"At this time when the day is at hand for establishment of Asia for Asiatic people it must Sold that the lease of life he concession oF settlement has alm ost come to its end.
"The concession question, viewed from this angle. that jis the recovery of concessions or settlements, will be handled by China, upon which the burden of concessions and settlements are imposed. And in this case China course means the new regimes which have a de facto control over "*Secondly the administration qu es tion refers to international set loment, especially to the Shanghai Settlement.
The Amoy International Settlement is rather too small. cor pared with the settlement in Shang-
The Cabinet was united in the opinion that the authorities should "go forward unrest the Ministers except Marquis Koich Kido, Minister of the Interior, wore present at the session, 'Lieut-Gen, Seishiro' Tayoki, War Minister, announced that the Japanese authorities at Tientsin were taking appropriate measures with "cares ful "deliberation and. stron dete! mination."
Mr, Hachiro Avita, Foreign Minise ter, told the Cabinet that he had replied to a British note in connec tion with the Tientsin incident, The note expressed regret over the Japanese' action and asked for explanation.
Mr. Arita replied that he had not yet received an oficial report from Tientsin, "he told the Cabinet. He expressed the hope that the British authorities would consider their attitude welt and ce-operate in. seeking solution of the issue by recoymiz~ ing realities. The incident should be handled locally, he said,
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