793.94/1351
The Ambassador in Japan (Warren) to
the Secretary of State
Tokyo, May 8,
1922.
[Received June 1.]
No. 207
Sir: With reference to my despatch No. 197,
dated April 27, 1922,38
I have the honor to transmit herewith a copy of a statement handed to me
to-day by the Foreign Office announcing the completion of the withdrawal
of Japanese troops from the Shantung Railway Zone.
I have [etc.]
[Enclosure]
Statement of the Japanese Foreign Office, May 8,
1922
The stationing of the Chinese police and the withdrawal of the
Japanese troops and gendarmes from along the Shantung Railway has
been steadily proceeding, both on the part of Japan and China, in
accordance with the provisions of the Agreement regarding the
withdrawal of the Japanese troops, and on May 5 the joint
Sino-Japanese Commission completed, in a most amicable and
satisfactory manner, their task relative to the replacement of the
guards and the transfer of the barracks in the entire railway zone.
Not a single Japanese soldier is now stationed along the Railway
outside the leased territory.
The Japanese troops and gendarmes withdrawn from the Shantung Railway
Zone are being speedily brought back to Japan, the last section of
the troops being due to sail from Tsingtao on May 9. Japan has now
only a small garrison remaining at Tsingtao, and in accordance with
the provisions of the Shantung Treaty, this small number of troops
is likewise to be withdrawn and sent home soon after the coming into
force of the Treaty in question.
