Japanese Point of View une Editor of the "wNowrm-Cuisa' Batty News jay's leading article timely warn Sm,—You have given in your to-
ina the, alleged toughness played. by the Sapanese® sailors Bund fracas on Friday evening. 1am cutiely of your opinion as to tne condemnation of the conduct of the bluejackets ifthe data you have fathered be correct. However, T Sve" some' hesitation whatser' howd "believe the "report ofthe Sepanese' press oF thet' of yours eppesting in four lune of Septem: for's) aprertaling te this unhappy Incident. "Anyway iti clear enough nat there ate" come" endarsentt ica of dierence' in these' two sports" According' to your reper, the Japanese sailors disregarded the traffic regulations and nearly killed ihe Chinese prenser, who ecaree incensed and Aurled abuses natural enough at lis. would-be, mir Herero, "On "the "ether: ned "tke Japanese press contradicts it by tating that in obedience to" the l the Japanese motor fave Nanking verbal passing sailors. As they had been instructed to take anyone to a Municipal Police Station who happened to insult them without cause, verbally or otherwise, some of them [jumped down from the lorry to take him toa Station to get justice there, You say the Shanghai Municipal Police acted with "tact" which saved Shanghai from a clash that would have' brought on grave conequences. But according to the fiapanese press the sailors." were jected "to. further. humiliation then they were threatened by one of the English policemen who, Jump-ting up on to the lorry, covered the lorryman with his revolver. When the dauntless. sailor ried to resume fois advance in spite of the policeman's intimidation another foreign policeman jumped upon him and [dealt a blow at him so forcibly that the poor man's nove was broken, These are the main points. that eft to be cleared up regarding Nanking "Road. mishap.
You insist on "res preserved by all ousted fand order of this this "time of stra Everybody who wither for the welfare of the citizens agrees with you in this point, Mass psychology not seldom carries away even those who fare otherwise prudent and many row of this kind ensues, Those who twere involved in the Friday night incident "must have been somewhat too much excited on both sides and ney, must share the responsibility or the conflict. If the sailors defied the Sikh policeman's red signal fas you assert they were to blame for breaking the trafic regulations for which they are to acknowledge their fault. And. if the foreign [policeman threatened the sailors witha revolver and broke the lorry-man's nose as the Japanese press reports the former owe the latter [Japanese Landing Marine Head far apology. (We. are. told, the fauariers persists in clearing up the fneident. im joint investigation with the authorities of the S.MLC. lest the conflict of this sort be repeated in fature through misunderstanding. Tu my opinion also this is the best way for preventing future troubles which may otherwise arise again Frith much worse consequences.
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