All circumstances indicate. says the "Daily Mail," that the unfortunate cident. ridly Anglo-Japanese happening was undoubtedly an ac-
relations are to be maintained, all possible steps should be taken to see that unfortunate incidents with such grave implications are avoided in future.
The British people, the journal concludes, earnestly desire that friendly relations with their old ally should continue unimpaired.
The Japanese are preferring anxious apologies for dangerously wounding "It is unpardonable," it adds, "that an Ambassador, entitled to rely on diplomatic immunity while proceeding on lawful occasion, should be exposed to such an attack, and it must be assumed that the Japanese Government will hasten to offer the most ample apologies for what has been done by those for whose action it is responsible."
After referring to the expressions of sympathy by the Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr. Kokoi Hirota, and the Japanese press, the "Morning Post" concludes that it is easy to believe (Continued on page 6)
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