Counsellor of Legation Investigating Yangtze Conditions Mr. Hori, Counsellor of the Japanese Ligation, arrived here on Thursday afternoon on board the Dairen Kisen Kaisha str: Sakaki Maru. He was received at the wharf by Messrs. Shimizu and Hasegawa, Consul and Vice-Consul respectively: Japanese naval and military agents; Major Umesaki, staff officer of the Japanes Landing Party, and leading Japanese residents, Mr. Hori is staying the Astor House Hotel.
In an interview with a representative of the Toho News Agency: on Thursday, Mr. Hori, referring to the object of his trip, declared "My present trip is solely to investigate local conditions, and I have made no definite programme for my journey. After staying here for a day or we, I shall visit Nan-King, as T have several old friends there including Mr. Huang Fu and.
shall proceed to Haskow if circumstances permit."
Questioned as to whether there was any truth in the rumour that his visit is connected with negotiations for the settlement of the Nanking affair, Mr. Hori, flatly denied the suggestion and, said that hho was astonished to hear such rumour, He added that he had no other mission in visiting Nanking than to see his friends, nor had he any intention of opening negotiations with the Nationalist authorities on any particular question,
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