Relations between the civilian population and Japanese sentries continue to present a problem in deportment. In the House of Commons a few days ago, Mr. Chamberlain, the Prime Minister, referring to a recent case at Tsangchow where a British missionary was assaulted because he refused to bow to a_ Japanese sentry, declared that the Japanese Embassy in Peiping had informed the British representative that no orders insisting on foreigners bowing to Japanese soldiers had been issued. This assurance is accepted but it does not dispose of what the sentry might think the proper conduct of the civilian should be towards him. Insistence on bowing is forbidden, but does thi: also apply to the removal of hats when passing a sentry? A Japanese spokesman at a recent press conference greatly dilated on this subject in connection with Garden Bridge when he referred to this mark of respect which Japanese show to their soldiers but there was no insistence that other nationals should do likewise. Nevertheless, members of.a party of foreigners out riding in the Rubicon district on Thursday morning were compelled to remove their hats by a Japanese sentry at the corner of Lincoln Avenue and Rubicon Road. The sentry made himself well understood by his gestures and in order to pass him those of the party wearing hats had to remove them. There is no lack of respect on the part of the average foreigner to Japanese or soldiers of any other nationality in this international city, but this enforced procedure seems entirely unnecessary.
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