Tokyo, June 21.
and London, looking toward a termi beginning of Anglo-Japanese conversations in both Tokyo ation of the dispute ji North China brought about by the Japanese blockade of the foreign concessions in Tientsin, is described in authoritative circles here as a critical turning point in the relations of the two Powers—either for better or worse.
Political quarters making this statement take advantage of the opportunity to depict clearly, once again, the Japanese standpoint in the question at issue, emphasizing that Japan cannot now retreat from the position she has taken up.
The British Government is held responsible for the fact that ihe situation now prevail at
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