FATAL WOUND

Southland Times, Issue 25362, 14 August 1935, Page 7

FATAL WOUND

JAPANESE GENERAL ATTACKED WITH SWORD AT WAR OFFICE ASSAILANT ARRESTED (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) < Tokio, August 12. Major-General Nagata, Director of Military Affairs, died as the result of an attack by a lieutenant-colonel of his staff who, after a heated argument, drew his sword and cut down Nagata. It is believed the dispute arose over Nagata’s report on General Senjuro Hayashi’s policy with regard to the extreme Nationalist feeling in certain sections of the army. Nagata was assassinated in his room at the War Office. Colonel Limi was seriously wounded in attempting to protect his chief. The assailant was arrested, but his name has not been revealed. ARMY CHANGES CAUSE OF DISCONTENT. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) London, August 12. The Tokio correspondent of The Times says the public connects the sabring of Major-General Nagata with the recent wholesale changes in the army personnel, for the details of which he was officially responsible. Attacks against politicians and officials are no novelty, but this is the first occasion on which officers have been attacked. This breach of discipline in an army priding itself on its loyalty makes a most painful impression, and is regarded as proving the necessity for Hayashi's drastic changes.