It will be learned from another column that the Japanese Consul-General has, in a letter to Mr. H, Phillips, H.M, Consul-General, officially expressed regrets for the assault perpetrated upon Mr. ® 8. Wilkinson some days ago in the Hungjao area. Added to this is the assurance that the Japanese military authorities are taking the most appropriate steps to secure redress for (Mr. Wilkinson, while Mr. Hidaka also states that a set of new precautionary measures are now being taken to prevent the recurrence of such cases, He also asks that the attention of British subjects should be drawn to the danger and complications which may arise from entering the area occupied by the Japanese forees except by way of the passages open to tram and of failure to pay attention to the warnings of Sentries, Mr. "Wilkinson has expressed himself fas satisfied with the contents of the Japanese Consul-General's letter and has intimated that hho does not wish to raise the question of compensation. The settlement which has been ar-Fived at is eminently satisfactory and one upon which all parties concerned are to be warmly congratulated. In fairness to the military authorities it was emphasized, in the course of the publication of the frst reports on the subject, that the officers with whom Mr. Wilkinson was brought into contact after the original assault expressed the utmost concern and regret that such an occurrence had happened, and the fact that the whole matter has been disposed of so quickly is the best possible proof of the Japanese goodwill in the matter.
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