Nanking, May 28.
'A second protest over the Swatow Incident. was presented to the Foreign OMice by the Japanese Chargéd'Aalres, Mr." Hidaka, who had an interview lasting one hour with the Foreign Minister, Dr. Wong Chung-but Dr. Wang is understood to have maintained thatthe affair was a focal one which could be settled Tension Kelleved Canton, May 3.
The tension "at Swatow caused by the detention and alleged. maitre ment of a Japanese national by the Chinese police has been eased considerably" as a result of the with Grawal of three of the four warships sent there by the Japanese authorities. Two of the warships withdrew at 3.30 Sunday afternoon and the other one on Saturday evening, Their departure followed the recent discussion between Japanese officials and representatives of the Kwangtung, provincial government for a soltlement of the incident, which occured en May 22, The Chinese claimed that the japanese national concerned was only detained after he and four other Japanese had al lacked two Chinese police who requested him to register his "house-moving in conformance with local regulations.—Reuter,
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