Should investigations into the shooting of the Japangse officer and one other rank at the Hungjao Aerodrome yesterday evening show that the Chinese. and not the Japanese. were to blame, the Japanese may demand the withdrawal from the Shanghai area of the Peace Preservation Corps, on the grounds that, in violation of the Shanghai "truce" of 1932, they number in their ranks number of regular soldiers. This information was received from a pri-vote, reliable Japanese source late] last night, but could not be officially confirmed, An official news bulletin from Tokyo last night stated that the situation in Shanghai was considered to be even more serious than it was immediately prior to the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese hostilities in 1932 Considerable importance attached to the fact that not only had there been a wholesale evacuation the Chapei, Kiangwan and igkew districts, but also that the Chinese residents were now moving out of Yangtzepoo, a thing, said the report. that had never happened in the past,
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