Tokyo, June 11.
With Italy's participation in the European conflict likely to give rise io untoward incidents between the armed forces of the opposing belligerent powers in China, Mr, Masayuki Tani, Japanese Foreign Vice-Minister, today summoned the Italian Charge d'Affaires here, Mr. Paolo Cortese, to the Gaimusho and expressed the hope that the Italian Government will give "serious consideration" to the elimination of the causes which might give rise to untoward incidents, In a formal statement issued at 1 o'clock this afternoon, the spokesman of the Foreign Office, Mr. Yakichiro Suma, declared:
"Following Italy's declaration of war on Great Britain and France, Mr. Masayuki Tani, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, today invited the italian Charge d'Affaires, Mr. Paolo Cortese, to the Foreign Office and in Pursuance of the spirit of the Japanese representations made to the belligerent Powers on September 5, last year, at the outbreak of the European war, requested the Italian Government to pay serious consideration to the elimination of the causes for bringing about untoward incidents between the belligerent Powers in China and also between them and Japan, "Similar representations have been repeated to the British Ambassador, Sir Robert Craigie, and the French Ambassador, Mr. Charles Arsene-Henry.
"Notifications regarding the representations to Great Britain France and Italy have been made to the Ambassadors of the United States and Germany for reference."
It was recalled here that the Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs, on September 5, 1999, invited the re-
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