Vigorous Representation Made Against Treatment Citizens in' Chins Assurances Queried Washington, Jan. 28. \HE United States Government ton January 17 handed a strong protest to the Japanese Gi jovernment,. through Mr. Joseph Grew, the American Ambassador in Tokyo, against the treatment of United States nationals in Japanese-occupied areas in China, it was revealed to-< Although presented some ten days ago, the protest, which was the most vigorous since the American representations regarding the Panay incident, was only published for the first time to-day.
Steps taken hitherto by the Japanese Government to protect Ameri fan rights and interests, the Note declared, seemed to be inadequate to ensure that hereafter, American nationals, interests and property in China should not be subject to attack by Japanese armed forces,
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