CO129-471 - Public Offices - 1921 — Page 49

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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.]

JAPAN.

CONFIDENTIAL.

|F 1539/3/10]

No. 1.

[April 27.]

SECTION 2.

Str . Eliot to Earl Chirzon-(Received April 27.)

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(No. 151.) (Telegraphic.) R.

Tokyo, April 26, 1921. PRESS reports that Governor-General of Korea has made a conciliatory speech about missionaries, in which he said that Japanese authorities have failed to appreci noble work done by them, and that missionaries have not always properly understood Japanese. He therefore desired local authorities to come into closer contact with the missionaries and respect their rights. If such rights are not respected there is fear of misunderstandings.

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