Tokyo, June 21.
The Japanese Government has flatly rejected Great Britain's represent tions against the exceptional discriminatory treatment of British subjects in Tientsin and the dilatory examination of foodstuffs entering the British Concession there, according to the "Asahi Shimbun" today.
Mr. Hachiro Arita, the Japanese Foreign Minister, is said by the newspaper to have conveyed the rejection yesterday to Sir Robert Craigie, the British Ambassador.
Mr. Arita is reported to have said that, "since the Japanese Government supports the attitude of the Japanese military authorities in Tientsin, their policy and. the measures they have taken, as long as Britain does not fundamentally revise her views of and attitude towards the new situation in East Asia, the Japanese Government finds itself unable to comply with the British representations,"
An example of press reaction to the interview between Mr. Arita and Sir Robert Craigie may be seen in stream mers published in the "Yomiuri" today, which state:
"The British Ambassador begs for mercy. Mr, Arita gives him a strict warning, demanding a recognition of the new situation.'
The "Kokumin" declares that "Great Britain's crafty policy has been penetrated by the Japanese Government—Reuter.
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