"These mills were known to be Chinese during the hostilities around Shanghai, and the Japanese authoriies wore not aware whether after the hostilities they had been transferred to British interests.
"The cases", he revealed, "are under discussion between the British and Japanese authorities.
"The interests concerned understand the situation very well. If the article had been given out' by the British interests involved, we would! have given the reasons for and the circumstances under which the negotutions are going on.
"It appears, however, that the article has been written by a staff member of the newspaper concerned, snd not by the British interests affected.
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