No.194 (895/68/32)
Confidential.
sir,
British Embassy,
Tokyo.
8th April, 1932.
16
In accordance with the instructions
contained in your despatch No. 151 (P 1758/1/10)
No.151
Confidential of the 4th ultimo, I have the honour
to furnish my observations on Sir William Peel's
despatch of January 15th last, addressed to the
Secretary of State for the Colonies, commenting on
paragraph 10 of my despatch No.479 Confidential of
October 1st last dealing with the anti-Japanese outbreak which had just taken place at Hong Kong.
2.
His Excellency takes exception to
a statement in that despatch to the effect that
the Japanese Government ordered a man-of-war to Hong Kong in order to appease Japanese public opinion; and points out that the "Saga", to whose
visit I was presumably referring, was stationed
at Canton and was in the habit of visiting the
Colony at frequent intervals for supplies. There
was no reason to suppose, therefore, that her visit
of September 29th was other than of a routine nature.
3.
I have the honour to state, in reply, that it was taken for granted here that the Saga"
had been sent to Hong Kong in reply to the clamour
The Right Honourable
Sir John Simon, G.C.S.I., K. C.V.O.,
etc..
etc.,
etc.
raised/