Tokyo, June 29.
There was no visible prospect of an early settlement of the Kulangsu question, a spokesman of the Navy Office declared today.
No formal diplomatic negotiations had yet taken place at Amoy with a view to bringing about a settlement of the controversy, according to the spokesman.
Informal talks already were going on, however, between Japanese and foreign authorities there, he added.
There would be no change in the policy of the Japanese Navy, which wanted to have the question of the Kulangsu International Settlemem solved on the spot, the spokesman
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