London, Sept. 6.
The Japanese Ambassador writes to the press expressing profound gratitude for the many expressions, of sympathy received and the sympathetic attitude of the press, and extending heartfelt thanks on behalf of his sorrowing countrymen. He declares: "Even in these dark hours there is some consolation in the news that the nation is uniting to face with courage and determination not only the difficulties of the present, but the task of future reconstruction."
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