THE FAR EAST

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20389, 4 January 1938, Page 7

THE FAR EAST

LONDONERS ATTACKED AN INSPECTOR MANHANDLED SERGEANT FORCIBLY EJECTED United Press Assn.—Elcc. Tel. Copyright SHANGHAI, January 2. Inspector George Bennett, a Londoner. who is in charge of the police station at Soochow Greek, informed the Police Chief that Japanese marines severely manhandled him when he went to the naval headquarters in connection with allegation that he had impeded the progress of a Japanese military motor-cyclist. Inspector Bennett explained that the cyclist was unable to pass his car, which was obstructed by a lorry ahead. Sergeant James Stuart, a Londoner, complains that when he went to the Japanese headquarters to discover the reason for Inspector Bennett's prolonged absence he was attacked and forcibly ejected. A GROWING DIVERGENCE ADMISSION IN TOKIO United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright LONDON, Jan. 3 The Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says that prominent Tokio business and professional men admit there is a growing divergence between the Japanese Government and the Army regarding China. A MYSTERIOUS FIRE TANKER A TOTAL LOSS United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright SHANGHAI, Jan. 3 The commander of the United States gunboat Oahu has wirelessed that the tanker Meian, which was beached on December 13 to prevent her sinking, was mysteriously burned and became a total loss. BOYCOTT OF JAPANESE ACTION BY COLON MERCHANTS TROUBLES JUST BEGINNING United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright NEW YORK, Jan. 3 A message from Colon, Panama, says that, troubled by a strong boycott of Japanese goods, merchants there nevertheless managed to clear their shelves, and then sent replenishing orders instead to Hie United States, in spite of the greater cost. They have discovered that their troubles are only beginning. The shipments have arrived from the United States, but all the articles are labelled “Made In Japan.”