It is to be regretted that numerous incidents have arisen between Great Britain and Japan and that they tend, of late, to assume increasing gravity. While this tendency may be attributed to various causes and circumstances, it seems to the Japanese naval authorities that the British fail sufficiently to appreciate the seriousness of the present state of affairs involving a large-scale conflict, It is our impression that this tendency is caused principally by the absence of sufficient understanding among the British of the necessity of Japanese defensive and strategic measures and by the appearance created that the British seem to be insisting upon their rights in general as if conditions were normal Moreover, the Japanese authorities cannot but show their deepest concern with the measures, taken by the British authorities in protecting their interests in China, tending to bennet the regime of Gen. Chiang Kai-shek.
The Japanese naval authorities hope that the British authorities will give their calm and careful reconsideration to the matter above. nomination of three Chinese by the Chairman of the Peace Maintenance Commission of Amoy to fill the three Chinese vacancies: the Municipal Council Regarding the second point of the proposale—the appointment of Japanese nationals to the posts of Chair. man of the Municipal Council, Police Commissioner and Chief Secretary, as well as an increase in the number of Japanese policemen—the Note is reported to show some conciliation. The Japanese are said to consider this point as the most important.
it refuses, however, to appoint Japanese to the posts mentioned, but indicates the readiness of the Council to appoint three more Japanese policemen to its police force—Reuter.
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