The British envoy, the spokesman continued, did not touch upon the British proposal for the appointment of a joint commission to solve the dispute over the handing over the alleged assassins of Mr. Cheng Shi-kang, Tientsin Customs Commissioner. Such overtures had been made by the British authorities in Tientsin, but these had been rejected by the Japanese, according to the spokesman.
Japan, the spokesman added, wanted Britain to reconsider her attitude and ce-operate with Japan in maintaining peace and order in North China. In the event that Britain complied with these requirements, Japan would call off the "isolation" measures.
The spokesman said that the Japanese Government regarded the present situation in Tientsin as an isolated affair. "Japan is seeking its solution as such, but nobody can tell whether a similar situation might not arise in other parts of China," he declared.—Domei,
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