Nanking, May 27.
'The incident involving Mr. H. I, Herding, British Consul-General' at FYunnanfu, was, settled to-day with "satisfactory" reply from the British Embassy to the Chinese Foreign Office Note of May 7 The text of the British communication has not been made public.
The Chinese Note asked for the removal of Mr, Harding and payment of compensation to persons Jaleged to have been injured by him Jat Yunnanfu on April 25, when the [Consut is alleged to have assaulted two Chinese boy scouts and an American Scout Master when they Japproached him with a request to juse the Consulate garden for scouting purposes—Reuter,
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