Tokyo, June 20, Britain would be obliged to resort to economic pressure against Japan if the Japanese Government was unwilling to treat the Tientsin question as a local incident, the British Government was said to have instructed Sir Robert Craigie, Ambassador to Japan, to notify Tokyo, according to a press dispatch from London today.
Sir Robert was reported to have been instructed to clarify Britain's position and accept any reasonable suggestions for a settlement of the Tientsin dispute, if Tokyo was willing to deal with it as a local incident.
It was understood, however, that Sir Robert, in an interview today with Mr. Hachiro Arita, Foreign Minister, did not propose a settlement of the Tientsin dispute as a local incident The British envoy requested equal treatment be accorded Britons and Present High Prices Said Resulting from
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