+i. 2. Mentsin, Nov,"
Formal' apologies of the Shanst Provincial Government for the: $0- called "Tanaka Incident," were tendered yesterday to Mr, Yoshigoro Nishi, student interpreter of the. For-olga Office stationed in Taiyuanfu.
The case, however, has not yet been saltied, and the negotiations are being continued between Mr. Nishi and Lieut-Col, Eitsujiro Kohno, head the Japanese Milllary Mission in Tal-yuan and the provincial. authorities.
'The incident had its inception on October & when Mr. Yoshitaro Tanaka, proprietor of a rape-all exporting' business, received an eviction order from a Taiyuan local court. On October 27, a large group of men of the Public' Safety Bureau, according to Japanese official reports, descended upon the place and seized Mr. Suco Takeda, Mr, Tanaka's: employee. He was laier released in Chengchow.—on Dorel.
Japanese -moverient in Shansi province were studied to-day by the Forelgn: OMee,. It has already been decided to Instruct the Ambassador to enter a protest with the Central Government, whilst. Mr. Denjiro Kato First Secretary of the Japanese Embassy in Peiping, Is to lodge a vigorous protest with the Shansi provin" cell authorities. An official report received by the Galmusho- from Taiyuan "this noon detailed three recent Incidents in the Shans! capital, These Included—
A.—An order to Dr. Baku Kaisel, Korean, to close his office, and his detention by the Bureau of Public Safety rom October 13 to October 17, when he was removed to Shih chiachwang. He was maltreated by the Police.
2—A sinillar order to Dr. Shin Tokukyo, a Korean, necessitating hig departure for Peiping on October 25, with his family,
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