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THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 23, 1937.

HUGESSEN

INCIDENT

REGARDED AS CLOSED

Japanese Reply Contains Formal Apology For Attack

INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN

FOR TAKING OF GREATER CARE

London, To-day.

The incident în connection with the wounding

ENGLAND'S

OFFICIAL

WINTER

London, To-day-

On October 1 every postman in- British Isles will receive a parcel"

of the British Ambassador to China, Sir Hughe addressed to himself. Knatchbull Hugessen, has now been closed.

In the parcel will be a snit of thick clothes, a heavy overcoat, mackintosh and leggings.

When the postman opens his parcel he will know that Winter- has come officially.—Reuter.

Yesterday the Japanese Government convey- ed to the British Government, through the Ambas- sador in Tokyo, Sir Robert Craigie; formal expres- sion of its deep regret for the Incident, and a-Bri- tish reply to the Japanese Note states that the Gov-longing to a third country. ernment has received the communication with satisfaction, and regards the incident as closed.

JAPANESE NANKING RAID REPORT PROVED INACCURATE

Tokyo, To-day.

be-

has

the

Telephonic communication tween Shanghai and Nanking been interrupted as result of bombing of the capital yesterday, says a semi-official Japanese state-

ment...

the

As stated in the interim note of -The statement claims that September 6, instructions have Kuomintang Headquarters in Nan- been sent again to the Japanese king and important military build- The Japanese. Note says that two Japanese Forces in China to exercise, the ings, were destroyed in the raid.

This is fully contradicted, how- planes machine-gunned and bombed. two motor- greatest care in safeguarding non-

combatants, it being the desire and ever, by foreign reports from Nan- cars which they sincerely believed to be military policy of the Japanese Government to king, showing that the Japanese omnibuses or motor-lorries carrying officers or sol- limit, as far as this can possibly be bombs missed their objectives. diers of the Chinese Army.

done, the dangers to non-comba-Trans-Ocean. tants resulting from the existence

BRIEF REPLY

The Japanese Government considers that the of hostilities in China” Incident may have been caused by the Japanese aeroplanes mistaking the Ambassador's motor-car for a military bus or motor lorry.

The Note adds that the Japanese Government will take suitable steps whenever it is established that Ja- panese aviators have killed or wound- ed intentionally or through negli- gence nationals belonging to a third country.

to

FULLER TEXT OF JAPANESE NOTE British Brevity In Reply

London, To-day-

The following reply of His Ma- jesty's Government was handed by

DEMARCHE IN

Sir Robert Craigie to the Japanese ROME IN SEQUEL

TO TUNIS RIOT

Paris, To-day.

Minister for Foreign Affairs: " have the honour to inform Your Excellency that I duly communi- cated to His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom the terms of the Note Your Excellency address- led to me on September 21 regarding ernment will cause a demarche to It is stated that the French Gov- the attack on His Majesty's Ambassa-be made in Rome in connection with Instructions have been sent

The texts are published of the dor in China by two aeroplanes in the incidents in which Italian to Note from the Japanese Govern- the neighbourhood of Shanghai on training ship cadets were involved the Japanese forces in China

I have now re-in Tunis. exercise the greatest care in safe-ment on the wounding of Sir H. August 26 last.

Knatchbull-Hugessen, handed to ceived instructions from His Ma- guarding non-combatants

It is added that object of the the British Ambassador in Tokyo jesty's Government to state that demarche will be to officially inform they have received this communica- the Italian. Government of the in- yesterday and the British reply.

The Japanese Note, admits that tion with satisfaction and regard cidents and to ask that measures British circles in London regard on the afternoon of August 26, two the incident as closed."

Rome intends to take against the the tone of the Japanese reply as a Japanese planes machine-gunned Wireless.

culprits. satisfactory ending to an unfor- tunate occurrence

“SATISFACTORY

and bombed two motor cars which,

it is stated, they believed to be

British

military buses or trucks carrying FRANCO-ITALIAN

DISCUSSION ON SPAIN

Geneva, To-day.

Informed quarters here express the belief that the French demarche in Rome will be forestalled by an Italian-demarche in Paris, destined to remove the painful impression created by the incidents în tion Trans-Ocean

ques-

CRIED FOR HOURS WITH NEURITIS

It is believed in London that the officers or soldiers of the Chinese Japanese Government has gone to a Army at a certain point south-east great deal of trouble to enquire ful-of Kating, between Shanghai and ly into all the facts; and it is re- Nanking. alised there might possibly be

This point differs from the one at discrepancy in regard to the point which the attack on the British

the at which

Ambassador was party took place according to the wounded.

evidence of those accompanying the

A conversation between the Chief aim of the British Govern-ambassador but the Note goes on to

French Foreign Minister, M. ment in its original Note was to point out the discrepancy in vari-

Yvon Delbos, and the Italian de- the position obtain assurances that everything ous reports as to

legate to Geneva, Signor Scoppa, Could Not Walk For Pain of the incident and possible would be done to protect

says yesterday is the main object of that in the light of all non-combatants during hostilities in

interest and speculation in for- China, and the statement that the these circumstances, the Japanese leign political circles Japanese Government has repeated Government, consider the incident M-Delbos declared to journalists not walk. She used to cry for hours at may have been caused by Japanese that he had raised "objections re-a time with the pain. Then one day planes which mistook the Ambas-

garding Spain.”

she started taking Kruschen Salts-and welcomed and may be regard-sador's motor as a military bus or

Well-informed circles add that in a short time she was a different truck

these "objections" referred to the is, read her letter

woman. If you are affected by neuri- Balearic Islands.

instructions to forces in this

Japanese connection 18

ed as an assurance that steps will be taken to ensure that there

be no repetition of such

incident

APOLOGY GIVEN

The apology for which the tish Government asked has now given, and the Note explains why the armen responsible cannot punished.

It is felt, anyhow, that this ttable occurrence will have effect of ensuring greater care

the

woman suffered so badly with jneuritis that for days together she could

INVOLUNTARY "As the wounding of the Ambas- Signor Scoppa is said to have feried for hours at a time. I conid not "I suffered awfully from neuritis, and sador may thus have been due to replied by referring to Signor Mus- walk about for days together. I suf however involuntary of solini's repeated declarations that ared pain all over me. It was awful craft, the Japanese Italy did not consider territorial Salts, Well, thanks to them, I am get One day started to take Kruschen Government desire to convey to His acquisitions at the prese Spainting better. take, a dose of Kruschen

ritannic Majesty's Government, a

every morning. Now I feel like a new formal expression of their deep re

woman (Mrs) CB, gret

Trans-Ocean.

As regards the question of the Mussolini Holiday

punishment of the aviators con-

Berlin, To-day.

The pains of neuritis and sciatica are a symptom of deeper trouble the same trouble that causes theumatism, and lumbago They impure blood strea combization of siz na ensure internal cleznili

keep

cerned, it is needless to say that! An official decree issued in con- re-the Japanese Government could, nection with the forthcoming visit the take suitable steps whenever it was of Signor Mussolini says that Sa-the bloodstream pure.

and re- established that.

mese av tors turday is to be observed as a public freshed blood is set coursing to every killed or wounded intentionally or holiday in Munich and Tuesday sciatica, and kindred ills all pass you fibre of your being Then, neuritis, through negligence nationals be next week in

Trans-Oceanby

combatants in the Japanese hostili

ties in future. Renter.