Envoy's Shooting Deeply Regretted But Inquiry Not, Complete and Responsibility Unproved Tokyo, Sept. 7.
rAPAN'S reply to the British Note of August 29 dealing with the shooting of Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen, British Ambassador to China, near Shanghai three days earlier, was handed to-day by the Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr. Koki Hirota, to Sir Robert Craigie, H. M. Ambassador to Tokyo. The Japanese Note stated that the investigations carried out thus far failed to establish the allegation that Sir Hughe was attacked by Japanese aircraft. rene added however expresacs pros] wounding of Sir Hughe Knatchbalfound regret that Sir'Hughe had meet] Hugessen, Dritish. Ambassador tolchanges occur in the swith misfortune ow one ie teas sch ate of be Cone The ori ya aes
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.