An important decision was reported to have been made yesterday by Japanese military, naval and diplomatic authorities regarding measures. to be taken in connection with the August "19 shooting incident Jessfield Road. The decision was said to have been reached as a preparation to meet whatever attitude may. be taken by the Shanghai Municipal Couneit regarding the affair.
Japanese military, naval and diplomatic authorities were. said to seriously concerned over the incident. They held a conference at noon yesterday" on board the Japanese warship Idzumo.
Participants in the consultation were Major-Gen, Shozo Sakurai, General Offer "commanding—the Japanese defence area; Major-Gen. Yoshiharu Takeshita, Chief of the Japanese Army Special Servier Secs. on; Commander Kuranosuke Yanagisaw, Chief Staff Omer of the Japanese China Sea Fleet, and Mr. Yoshiaki Miura, Japanese Consul-General.
"Drastic Measures" Decided 'The Japanese officials' conferred on the warship for two hours and a half. The discussion was said to have cen-lay of hostility: against Japan by the British-dominated" Shanghai Municipal Council. It was understood that the Japanese officers came to a unanimous agreement to take "drastic measures" to cope with the alleged "publicly manifested hostile attitude of the Settlement authorities"
According to Domei, informed observers stated that "the Japanese Jauthorities were deeply concerned jin the maintenance of peace and Jorder in the Settlement, which they regarded as a quasi-occupied territory. It was patent to all, observers said, that the Special Municipality Jot Shanghai was maintaining peace Jand order in the areas surrounding the 'Settlement with the assistance lof Japanese military' authorities.
Despite this fact, Shanghai Muni cipal Police had "brutally murdered" police of the Shanghai Special Munl-Cipality. which act was an "outrage"
inst Japan and hostile to the panese Army and Navy, observers declared. The attitude of the "British-dominated" Shanghai Mtunieipal Council proved that Britain was contravening her pledge given in the agreement on fundamental principles: at the Tokyo negotiations, Domei said,
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