The Archive · 1937

Japanese Shipped Home

Dance Instructor Incurs Official Displeasure Takashi Yonemura, 30, ott for Japanon April 24 tu the Nagasaki Maru. 'A tittle group of men braved the rain to sce him off. All of them wore uniforms of the Japanese Consular Police.

With his departure, said the local Japanese papers, Shanghai's Japanese community lost an able dance. in Structor and an accomplished lady.

The man left Shanghai orders, havi American millionaire, For some time past, according to the papers, Mr. -Yonemura has been conducting' whol he modestly deseribed as an institute of social dancing* fon, Wuchang Road. In March, 1930, 40-year-old Japanese lady, promin: ent socially, became his pupil. From the intricate tango steps to immoral relations it was but a step, the pa pers said.

As it usually happens, the lady's Jnyeful husband eventually became suspicious, and the lady was shipped to Japan." Yonemura then, according to the papers, turned his attention to American pupil of his, 2 38-year-old widow of a millionaire, who died four years ag0.

'The couple, the papers said, became s0 friendly that they even' once flew together to Nanking. When the ews reached the Japanese Consular Police, the guardians of law and order decided to put an end to Yone-

On April 17, he was ordered to close his institute. This he did, but simultaneously retook himself to a hiding place. There he' remained until April 25, when the long arm of Jaw found him. He was examined, confessed his mist leeds, promised to Jead an exemplary life, and was or-Gered to leave Shanghai the following morning.

Twelve other Japanese dance teachers, the papers said, have also beet warned by the police.

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