Shanghai, July 25. COOL and calm attitude a Yang members of the Press with regard to the recent series of unfortunate advocated by Mr. Ken Tsurumi the Japanese Embassy spokesman, yesterday.
"In this very hot climate," he declared, "we must try to keep our heads cool.
The occurrence of these incidents has been an unfortunate coincidence, and it cannot be concluded from them that Japan is taking an anti-American attitude."
These words, he inferred, held a direct reference to the reports regularized in the papers that the American Association and a group of newspaper men in Shanghai were independently sending a cable to Washington, urging the United States to adopt a firmer slond in the Far East 'Although not informed of the actual contents of this message, he was of' the opinion that it gave the impression of the growth of anti-Ameri an sentiment in this city.
Some eases had successively curred in Shanghai, the spokes man particularised, beginning' with the July 7 incident, followed by the brawl in the Cafe Pacific, the robbery Mr, Hallett Abend, and the Aeportation order issued by the Nan-King Government, "But each of these eases must be considered according its own particular, circumstances, urged Mr, Tsurumi, "and they must regarded separately. TI is loo rash and too precipitate to conclude from them that an anti-American sentiment fy being fostered,"
He granted the fact that the me cidents had succeeded each other with bewildering rapidity and that therefore a resultant impression may prevalent inthe minely of "United States subjects that an anti-American movement was afoot. He emphatically reiterated the fact, however, that the Japanese authorities were not boohind any of the incidents and re~ ppudiated the suggestion they were promoting any antagonism towards the United State
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