Berlin, Oct. 26.
The pending formation of an Inner Mongol State is welcomed by newspapers here.
The "Berliner Nachtausgabe" says the first great goal which Japan is compelled to reach in her conflict with China hai now been attained. It erects a dam against the further advance of Bolshevism into China It is understood that the authorities. here have not yet received the full report on the attack against a British military outpost in Shanghai by a Japanese plane which resulted in the death of a British soldier, The Japanese Government has sent officially its regrets fo the British Government for the attack,—The. Japanese Government offered to make reparations, open an inquiry and to punish those: responsible for the attack, depending on the results of the inquiry.
The text of the Japanese Note, handed to the British Ambassador in Tokyo, Sir Robert Craigie, reads.
"I have the honour to convey Your Excellency in the name of the Japanese Imperial Government apology for the incident in which a British soldier was "accidentally killed as the result of firing by Japanese warplanes which occurred on October 24 near Keswick Road, Shanghai, "The Imperial Government will deal suitably with the persons fès sponsible for this incident on, the completion of their investigation and" are, moreover, prepared to make the necessary compensations for damage sustained by British subjects." and Manchoukuo. It will be interesting, it adds, to note the effect of the creation of a new Mongolian state on Outer Mongolia and the Soviet Union.—Reuter, The Note, signed by Mr. Koki Hirota, the Foreign Minister, is at present being studied by the British Government and will probably be the object of a declaration to the House of Commons this afternoon.—
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.