Tokio, March 4.
The replies of the Peking Government and the Viceroy at Canton have been received in Tokio today, and though China does not necessarily reject Japan's demand for the immediate release of the Tatsa Mara, with an apology and compensation for her seizure, the reply is stated to be unconvincing and unsatisfactory.
The Japanese authorities emphasize the fact that they will take what steps they deem suitable if China remains evasive, as the failure to make reparation for the
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