A frank exchange of views took place in order to insure that future Operations would not be accompanied by the danger of a misunderstanding similar to the inadvertent Japanese encroachment of British territory on A Saturday.
The Japanese Consulate tonight issued a communique, stating that at the meeting this afternoon, satisfactory explanations were given by the Japanese regarding the incident which took place on November 26, when a number of Japanese troops crossed the Shumchun River and occupied British outpost No. 2, hoisting the Rising Sun flag there.
This explanation, continued the commiuniqué, was accepted by the British officers.
Therefore, it concluded, as far as the Japanese army and the British army were concerned, the incident was now regarded as closed.—Reuter.
Mopping Up on East River Tokyo, Nov. 29.
Mopping-up operations against Chinese troop remnants in the area senti of the East River in Kwangtung were declared to have been practically completed in a communique issued by the Army Section of the Imperial General Headquarters late yesterday.
The communique seid that the Japanese forces taking part in the encircling operations launched on November 19 closed in on the Chinese troops in a semi-circular vise at Tung-ken, Waichow and Tamshui leading them into a pocket in the vicinity of Shumehun on the Canton-Kowloon A]—Réllway where they were "annihilated" i on November 26.
3 British authorities, the communique added, are believed to have disarmed those Chinese forces that fled across the border into British leased territory.—Domei.
Eleven Killed in Hongkong Hongkong, Nov. 29. With additional bodies of Chinese civilians being recovered from hillsides in British territory, it is believed that the total of Chinese killed on the Hongkong side of the border numbers eleven. i Most of the killed were women who were running to safety during the hostilities on Friday and Saturday.
The "Hongkong Telegraph" authoritatively learns that a protest has been lodged with the Japanese authorities in Tokyo regarding the violation of Hongkong territory by Japanese troops on Saturday.
A number of Japanese soldiers on Saturday afternoon crossed the Shumchun river and occupied British outpost No. 2 and hoisted the Rising Sun flag.
Later, however, they were per-staded to retire into Chinese territory, when British officers pointed out (lat they were in British territory.—Reuter.
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