General here, on friday rejected parallel representations made to him wy tus Briush, American, and rouen colleagues on May 18 regarding tne landing of Japanese bluejackets on Kulangsu, International settlement of Amoy, Domei learned today.
The Japanese oficial, it was understood, reiterated that the Japanese landing constituted an emergency measure taken in self-defence. He pointed out, it was further understood, that Kulangsu was fast assuming t character of a base of operations for hostile elements against Japanese-occupied Amoy. The Japanese protest to the Kulangsu Municipal Council, he continued, cited only a few of the most glaring cases of the existence in the International Settlement of anti-Japanese groups. Under such circumstances, he declared, it was only natural for the Japanese author Ues to demand a thorough-going suppression of such activities, Mr. Uchida further pointed out that soon after their landing, the Japanese forces had been subjected to lack from. Chinese troops on the mainland opposite Kulangsu. The Japanese sailors had refrained, as much as possible, from returning this fire in order not to unnecessarily jeopardize life and property in Kulangu. He denied that the construction of machine-gun emplacements by the Japanese bluejackets on Kulangsu, facing the mainland, constituted a provocative action. As alleged by his colleagues.—Domei,
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