Mr. John M. Allison, in charge of the American Embassy in Nanking, on Wednesday was slapped in: the face by a Japanese sentry when he is alleged to have failed to leave prè- mises occupied by Japanese forces in the former Chinese capital, "after being repeatedly "asked. tò- do:.s0/" Another unnamed American who: was accompanying Mr. Allison, also "was hit by the sentry This was revealed last night by a Japanese: military spokesman, who simultaneously announced (hat tke commander -of the' Japanese unit to which" the sentry belonged—had apologized through a staff officer to Mr. Allison for the attack.
Mr. Allison, the spokesman said, proceeded to @ house occupied by the troops, accompanied by Japanese gendarmes, to conduct an investigation. The house, the spokesman stated, was Chinese "property. Mr. Allison was asked to leave the grounds several times but refused, it was asserted.
The American official, according to Japanese military sources. immediately. filed" a protest with the Japanese Consulate-General.
Following an investigation, ihe spokesman stated, the commandant of the Japanese unit involved sent a staff officer to apologize to Mr. Allison for the slapping,
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