Peiping, June 28.
The arrest in Kalgan of Mr. George Soderbohm, well-known North China importer and exporter was still unexplained here today.
The arrested man is the son of the Reverend C. G. Soderbohm, head of the Methodist Protestant Mission in Kalgan, and has traded for years in. the Kalgan-Paotow area, Mr. Soderbohm's friends declared United Press.
Tokyo, June 28. HE Japanese Government has decided to settle the Anglo-
Japanese crisis at Tientsin in Tokyo through the holding of proposal, the Japanese Govern-
"Japanese officials concerned in Tientsin will be summanded The announcement constituted an official reply to Britain's request ihat the Tientsin affair be solved through diplomatic negotiations.
Major G. A. Herbert, British Superintending Consul at Tientsin is expected here shortly to participate in the discussions. He will leave Tientsin tomorrow in EM.S. Decoy. No British military authorities from Tientsin, however will be represented at the forthcoming discussions.
To Begin Next Week Consular negotiators and military representatives from Tientsin will proceed to Tokyo where the negoti: tions will be held under the supervision of the Japanese Foreign Minister, Mr. Hachiro Aritá, and the British Ambassador, Sir Robert Craigie.
The Anglo-Japanese negotiations probably will begin here next week-The negotiators presumably will be the senior consuls from Tientsin, but the American consul-general is not expected to participate.
The "Asahi Shimbun" remarks today in an apparently inspired article that the Japanese Government is convinced that the "British at present are showing a sincere desire for a peaceful outcome and therefore Mr. Arita has consented to negotiate."—
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