Trumped up Charge Against Japanese Ship Another transparent case of "squeeze" on the Upper Yangtze is reported by local Japanese pape According to them the N.K.K. str. Tyang Maru has been accused by a representative of General Yang Sen of having been the cause of the sinking of a salt junk in the upper: reaches.
The captain of the Iyang Maru, when informed of this charge arrival at Wanhsien, protested complete ignorance. An official report of the incident was then shown to him by the General's representative, but this report tallied neither in dates nor times with the itinerary of the steamer. These discrepancies apparently did not worry Yang Sen's emissary, who persisted in demanding damages.
It is believed that the trouble has been trumped up by the Chinese authorities on account of a recent refusal of the captain of the Iyang. Mara to transport numbers of Chinese troops. According. to telegrams appearing in the Japanese press, the matter has been referred to the Japarese Consul-General in Chungking for settlement. only come with steady, hard training.
None of this constitutes partiularly pleasant reading, nor should we publish it as our own views on the subject. The fact is that Sir Laming Worthington-Evans has made this particular pronouncement, and we believe we have stated above, and no more, the reasons which have led to his speaking as. he did, ani the expectations that he
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