According to the "Yomiuri Shimbun." the conversation merely emphasized the divergence of British and. Japanese viewpoints. and. the newspaper claims that Sir Robert. Craigie, is maintaining a strong attic tude, "contrary to the intention of his home government," until the relations between Japan and America and between Japan and Russia can be foreseen more accurately.
reply to the allosed offer by Sir Robert Craigie regarding. the Tientsin sliver. Mr. Tani, the "Miyako Shimbun" says, asserted that "the "blockade of the British and French Concessions was carried out through military necessity for the mainten-ange of peace and order."
"The sue." he is said to have added, "should be treated. separately from the silver and other issues, though It was possible that all could solved simultaneously, though differing in conception."
The protest over the Dardanus incident Is said to have been relected by the Vice-Minister, who pointed out that a state of hostilities existed In China which, on the British side, was recognized under the Arita. Cral-Rie Agreement—Reuter.
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