DEATH OF BRITON

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23378, 21 June 1939, Page 13

DEATH OF BRITON

CORONER'S FINDING BAYONETING BY JAPANESE UNJUSTIFIABLE ACTION LACK OF MEDICAL CARE By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright (Hoeeivcd .lime til, i'2.!50 a.m.) SHANGHAI, June *2O The finding at the inquest on Mr. 11. M. Tinkler, who died from bayonet and other wounds inflicted l»y Japanese niiirines, was thai death was due to abdominal wounds inflicted by persons not subject to British jurisdiction, and accelerated bv failure to operate immediately. The coroner common ted on the unnecessary and unjustifiable bayoneting, and the failure of the .Japanese surgeon to recognise the gravity of Mr. haUler's wounds. He also commented on the refusal of the .Japanese naval authorities to allow the .British to give attention to Mr. Tinkler. The death of .Mr. Tinkler was caused hv three bayonet wounds, inflicted after he had been knocked down and disarmed. Foreign reports made it clear that Mr Tinkler believed his attackers intended wrecking the power plant of the mills It was said that Mr. Tinkler fired a shot into the ground. A Japanese disarmed him with a blow from a rifle butt. He then knocked him down and stabbed him When Mr. Tinkler struggled up, lie was slapped about the face. His wounds were roughly sewn up before he was moved across the river to hospital, where he was admitted in a dying condition. Although the incident occurred at bj a.m., no Briton was allowed to see him until 10 p.m., when Mr. Tinkler was obviously dying. SPECIAL INTEREST DAILY DEVELOPMENTS AMERICA WATCHING CONCERN AT WASHINGTON (Received June 21, 12.30 a.m.) LONDON, June 20 The Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, says a despatch from Washington, lias issued an announcement to the press concerning Tientsin, in whicli he says: "The United States Government is not concerned in the original incident relatinc to the requested delivery of four Chinese.

"It is concerned, however, with the nature ami significance of subsequent developments in tlieir broader aspects, coupled with other past and present acts and utterances in other parts of China. "The Government, therefore, is observing with special interest developments as they occur from day to day." This is interpreted as meaning that the United States will resist, any Japanese attempt to drive a wedge between British and American interests in the Far East. . (The State Department has exercised great care since the Tientsin trouble started, to maintain a position in which it can act as arbitrator if a friendly solution appears to be possible, says the Washington correspondent of the New York Times. Tn an editorial article, the paper refers to tho Japanese garrison commander's "insolent announcement" that pressure will be increased until the British concession at Tientsin collapses. The writer adds that Mr. Hull's statement is timely. "An unimportant incident has been deliberately made the occasion for a direct challenge to the whole structure of British treaty rights," he says. "As a nation with our own treaties, intended to safeguard our substantial interests, we are bound to be ooncerned with the method and the objective of the Japanese attack and the implications it holds for us." The Tokio correspondent of the British United Press reports that Mr. E. Q. Doornail, American Charge d'Affaires, delivered two strongly-worded Notes protesting at tho bombing of American property and stoppage of supplies at Kulangsu.