The Archive · 1924

The Recent Invasion of a Tokio Hotel

To the Editor of the "Nontu-Cmiwa Daly News."

Sit,—In his contribution, appearing in to-day's issue, your own correspondent at Tokio writes lanned to lay on confessions made bs according riem' tothe potice, hae the whole gang. under lock and key"

the whole gang is under lock and key then, unless your own correspondent has had access to them in gaol (which T very much question), the foregoing information has been given to him by the officials. Some of us have lived in Japan for very many years and have a great deal of sympathy with them at this juncture, but speaking for myself object to have my intelligence rated at such a low ebb as the foregoing farrago of piffle would seem to imply.

Once again may I ask you to eon-form to the universal spelling of the name of the capital of Japan? No person or firm in Japan writes the name as "Tokio" and I take eave to doubt if your own corres. Pondent heads his letters "Tokio" although you print it in that form. It is one of the first things one learns on becoming resident in Japan. Another thing one very quickly learns is not, to, refer to

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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