Major-General Harada Gives Results of Personal Investigation Into Incident "Shanghai, Dec. 21.
at Japanese army units ashore and other direct conflicts with aitesation that the US'S. Panay fired three three-inch shells the accounts given by the foreign survivors of te incident formed part of the report issued by General Harada, Japanese military attache, who returned from Nanking yesterday and delivered a statement on the result of his invest tions during the afternoon, After he had finished delivering his statement, he was subjected to over an hour and a half's rapid questioning which only came to an end when the interpreter hinted: "It's getting rather late."
"The General's report, commence by "saying "having heard that, army units hind been Involved. in. the Incident arising from the bombing of American warship, T left here at 4 am. on December 13 for Nanking With a view to investigating the mat~ ten" "When it was later pointed out that the Japanese authorities them solves knew nothing of the affair Until 10 am, that day, and that possession of Nanking was not secured {UML Tate that evening, the General said that there had been an error in translation, and what he really meant was that he left to enquire into the Ladybird "incident. (which occurred the day before) and he was, bound for' General Headquarters in the vicinity of Nanking.
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