Three Japanese Gunboats Withdrawn, Canton, June 1.
Denoting an improvement in the situation In Swatow arising out of the Aoyama Incident, three of the four [Japanese gunboats despatched 10. withdrawn from that port.
The join preliminary investigation Having been completed, Mr. Ling Shih-fen, Secretary of. the Office of the Spéelal Commissioner for Kuangtung and Kwangsi, has been instructed to [start negotiations with the Japanese Vice-Consul, who was dose patched to Swatow by the Japanese Consulate-General at Canton, for 8 ettlement—Kuo Min,
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