The Japanese military—authoriies, having the facts thus provided, further continued investigations. for they felt the need for taking necessary steps in the event such an altair actually took place. Whereupon, Staff Oflcer Shigeyasu on July 3 was sent to ask Reuters' representative, Interview, either to submit to him the source of the Information or 10 retract the news article under dis cussion, 'This negotiation tater led to be an issue between the authorities of the Japanese and British Embasies in' Peiping. In the meantime, it became definitely clear by subsequent inquiries that the incident had no ground at all, for Mrs, Kao, fon the stated date the alleged Incident took place, was in Tientsin and not on a trip between Peiping and Ten tsin.
Several negotiations have followed between the parties concerned fand as a result, in view of the good Anglo-Japanese relations and through spirit of mutual concession, the issue was brought to be closed, where by Reuters' representative agreed 10 wive equal publicity to a statement prepared by the Japanese military authorities with tie original article ud to which he would add his observation on the matter,
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