Peiping, Jan. 8.
The formal apologies of Gen, Sung. ICheh-yuan for the alleged maltreat~ ment of a Korean by Chinese soldiers jeany last month were conveyed to-'Gay to the Japanese Embassy. At the same time, Gen, Liu Chia-luan, Chief fof Staff of the 20th Corps, who resented Gen, Sung, informed Mr. Yoshio Muto, First Secretary of the Embassy, of the readiness of the Chinese authorities to comply with Japenese demands. presented in con-ection with the incident. Gen. Tiu also gave a pledge that affairs of this Jeharacter would not recur, and expressed readiness to defray, the me-cal expenses of the Injured Korean 'Major' Takeo Imai, Japanese assistant Military Attache, who was Present at the interview, is reported fo have warned Gen, Liu that Gen. Sung "must reflect upon his recent attitude." The Japanese officials Iso reserved the right to conduct further negotiations on the settlement of other pending Sino-Japanese issues, Domei, Compromise Solution Tientsin, Jan, 13, compromise solution of the tangku question" Is considered, 10] have been reached with the appointment, by the Hopel-Charhar Polit ical Council, of Colonel Wang Chuan-Tin to the post of director of the: /Tangku-Taku police.
"The compromise lies in the fact {that although the peace preservation corps in the Tangku-Taku area re-[presents the "autonomous" State of East Hopel, it will be under the [command of an appointee of General Sung Cheh-yuan, chairman of the Hopel-Charhar Political Council.
Major-General Doihara, of the Kwantung Army, expects to make a protracted stay in Tientsin with the object. of assisting the Japanese garrison here to settle outstanding. Sino-Japanese problems, according j$© Feports appearing in the Japanese press. to-day.
"The Japanese ofoer is at present awaiting the arrival in tientsin of (General Sung Cheh-yuan, chairman of the Hopel-Charhar Political Coun-and other Chinese oflats—
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