Jwards these demands?" a pressman "What is the Japanese aide to-asked. "The, letter appears reason-Jable enough," the Embassy spokes-Iman replied, "and there is no reason why the Japanese authorities should not support it" He was not in a position, however, to say that they would support it.
Jchange in the Japanese attitude as Asked He this id not signify the "shooting which had occurred [Just before the start of the hostili-fies in Shanghai, had been termed by. them as having taken place on Settlement road, which, the Japan-nese had emphasized, was definitely lurider the jurisdiction of the Coun-ell, the spokesman replied that it was quite possible that the Japan-jose had changed their attitude as there had been a decided change in the elrcumstanees since that time.
"He added that the "Ta Tao" party Iwas crossing the road to another station at the time of the incident. in the minds of the Japanese mili tary authorities and naval official,' the said, "there is not. the slightest doubt that the firing was frst done
expressed the concern of the Japan-by the Municipal Police" He then naval and Foreign JOmce officials, whom, he said, would Incident. 7 mest and carefully consider
Mr. Fu Siao-en, "Mayor" of the Reformed" Government, spoke to Mr. C.'S. Franklin, Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council over the telephone on Sunday morning and Informed him that a written protest would be sent to the SMC. over the Jessflekd Road shooting affair on Saturday evening when Prob. Sergt. W. L. Kinloch of the S. M.P. was Injured, to. plain-clothes "Ta \Ta0" policemen killed, and two uniformed embers of the' same force slightly injured. Tt could not be learned yesterday when the written protest would be sent to the Counci, but it was believed that it would be sent within the next few days.
Meanwhile, the Shanghai Municip-Couneit was understood to have completed the study of the police reports on the incident copies of which Were sent {o the various interested Consulstes on Sunday.
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