ANOTHER U.S.A. JOKE

Grey River Argus, 14 August 1935, Page 5

ANOTHER U.S.A. JOKE

AT JAP. EMPEROR'S EXPENSE. (Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.) (Received August 13, at 5.5 p.m.) SEATTLE, August 12. The second occasion within a fort night in which au official has found it necessary to apologise to Japan for a slight on the Emperor like that cabled on August sth occurred to-day. when the Mayor of Seattle, Mr Charles Smith, in a letter to the local Japanese Consul expressed regret because the Community Club members, in a masquerade, had depicted the Emper or of Japan pulling a jinrikisha that was carrying the Abyssinian Empeior. Haile Salassie. Mr Smith gave an assurance that it was not intended to ridicule Japan, but merely as a manifestation of the American sense ot humour.