Peiping, June 10.
tion by the Japanese Rest-dents Association that the British troops now forming the Embassy Guard here would be relieved on June 14, and sent to England, was denied by Mr, D. J. Cowan, First See retary of the British Embassy, in a statement issued to-night. The ale Teyation was contained in a petition sent to the Japanese Embassy by the Association, which blandly assumes: that British soldiers were responsible for the death of Kisaku Sasaki, a. Japanese officer attached to the Man-[choukuo Ministry of War, whose body recently was found in the street outside a cafe here.
Mr. Cowan's statement follows:—"My attention has been drawn (0 a report that British troops now forming the Embassy Guard in Peiping will be relieved on June 14 and [sent home, This is incorrect, Normal ly, the Company now here would go Shanhaikuan for summer exer cises on June 17, but, in the present felreumstances, however, no British troops whose presence is required in connection with the detailed examina tion of the Sasaki case, which is now taking place, will be moved from Peiping unfit that case has been Drought to a close."
The British military court of in" quiry which is investigating Japanese allegations concerning the death of Sasaki will be continued tomorrow, when Japanese witnesses will testify, but, like previous sessions, it will be held in camer Reuter.
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