Tientsin, July 2.
Actions of the British' authorities in "deliberately insulting" the Japanese Army by disseminating false news on the situation here caused the Japanese military authorities to reinforce the blockade of the British Concession, they announced last night.
British authorities "still had not Hayama, July 2.
Proposed Anglo-Japanese negotiations for a settlement of the Tientsin dispute may develop into a wide-range discussion of Far Eastern questions, Sir Robert Leslie Craigi British Ambassador to Japan, indicated in a press interview here today.
Questioned by Japanese newspapermen regarding the scope or the impending conversations, Sir Robert said that they "may touch upon fundamental Far Eastern problems" insofar as these were related to the Tientsin question, The British envoy, who is spending the week-end at his villa in this seaside resort, met newspapermen briefly on the occasion of the arrival of Major Herbert.
The agenda of the proposed conversations, Sir Robert said, would be "confined to the Tientsin dispute as a matter of principle" but other related issues possibly would also be discussed, Sir Robert declined to indicate whether or not the four Chinese accused of complicity in the ination of Mr, Cheng Shi-kang, Tientsin Commissioner of Customs, would be handed over by the British authorities to a Chinese court for trial.
Major Herbert, replying to a barrage of questions by Japanese newspapermen, struck a note of optimism regarding the impending conversations. "I feel optimistic about their outcome," he said. "I should like to solve the entire Tientsin issue in Tokyo." awakened to the fact that they were to blame for the present state of affairs" Japanese authorities said.—Domei.
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