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Show NO APOLOGY REQUIRED. Japanese Fishermen Who Were 8laln ' Were Poachers. Washington. Acting Secretary of Stnto llacon Iiiih hoiiI to Ambassador Wright at Toklo tho atibstanco of tho dispatch received by tho department of commcrci' and labor from Solicitor SIiiih at Sltltu. Alaska, regarding tho killing of .lap.iuoHo fishermen on Ht. Paul Island. In iicndlng thu dispatch tho acting xccretary states that It Is forwarded for the purono of giving Information such ns UiIh government has of a rugrettubtu Incident, newn of which inn) roach Japan In distorted forms. There Is no Intention of offering offer-ing nn apology or any further regret than Ih contained In this dispatch, as the stnto department regards tho Japanese Jap-anese llsliormcu as ponrhers if they were within tho throe-mile limit, and tho dispatch from Mr. Sims emphn-hIzoh emphn-hIzoh this fact. |