Warship of Foreign Country to Take Charge Away Tokyo, Aug. 16.
Mr. Shinrokuro Hidaka, Japanese Charge D'Affaires in Nanking, and the staff of the Embassy have been' recalled, the Gaimusho announced to-day.
Press messages from Shanghai said that Mr. Hidaka, accompanied by several Japanese newspapermen still remaining in Nanking, will travel to Shanghai in a "warship of a. certain foreign country, thanks to the good offices of a certain foreign Ambassador."
ked by foreign correspondents when ther Mr, Hidaka's recall meant a sever drawal of diplomatic representatives means a severance of diplomatic relations. In other cases, such an action does not necessarily mean a termination of diplomatic relations.—Domei.
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