The announcement was made immediately after the American and ihe British Embassies here had been informed of the contents of the note by Japanese diplomats.
Acting oW urgent instructions of the Tokyo Foreign Office, Mr. Shinrokuro Hidaka, Japanese charge d'affaires, called on Dr. Wang Chung-hui, Chinese Foreign Minister, at the Waichiaopu late last night to deliver the note. Simultaneously, the Japanese diplomat also made verbal representations, the Japanese Embsss Announcement said.
This step, taken by Mr. Hidaka, was generally regarded as the direct outcome of the decision of the Tokyo "Inner Cabinet" yesterday to resort to measures designed to "accelerate" the conversations for a settlement of the recent incident, now going on in Tientsin between Japanese and Chinese military officers.
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