Clash at Tsingtao with Chinese Police over Quarrel with Rischa Coolie Tsingtao, July 22.
There was a clash here on Wednesday between Japanese mar-fines and Chinese police, the trouble arising from the beating of a riesha coolie. In. the ensuing trouble the marines smashed a police sub= ition and a policeman was seriously injured, He is still hospital. 'Two other policemen, riesha coolie and a servant "boy! received slight injuries and were jearried to the marines' barracks.
The Chinese authorities demanded joint investigation and a com: mittee was formed forthwith, the inguiry ending at four o'clock yesterday morning.
The only Japanese casualty suffered a slight scratch on the arm.
The Japanese offered to release their prisoners (the two policemen, the riesha coolie and the "boy"! mentioned) but the Chinese refused this settlement without an apology, compensation and safeguards, The Japanese left the prisoners outside the Chinese police station yesterday without further word.
The Chinese community are highly incensed. Yesterday they issued leaflet demanding the withdrawal of the troops, an apology and com-ensation.—Reuter, Representatives from Peking to Investigate Peking, July 25.
The Cabinet has sent Lu Changs tseng and Lo Chang, two couneil= lors of the Foreign Office, (o Tsingtao to investigate the recent fracas between Chinese and Japanese,
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