Tokyo, May 27.
intense interest was being displayed by officials here today towards the situation in Kulangsu following reports that British and American naval officers now in Amoy were attempting to make a diplomatic issue of the question of the withdrawal of the bluejackets now landed in the Inter-notional Settlement.
The reported attempt to shift the responsibility for the question was attributed by observers here to the realization by the British and American authorities that the Japanese Navy will not abandon its stand that the withdrawal of the Japanese (bluejackets can be decided by the Japanese alone and according to their own views.
While the naval conversations remain deadlocked, it was understood here that the Japanese authorities will insist that the consular negotiations in Amoy should be restricted to, problems regarding the proposed rer form; of the Kulangsu Municipal Council, with the question of. the bluejackets to be dealt with between. the interested naval authorities.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.