Regarding the present incident, the panese Government has maintained. announced in its official statement of July 11, a policy of seeking a settlement on the spot and a non aggravation of the situation. Accordingly, the Government has been doin, its best to effect a peaceful solution en the spot, and, at the to induce the Nanking Gove to take proper steps for an eat settlement of the question It is my earnest hope that a prompt reconsideration on the part of the Chinese authorities will lead to a faithful execution of the terms of the settlement, arrived at on the night of July 11
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