DIPLOMAT AND POLICE

Dominion, Volume 19, Issue 91, 12 January 1926, Page 7

DIPLOMAT AND POLICE

UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT IN TOKIO ATTEMPT TO CROSS STREET CLEARED FOR REGENT AMBASSADOR WOUNDS OFFICER WITH CANE A Tokio policeman who attempted to prevent the Brazilian Ambassador and his wife from crossing a street cleared for the passage of the Prince Regent, was struck by the Ambassador with a cane. The action roused the citizens and press, and it is understood the Japanese Government has recommended the Ambassador’s recall.

By Telegraph.—Press Association. Copyright Tokio, January 10. The Brazilian Ambassador, Senor .de Lima e Silva and his wife, attempting to cross a street cleared for the passage of the Prince Regent, fought with a policeman who attempted to bar the way, the envoy severely wounding the oliicer with a cane.

The crowd, angered at a foreigner assaulting a Japanese officer, aLo resenting a disturbance almost in the presence of the Regent, swirled about the Brazilians, who were rescued with difficulty by the police, and escorted home.

The Ambassador refuses to make a statement, intimating that he will ask to be recalled.—Sydney “Sun” Cable. JAPANESE PRESS CONDEMNS ATTACK ON POLICE \ GOVERNMENT’S DECISION Tokio, January 10. The newspapers give prominence to the Ambassador incident, and denounce the outrage against the police and disrespect for the Imperial procession. Setior de Lima e Silva has sent a letter to the Foreign Office explaining that the incident was partly due to the language difficulty, but he makes no apology. The Government lias decided not to treat the matter diplomatically, and advised the police to treat it as between themselves and the Ambassador. It is also understood that the Government has recommended the Ambassadoi's recall. —Reuter.