CHARGE REPUDIATED
SHELLING OF BRITISH
RESULT OF JAPANESE
INQUIRY
(Received November 2, 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, November 1.
A statement issued by the Japanese Embassy says that a thorough investigation shews that there was no shelling, by Japanese military or marine forces after sunset on October 29, when the British authorities allege that a Japanese shell caused the deaths of British soldiers and ■■. wounded' several others in Jessfield Park.
The Japanese sent wreaths when the funeral took place of Biflemen Howard, Mellon, Delaney, and O'Toole (who were killed during the shelling) at Bubbling Well Cemetery. A volley was not fired for fear of creating a panic in the neighbourhood.
The British authorities asked the Japanese, in view of the circumstances, not to send a detachment.
The wreaths included one from the "doomed" Chinese battalion. Thousands of Chinese attended. ,
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 107, 2 November 1937, Page 9
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