London, July 26. The British Government intend to ask Japan to indemnify British interests for the losses sustained during the current hostilities in China, according to diplomatic circles here.
The request will be made in Tokyo this week by Sir Robert Craigie, the British Ambassador to Japan, in the course of his conferences at the Japanese Foreign Ministry during which he will deal with numerous s when Japanese action in China gravely affected British interests.
It is said that in the Shanghai region alone, British losses amounted to £80,000,000.
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