The Archive · 1937

MR. S. KAWAGOE TO

RETURN SOON

Marooned in Tientsin by Hostilities The Japanese Ambassador, Mr. Shigeru Kawagoe, will return here from Tientsin, where he has been marooned by the hostilities, as soon as communications are restored.

This was revealed yesterday by Mr. Akiyoshi Tajiri, chief of the Informa-lion Section of the Japanese Consulate-General on his return here from Nanking yesterday morning.

Mr, Tajiri went to Nanking to report on the situation in North China io Mr, Shinrokuro Hidaka, Charge D'Affaires. The report. however, lost its value, the official added, because of the opening of major hostilities on July 27.

r. Hidaka," Mr. Tajiri said, "is very busy now, informing foreign envoys in Nanking of Japan's policy in the incident."

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