Due to sail for Hongkong after being relieved by the Birmingham, the British cruiser Dorsetshire left port suddenly yesterday' afternoon, her destination not being revealed.
Chinese originally sailed from Amoy.
The direction of this terrorist or-had been entrusted to an I Chinese who recently ar= rived in Kulangstt from Swatow, it Was alleged, The Municipal Council, held an emergency sestian yesterday after-hoon 10 discuss the Japanese requests.
The British, American and French Consuls fled a joint protest with the Japanese Consul wyesterday.—Domes Reply to tritish Protest London, May 16.
'The Japanese Foreign Minister, Int. Haehiro™ Arita, has" informed' the British Ambassador to Tokyo, Sir Robert craigie, that the Japanese Government will launch an inquiry, the facts which inspired the Gritish protest made. yesterday, the protest alleged that Japanese troops trested and searched foreign residents following their landing report also doctores that the Kulangsu Council hax rejected the Japanese five-point demands, handed by the Japanese Consul-General in Amoy on May 14 to Mr. J. Mf. Morhaus, Chairman of the Kulangsu Municipal Couneit "The demands, it is stated, were rejected following an emergency session on Monday. The demands framed bY 3s follows:— ug control of anti-Japanese elements.
That the Chairman of the Municipal Council, the Police Commis sioner and tie Chief Secretary be those from among the Japanese, and that more Japanese be appointed to serve on the Council.
3 That Formosan residents be given the right to vote, and to be lected to the Municipal Council 4. That the existing three vacant cies for members representing the Chinese community be filled by Chinese rate-payers The Japanese Consular Police to ce-operate with the Council police in Searching and arresting anti-Japanese terrorists The Japanese official attitude wards "the Kulungsu Municipal Council, governing body of the Amoy Inernational Settlement, stiffened visibly. today. as the contents of the Couneit's reply toa set of mands submitted to it by Int, Uchida. Japanese Consuls here, on May 13, became known "The Council's answer was Fe Japanese officials as unsatisfactory. A new protest was understood to be under preparation.
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