'The spokesman recalled that the Japanese military authorities in North China had issued warnings to third' parly nationals, on two occa: slons, counselling them against engas-Ing in activities detrimental to. the success of Japanese military opera tions "because of. their misplaced sympathy for the Chinese, 'On both these occasions, he said, they. had been warned that, they would be Hable to punishment specified by the Japanese Military' Code should they engage in espion~ age or other activities, Slapping of Dr. Thomson Denied Shanghai, June 25.
The allegation by Dr. J. Thomson, American staff member of Shanghai University, that he had been slapped by a Japanese sentry in Nanking on June 15 was denied by a Japanese Embassy spokesman yesterday.
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