While newspaper comment on the incident is in a tone of restraint, it continues to reveal deep indignation which the affair has aroused, Admiration is expressed for the fortitude with which the wounded Ambassador bore his journey to the hospital, and the anxiety for his covery is reflected in the prominence given to the latest bulletin, Meanwhile, Mr, R. G. Howe, who has for the last. three years been Counsellor at His Majesty's Embassy in China but who had returned a little while ago to the United Kingdom on leave, is leaving at once for China, and will take charge during the Ambassador's incapacitation, Mr. Howe has been Counsellor of the Embassy in China for three years, and is thoroughly acquainted with the country and all matters connected with it His intention is to fly to Saigon, and there make his arrangements for the rest of the "The Times" Forecast London, Aug. 28.
The newspapers forecast that the British (Government's protest 10 Tokyo against the attack on the British Ambassador to China, Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen, will be very strong and may even include a demand for indemnity, The last details concerning the incident, says "The Times," are still to be received from Shanghai, and it is hoped that they will be received today. Then the British Government will take up the matter with the Japanese Government through the Charge d'Affaires in Tokyo.
Indignation at the outrage has been increased, rather than lessened, by some, of the Japanese explanations, says the Diplomatic Correspondent of "The Times."
Regarding the statement that the Japanese Army learned that General Chiang Kai-shek was to travel on the Nanking-Shanghai road that day, the correspondent says that it amounts to saying: "We did not plot to shoot the British Ambassador, but we did plot to murder the head of a neighbouring State with whom we were in diplomatic relations."
The explanation regarding—th alleged misuse of British flags by the Chinese can hardly be taken seriously, the correspondent asserts, In any case, he adds, the Japanese are not justified in interfering with foreign cars "simply because some Chinese are doing something which they dislike."
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