There will be general satisfaction that the Japanese Government has been able to give the British Government a suitable reply to the Note on the shooting of His Majesty's Ambassador last month. The incident is now regarded as closed and, therefore, it is appropriate to congratulate both parties on a solution on which they can find common agreement. The chief source of gratification lies in the fact that by its reply the Japanese Government strengthens the support which Great Britain desired for the observance of certain basic principles of humanitarian conduct in the prosecution of war. It will be recalled that the British Note raised that issue in precise form and made even the question of the personage attacked subordinate thereto. Japan has aligned herself with Great Britain therefore in upholding an important convention which is highly essential to the eventual success of efforts which the world hopes to press for the rigid limitation of the operations of war,
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