The case was a prima facie one involving the four criminals whose delivery became a matter for direct negotiations between Japan and Britein, Japanese official quarters saic. The British attempt to invite third Power intervention in this kind of a question was entirely unacceptable io Japan as a matter of principle, Japanese official circles said. They pointed out that the British proposal at such a late hour was out of keeping with the actual circumstances.
What Japan wants in the present affairs, they said, was "radical improvement" of the policy of the British authorities. It was scarcely necessary to say, official quarters declared, that the British policy had nothing to do with the "policies of other great Powers with interests in ihe Far East"
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