Evening star., 1937-08-28
London Impatient.
Sir Hughe Is
Better.
STIFF PROTEST
BY EDEN READY
Yoshida's Regrets
Are Declared
Inadequate.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, August 28.-The British
foreign Office waited impatiently today
for Japan to apologize for the machine
cunning of Sir Hughe Montgomery
Knatchbull- l-Hugessen, British Ambas
SadOr to China
Foreign Office sources said formal
expression Of regret" made by Japa-
nese Ambassador Shigeru Yeshida yes
terday, could not be considered an
apology.
Delivery Of strong, formal protest
ordered by Anthony Eden, British for
elgn secretary, awaited developments
In Sir Hughes condition and possible
apologetic word from Toxic.
Sir Hughe was reported to the for
eign office as continuing to improve,
but not out Of danger"
British Ship Reported Stopped.
Some possibility of increased tension
was seen in an unconfirmed Exchange
Telegraph (British News Agency re-
port that blockading japanese vessels
had stopped the British steamer
Shengking of Woosung, u miles from
Shanghai.
The foreign Office, however, had no
word of the reported incident. The
admiralty, likewise, had no confirma-
ton.
CAT Shanghai, the Shengkings
operators and British naval au-
thorities denied the vessel had
been stopped. They said the ship
merely exchanged signals" with a
japanese naval vessel and then pro-
ceded)
The belief grew in diplomatic quar-
tiers that Anglo-Japanese relations
might be suspended il the demands in
Britain's note were not met within
what Whitehall considered a reason
able period
There was every indication the pro-
test would be very blunt Mere re-
grets for the attack by japanese air
men Thursday on the Marking
Shanghai road, 1t was thought, would
not satisfy Britain.
Indemnity Believed Demanded,
The note which Eden instructed
James Dodds, Charge d'Affaires of
the Toxic Embassy, to deliver was be-
lieved to contain a demand for in
demnity on behalf of the wounded en-
voy. The foreign Office was expected
to publish the text later in the day.
Sources close to the British govern
ment admitted that the possibilities
for full satisfaction were very linn
ited,' stimulating speculation on the
threat of diplomatic breach.
The attitude of the London foreign
office was authoritatively pictured as
one Of "unbounded evaporation" but
still such as to rule out measures that
might mean actual war. Many per-
sons in financial circles were of the
belief that Britain would withdraw her
envoy to the court of Emperor Hiro-
hito.
Actually there is now no British
Ambassador in Toxic. Sir Robert L.
Craigie, newly appointed to that post,
is on the Pacific en- route to Toxic,
and the Embassy is in charge OF Dodds,
the Charge d'Affaires.
Deny Excuse Reasonable.
The government, after full reports
from Shanghai, was understood to be
firmly of the opinion that no reason
able excuse had been advanced for
the attack on Sir Hughe
Sir Hughe was travelling from Nam
king with two aides when two jap
anese warplanes swooped low over their
automobile. One dropped a bomb
near it and the other wheeled about
and strafed the car with its machine
gun. The automobile was flying the
British flag.
The Daily Express commented on
delay in Japan's apologies and said
that will be remembered in the ac-
count rendered" The newspaper
added that Britain is strong enough
to exact respect from any power on
earth" and would be able to get salts
faction in her own time and way.
Chamberlain Still With King.
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
who had been thought likely to return
from Balmoral Castle in Scotland to
take personal charge-was continuing
his visit with King George, apparently
content to leave the handling of the
affair to Eden.
The japanese Ambassador to Lon
don, Shigeru Yoshida, called at the
foreign Office yesterday to make q
formal expression of Japans regret"
for the attack.
In his talk with the japanese envoy
Eden was said to have refused fatty
to entertain the contention that Sir
Hughe had been imprudent in not
notifying the Japanese of his intended
trip from Marking to war-ravaged
Shanghai
Just as coldly the foreign secretary
declined to accept the excuse that the
union Jack on the Ambassador auto
mobile was not visible to the attacking
airmen.