Shanghai, Oct, 30. Under instructions from Tokyo, the Japanese Consul-General "in Shanghai, Mr. Suemasa Okamoto, reiterating the apologies already made orally, by a letter to the Act ing German Consul-General, Mr. R.C. W. Behrend, formally expressed, In the name'of the Japanese Government, his sincere regrets at the incident which occurred when two German nationals were fired upon by a Japanese aeroplane while riding on horseback along Keswick Road Inst Sunday afternoon, The Japanese _Consul-General assured the Acting German Consul General that adequate steps would taken to prevent the recurrence of a similar incident, and stated that necessary reparations would be made for the injury and damage sustained: by the parties involved.
German official circles considered the incident as satisfactorily settled.
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