SHOOTING OF JAPANESE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19038, 11 June 1936, Page 5

SHOOTING OF JAPANESE

PEKIN CABARET BRAWL INQUIRY TO BE REOPENED TOKIO NOT SATISFIED (Elec. Tal. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. June 11, noon) LONDON, June 10. The Sun-Herald News. Agency says that as a result of the delicate AngloJapanese situation which is developing as the outcome of the shooting of a Japanese officer in Pekin, Britain's miliary court is being convened again.

The Japanese have declared they are dissatisfied with the British inquiry which did not tally with the evidence of the Japanese inquiry. The secretary ot the Japanese Embassy at Pekin has communicated , 'to Britain .copies •of Japanese .testimonies taken from bar tenders at the tea house and waitresses, all of whom, are of Japanese, or Korean nationality. A British court will examine these witnesses.

The position is further complicated by Major-General Matsumuro, the Japanese political agent for North China having declared that if Britain persisted in hev "insincerity," the Japanese might be compelled to consider special measures The British regard such a statement from a responsible authority as deplorable.

The Japanese Government has not associated itself with this statement. Nevertheless, it has not attempted to repudiate it, and is likewise silent regarding statements from the more extreme elements threatening direct action.