A Foreign Office spokesman today confirmed a press' message from Tientsin stating that Japanese authorities had rejected a British proposal for ihe appointment of an arbitration commission.
The spokesman stated that the Eritish authorities apparently had found new evidence against the four alleged assassins of Mr. Cheng Shi-kang. The British authorities were believed to have ascertained that some of the arrested men stood in front of a cinema house where Mr. Cheng was shot and helped the slayers to escape. the spokesman said.
The Premier, Baron Hiranuma, Mr.
rita and Lieut.-Gen. Seishiro Itagaki, War Minister, had an important conference this afternoon on measures to be taken hereafter in ion with concessions in China. i Britain Hopes for
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