AMERICA AND JAPAN

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21178, 30 July 1940, Page 6

AMERICA AND JAPAN

INCIDENT IN CAFE EXPRESSION OF REGRET (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received July 30, 3.15 p.m.) SHANGHAI, July 29 Messrs Butrick and W. Peck visited the Consul and expressed regrets for the Oriental Cafe incident, which the Consul accepted as a satisfactory settlement and withdrew the claims for compensation. WASHINGTON, July 29 Mr Sumner Welles, in response to a request for a clarification of his statement of July 19, made it plain that the United States is willing to relinquish its special rights in China only to legitimate recognised Government of China. He added that his statement of July 19 did not indicate that the United States is backing down in its opposition to the closing of the Burma Road. TOKIO, July 29 Mr Suma said Mr Welles had assured the Japanese Ambassador to the United States that the licensing of oil and scrap iron did not constitute an anti-Japanese embargo. Japan understands officially that that the order was aimed at restricting the export of vital defence materials and did not affect Japan greatly. On July 25 Mr W. R. Peck, of the United States Embassy, sent a Note to Major-General Miura, who commands the Japanese gendarmes, emphasising that United States marines were making an effort to protect General Nishio, Japanese commander in China, when they arrested plain-clothes gunmen in the American sector recently. The Mayor of Shanghai, Mr Fu Si-aoen, sent a Note to the United States Consul-General, Mr R. P. Butrick, requesting the American authorities to deport Americans listed by the Nanking puppet Government.

JUDGE ASSASSINATED

(United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received July 30. 3.15 p.m.) SHANGHAI, July 29 The district court judge, Mr Chien-Hong-Yeh, a Chungking appointee, was assassinated on July 29.