CAFE INCIDENT
AMERICAN REGRETS
SATISFACTORY SETTLEMENT
(Received July 30, 9 a.m.) SHANGHAI, July 29. The United States Consul-General, Mr. R. P. Butrick, and the counsellor at the United States Embassy at Nanking, Mr. W. R. Peck, visited the Japanese Consul, Major-General Miura, and expressed their regrets at the Oriental Cafe incident, which MajorGeneral Miura accepted as a satisfactory settlement, withdrawing all claims for compensation. A fortnight ago three United States marines and several Japanese civilians engaged in a fight in the Japaneseowned Oriental Cafe in Shanghai. Beer bottles were thrown and a Japanese Embassy official said that intoxication on both sides was responsible.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 26, 30 July 1940, Page 8
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103CAFE INCIDENT Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 26, 30 July 1940, Page 8
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