Berne, Nov. 9. British: plane:
apd. German; and the'early hours of this mori the|with the Nanking regime permitting. take over the property. cleaning! the place in the morning axeman, dealt several blows on his the Army Staff said today. the latter to take over the Chinese courts in the French Concession; which were formally handed over! the. morning of November 8.
^hinese Government repeatedly éx-"With reference to this question P plained to the French Government French Concession were taken ofer by the enemy not only Chinese Tesidents would suffer physical and property loss but foreign interests pud rights also would. be endangered.
"The Chinese Government repeatedly asked.the French authorities to reject the enemy demands, at the same time calling the attention of the French authorities tà their responsibilities in the matter.
"Unfortunately the French aut ties yielded to the enemy, viola' the agreement signed on July 28.
concerning establishment "of activities must be null and void. "AIL responsibilities in this matter must be borne by the French authoritiés— tached io the Central Police Station were later 'sent to the. building for am inspection shortly after 9 am. They opened the front door with a key as the building: had been deserted for some time past and went in and inspected the premises. There were no responsible men inside the Structure except some watchmen when the police party left just before noon.
Early in the afternoon, the bulld-ing was taken over althotigh no high officials from Nanking were inside yet. The courtyard of the bank building was then humming with act tivity and armed "political police: attached to the new regime were in evidence.—Although their number could not be ascertained, many of them, some in black. uniform, and some in plain-clothes,- were seen walking to and fro behind the locked door of the courtyard which, when looking from, outside. is located on the left side of the main two-storey bank building.
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