The Archive · 1938

Military Hats Are

FORBIDDEN

Stern Warning by Japanese Consul-General In the second proclamation of its sort within the past fortnight, the Japanese Consul-General, Mr. Suemasa Okamoto, yesterday warned Japanese civilians to wear no caps resembling military headgear.

Violations of the warning will be severely punished, inasmuch as similar rulings have already been issued by the Army and Navy authorities here.

In the first consular warning, issued last month, the wearing of semimilitary garb and caps was strictly prohibited, in view of the frequent misuse of such clothing by unscrupulous civilians

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