Sees Japanese Plane Crash, Pilot Take to Parachute Shanghai, Oct. 27.
"Sincere regrets" of the Japanese Government for the accidental killing of Rifleman W. McGowan, of the Royal Ulster Rifles, on Sunday by a Japanese airman were conveyed to Sir Robert Craigie, British Ambassador to Tokyo, in a formal Note by the Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr. Koki Hirota, the following day:
Mr. Hiroia further assured the British envoy, according to the Japanese naval spokesman here, that disclplinary measures against the emeers responsible would be taken after due Inquiry. Moreover, Mr. Hirota voiced the readiness of the Japanese Government to pay a solatium to the relatives of the victim.
The Japanese authorities here, the spokesman said, also intend to do everything possible to express their regrets for the affair. He remarked, however, that the British authorities, both diplomatic and military, had made it understood that Japanese attendance at the funeral andi Ja} es0 floral tributes were not expected, 'This statement, the spokesman added, was made' public in "lew of the fet that "certain British newspapers had made capital out of the Absence of Japanese affeers and floret tributes."
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