JAPAN HELD RESPONSIBLE.
LOSS TO BRITISH NATIONALS. (British Official Wireless.) Received March 1, 1.40 p.m.. RUGBY, Seb. 28. The British reply to the Japanese memorandum suggesting that certain measures should be taken by foreign residents in areas north of the Yangtse River for their safety and the protection of their property advises the Japanese Government that its suggestions have been communicated to the residents in the affected areas, but at the same time it points out that Britain will hold Japan responsible for any loss of British lives or damage to British property. The Prime Minister (Mr Chamberlain), answering a question in the House of Commons, said the total number of claims notified up to December 30 in respect of looting and wanton damage to British property in Shanghai by the Japanese forces was 102.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 79, 2 March 1938, Page 2
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