Tokyo Hopes Case Will be Clarified Soon Tokyo, June 3.
No reply, it is understood, has yet been received by the Japanese Government regarding its protest to Great Britain on the statement by Mr, R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. in the House of Commons concerning the reporte? shooting of Chinese prisoners by Japanese on the Amoy Bund.
Japanese circles here express the hope that the case will be "clarified" when the investigation has been completed, since "a battle was actually proceeding on the evening of May 11, when Japanese marines allegedly killed Chinese captives on the Am Bund."—Reuter.
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