“MAILED FIST”

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19882, 8 March 1939, Page 5

“MAILED FIST”

USE OF FORCE URGED CHAMPION FROM JAPAN CRUSHING HONG KONG STOPPING BRITISH SHIPS (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Mar. 8, 11.50 a.in.) LONDON, Mar. 7. A message from Shanghai quotes Mr. Seigo Nakaro, a Japanese journalist and member of the Japanese Diet, as declaring: “Japan should have crushed Hong Kong with the mailed fist.” He was addressing the Japanese community in Shanghai. Mr. Nakano vehemently advocated the use of force to prevent British ships bringing arms and munitions to China. A Tokio report states that when the municipal police in the Shanghai International Settlement declined to surrender, under the- new agreement, two refugees who were suspected as terrorists, Japanese marines surrounded the Yulin police station. The suspects later were handed ovei. TALK AT TIENTSIN LIVE WIRE BARRIERS FOIiIRON CONCESSIONS

(British Official Wireless.)

Rccd. noon. RUGBY, March 8. The acting British Consul-General at Tientsin, had a friendly discussion with General Homa, the local Japanese military commander, on the question of the live wire entanglements which the Japanese c-ected c-und the British and Frencn Cone-.... .jus and which have been the subject of protests by Britain and France and of questions in the House of Commons. The position is that Britain is awaiting Japan’s reply to the note regarding the general situation in Tientsin.