Tokyo, July 27.
Effective control by British thorities of anti-Japanese acti among Chinese in Hongkong was praised by Mr. Toyoichi Nakamura, Japanese Consul-General in Hongkong, who arrived in Kobe _yesterday afternoon aboard the Empress of Japan en route here to report on conditions in China.
"We cannot help but appreciate the prudent control maintained by the British authorities of anti-Japanese activities in Hongkong," he told newspapermen, He said Japanese residents of Hongkong expressed gratitude to the British authorities, who prevented possible outbreaks of violence by Chinese residents in Hongkong, whose number is estimated at 300,000.
He added that no optimistic view was warranted, however.—Domei,
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