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THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 26, 1940
OFFICIAL BRITISH REPLY
To Be Sent To Japan Within Twenty-Four Hours
JAPANESE INDIGNATION
UNDIMINISHED
London, To-day.
THE BRITISH OFFICIAL reply to the Japanese pro- test over the so-called "Asama Maru incident,” will be sent to Tokyo within 24 hours, it was understood yesterday.
I'm a statement to the press in Tokyo yesterday, Sir Robert Craigie, British Ambassador, said that there had been much misapprehension as to the actual point at issue.
MAKING PREPARATIONS
He reminded them that the Japanese captain in not disclosing their iden- Navy had frequently stopped and, tities.
that boarded British ships, and said surely the question could be settled in a calm atmosphere without arousing anger on either side.
Sir Robert's statement was later cri- ticised by a spokesman of the Japanese Foreign Office, who said that Sir Ro- bert had been “unfriendly" in appeal- ing to the public before giving a form- at reply to the Japanese protest.-—_ Reuter.
Japanese Feelings More Important Than Law
Tokyo, To-day.
The Navy Ministry spokesman, in upholding the Japanese view that the Asama Maru incident was a violation that in of international law, stressed any case Japanese national feelings were "more important than questions of law."
He said it was very regrettable that the British Navy took action calculated to "injure the prestige" of the Japanese navy at the "very entrance gates to the capital."
Japanese
of
He criticised the discourtesy
The spokesman added that the cap- tain of the Asama Maru had been retired for unseamanlike behaviour in not refusing to surrender the
mans.
+
Ger-
Was
Parallel to the Anglo-Japanese diplomatic negotiations, ha reveal- ed that the Japanese navy making preparation to prevent a recurrence of such incidents future.
In
JAPANESE
BREAK WINDOWS
IN CONSULATE
Tokyo, To-day> Guards on the British Embassy have again been strengthened as the result of an Incident last night when a Japanese crowd demon- strated in front of the British Consulate-General and smashed the windows-Our Own Corres- pondent.
gained the impression that there is much misapprehension regarding the actual point at issue in the Asama Maru case.
"For instance, there is much about
constituting the stopping an affront to Japan.
GRACE
WON'T IMPROVE POSITION
SHANGHAI, TO-DAY.
THE EXPIRY OF THE JAPANEBE- AMERICAN TRADE TREATY 18 THE OCCASION OF MUCH PRESS COM- MENT TO-DAY, BUT THE MOST OUTSPOKEN EDITORIAL 18 CAR- RIED BY THE CHINESE-OWNED "CHINA PRESS," WHICH URGES
OF THE ADOPTION
POSITIVE MEASURES BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT A8 THE ONLY WAY TO BRING ABOUT PERCEPTIBLE CHANGE IN THE JAPANESE ATTITUDE TOWARDS AMERICAN INTERESTS IN CHINA. The "China Press” adds that unless such measures are put into effect, the abrogation of the treaty will remain a
"I should like to assure my Japan-futile official ̈ gesture. esc friends that the very last thing Britain wishes to do is to take action derogatory to Japan's prestige.
the It points out that during “Six-Months' Probation Period,”
QUESTION AT 188UE
from July 26 when the treaty was abrogated until · January 26, Ja- showed no panese policy has change.
"The
issue is
our belief only question at
It is continued: "It is
of whether Germans of military age re- that another indeterminate period turning to their country under orders grace will not bring forth any appre- and at the expense of the German |clable change in Japanese policy to- Government for service in the armed wards American nationals and their In conclusion, the spokesman ex- pressed the hope that the British Gov-forces may be removed from a neu- interests-Reuter.
ernment would give its policy full reconsideration.-Reuter.
The Question At Issue
Tokyo, To-day.
tral ship; or whether such action must be confined to enemy nationals .ac- tually serving in the German armed
forces.
"That question can surely be set- tled in a calm atmosphere without Japanese indignation over the stop-arousing anger on either side."
Asama Maru has been Reuter, ping of the revived by the statement issued to the press by the British Ambassador, Sir Robert Craigie.
The Foreign Office spokesman de- clares that Sir Robert had been "un- friendly in appealing to the Japan- formally replying ese nation before
to the Japanese protest."
Sir Robert's statement, according to
the British warship and the British the Japanese press, reads: "I have
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"A Japanese party came on board and told the captain they were doing this in retaliation for the Azama Maru incident.
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