At "ception Staunch determination to carry out what he thinks is right and which he believes will contribute to the cause of the Japanese Empire, the Japanese residents here, and East Asi was expressed by Mr. Tateki Hori chi, newly-appointed Japanese Consul-General here, during a reception keld in his honour at the Nipper Club by Japanese officials and civil-jans here Monday evening, the "Shanghai Mainichi" reported yesterday morning.
Mr. Horiuchi, who replaces Mr. Yoshiaki Miura, further deplored the insincerity of the Japanese residents in Shanghai in effecting self-reform at a time when Japan is faced with a period of emergency. Japanese residents in Shanghai, he declared, compare unfavourably with those at home and in North China regarding this, point, according to the daily.
The new Consul-General was re-
Japanese Reply to U.S.
Note on Local Incident It is understood that the Japanese raval and gendarmerie authorities have sent separate replies to Admiral T. C. Hart, Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Asiatic' Fleet, in connection with the alleged assault of à member of the crew of the U.S.S. Augusta recently by Japanese gendarmes. The replies were in answer to a note forwarded by the U.S, naval authorities at the time of the incident.
The contents of the Japanese replies were not revealed, although it is believed that a full statement on the affair is likely to be made in the course of the next few days. The incident took place, it will be recalled, on September 28, at the former Bank of Communications on the Bund.
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