arguments of Mr. Miura, the. Consular Body adopted the Japanese official's* proposal.
Mr. Miura further referred 10 the "impropriety" of the procedure taken, by Mr. W. J. Keswick in making public to the press a letter addressed to the Senior Consul, before either the Senior Consul, or the Consular Body had seen it.
The Japanese Consul-General recalled that in March of last year, Mr. C. S. Franklin, who was then Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council, committed a similar breach of procedure and was warned at that time orally.
Mr. Miura pointed out that as the warning to Mr, Franklin had been given orally, and had not been placed on record, the present impropriety of procedure by Mr. Keb-Wick occurred.
R.A.F. Raid near Bardia Cairo, Aug. 2.
^A highly successful raid was carried ouf by bombing aircraft of the Royal Air Force on a large ammunition dump near Bardia yesterday," states a communique issued by the Royal Air Force here this morning.
"The shock of the explosion was felt 9,000 feet up, and flames rose 500 feet and smoke 7,000. feet. Columns of smoke could still be seen when our aircraft were 40 miles away on their homeward journey.
"We suffered no casualties.
"An air raid by Italian bombers on Post Sudan was unsuccessful Our fighters encountered a Caproni bomber over the Abyssinian border, and after a short engagement the machine was shot down.
A. reconnaissance party pushing towards Dobel (Kenya) on July 30 withdrew after meeting strong opposition, states a communique. On other fronts there was nothing 10 report,
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