LADYBIRD INCIDENT
APOLOGY TO BRITAIN. PROTEST TO EMPEROR. (United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received December 15, 1.5 p.m. TOKIO, Dec. 14. The Government has sent a Note to Britain apologising for the bombing of H.M.S. Ladybird, offering indemnification and promising non-repetition of the occurrence. President Roosevelt’s request that his protest should be referred 'to Emperor Hirohito has not been disclosed in the newspapers owing to the belief that His Majesty’s sacred status would be injured thereby. Meanwhile, although the American Note has not yet been lodged, the Government has again apologised and again promised reparation and the punishment of those responsible, and prevention of a recurrence. GERMAN COMPLAINT. BRITISH STEAMER BOMBED, JAPANESE ATTACK. Received December 15, 1.5 p.m. BERLIN, Dec. 14. The Foreign Office has complained to the Japanese Embassy against the continuous artillery and aerial attacks on December 11 and 12 on the British steamer Wangpu on which were members of the German Embassy from Nanking.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 16, 16 December 1937, Page 2
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