Tokyo, Oct. 29.
A protest 1 regarding the use of French flags on ships loaded with Chinese soldiers who fred on a Japanese aeroplane above Hankow on October 23, was presented by Mr. Shinrokuro Hidaka, Japanese Consul-General in Shanghai to M. Pierre Auge, French Consul-General there, on October 25, the Foreign Office disclosed this evening.
Mr, Hidaka notified M. Auge that if a Similar occurrence took place in the future there was a possibility that the Japanese would attack the Chinese, in which event responsibility would rest upon the French authorities.
The officer in command of the
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