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reduction in numbers will not conduce to establish new order.
Miyako asks why Great Britain and France do not go a step further and withdraw their garrisons from Shanghai.
Yomiuri of November 15 Evening edition characterised the withdrawal as an instance of friendly gestures Great Britain was recently making towards Japan, but yesterday's paper had article stating, that according to reliable information, negotiations
were proceeding in London and Washington to make United States
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'general protector" of British rights in China, while "Jottings"
column discounted value of British gesture.
Yesterday evening's papers carried Domei message from London
stating that sources close to the Foreign Office had suggested to United Press correspondent that, although withdrawal of British troops was limited for the present to North China, withdrawal of
troops from Shanghai might also be considered in the light of
future conditions.
Addressed to Foreign Office, repeated to Shanghai No. 1159 Tientsin telegram No. 38.
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