Mr. S. Kawagoe, the Japanese Ambassador, insisted, at an interview, that the issue at present was purely military and was limited to responsibility for the recent incidents and prevention of a recurrence. Other issues, he added, were not being discussed, The Ambassador did not believe that a settlement of the issue of economic ce-operation would involve changes in the personnel of the Hopei and Charhar Political Council, and expressed the hope that General Sung Cheh-yuan, Chairman of ihe Council, would take up the mat-ler.
The Chinese authorities are determined not to sign another agreement similar to the Tangku and Ho-Umetssu pacts, the "Yi Shih Pao" quotes Mr. Chen Chueh-sheng. director of the Peiping-Mukden Railway Administration, as saying to-day.—Reuter.
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