Tokyo, Jan. 23.
The Premier, Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai, and Mr. Hachiro Arita, Minis-.|ter of Foreign Affairs, today studied details of the Asama Maru incident.
Mr. Arita called on the Premier at no Merpretation which has been given certain quarters.
"Mr, Churchill" he adds, "did not was be exposed, without defence, to the violent enterprise of nations with predatory instincts."—Reuter. his official residence this morning before the extraordinary Cabinet ceting.
The Foreign Minister explained the results of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' inquiry into the incident and reported on the protest made to the British Government through Sir Robert Craigie, British Ambassador to Japan.
The Cabinet today stood solidly behind the Japanese Foreign Office in the action taken in protect to the removal of 21 German passengers from the my. Asama Maru.
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