Mr. Uchida described as "out of the question" the reply of the Kulangsu Municipal Council which British circles in Kulangsu yesterday term-ca as "conciliatory."
He confirmed that a detailed understanding for the execution of the first and fifth points in the Japanese proposals, accepted by the Council, had already been drawn up. These related to ihe question of the suppression of anti-Japanese agitation and movements, and to Ca-operation between the Japanese Consular Police and the Kulangsu Municipal police in the apprehension of anti-Japanese elements, The Council, Mr, Uchida said, had also agreed to the appointment of three Japanese nationals to its police force and to reconsider the ques-ions of enfranchising Formosan residents and filling up vacant Chi= nese seats on the Council—Domel, reserved Britain's right to present claims for compensation.
Japanese interference with British business interests in China, the Japanese blockade of the China coast, the anti-British campaign sponsored by Japan throughout Japanese-occupied territory and the "limitation" of rights of British nationals in China by Japan were said to be driving the British Government toward a policy of retaliation—United Press.
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