Mr. Tanaka said the attitude of British authorities at Tientsin had undergone. mo change since the Japanese isolation measures were imposed on June 14. He added that {he French authorities there "sympathetically understood" the Japanese Stand, Referring to the ease of Mr. George Smith, the Briton detained for several days after allegedly striking a Chinese policeman at a searching barrier, Mr. Tanaka said this episode and' similar ones. were the major issues at Tientsin. The British authorities had ordered Mr. Smith to leave the city, Mr. Tanaka stated.
"The Root cause of the whole trouble, he declared, consisted of the "pro-Chiang. Katshek and" antly Japanese policy of Britain."—Domel.
All Ready for Talks Tokyo, July 1.
Mr, Sotomatsu Kato, Counsellor of the Japanese Embassy in Manchou-Kuo, and Mr. Tanaka, the Japanese Consul in Tientsin, are due to arrive at Tokyo station on Sunday morning to participate in the discussions on the Anglo-Japanese crisis at Tien sin, Major G. A. Herbert, the British Superintending Consul in Tientsin, expected to arrive in Yokohama on Sunday afternoon aboard the British destroyer Decoy.
Meanwhile, "representatives of the Japanese military authorities Tientsin are entering Tokyo one by according to the "Asahi."
The Journal forecasts that the forthcoming conference between the British and Japanese representatives fon the Tientsin situation will Started by the Foreign Minister, Mr. Hachiro Arita, The British Ambassador, Sir Robert Craigie, it says, will take up the more Reneral aspects of the Tientsin issue. This will be followed by representatives of the two sides dealing with concrete points at a round-table discussion at which Japan will be represented by Mr. Arita, Mr. Kat Mr. Tanaka, an_undivulged "number of "representatives of the Japanese military authorities in Tientsin, and Foreign Office observers.
Britain, the "Asahi" adds, will be represented by Sir Robert Craigie, Major Herbert and some members of the Embassy staff—Reuter.
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