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credit to this news but it is a fact nevertheless. The
reason is that the Government has shown itself ready to make
certain concessions, and the Japanese taking the tide at the
flood have also hinted that they are ready to make some
concessions.
One day the Japanese Consul-General called on Eugene Chen,
and the latter discussed the question with him in the presence
of Chan Kung Pok, Head of the Labour Department of the Central
Kuomintang. The Japanese vice Consul-General, Tanaka Masaichi,
expressed his eagerness to have a decision reached. As the
result it was agreed that discussion of the incident of 3rd
April should be postponed meanwhile, and that the following
terms should be first put into execution.
(1) Both sides should withdraw their troops and Japan should
entirely her military preparations.
(2) Japanese merchants should resume business and Chinese
workmen their work.
(3) The Foreign Office of the Hankow Government should guaran-
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tea that the Government will in future be responsible for
the proper protection of the lives and property of the
Japanese.
(4) Chinese workmen should in no way show any active hostility
to any Japanese subjects or merchants or cherish any
grudge against them.
The Japanese Consul-General was satisfied with this. After
this discussion, Cheung Leung, Secretary of the Foreign Office,
Shit Sau, Secretary of the Labour Department, and Hu Pak Ho, Representative of the General Labour Union, were appointed as
Chinese Representatives, and Tanaka Masaichi, the Japanese Vice Consul-General, Goto Fugami(?), Takano Myoho and Tsuchii Kome(?)
of the Commercial Chamber as representatives of Japan.
Negotiations were then entered into, and the above conditions
were