After all extraterritoriality was a right not to submit to the laws of China, concluded between China and the Powers for the benefit of the latter. The Japanese authorities in China in pursuing their campaign in occupied territory, however, for the protection of the Japanese Forces were empowered with certain rights which were generally recognized under International Law. The Japanese Forces in occupation of China had ousted Chinese sovereignty from the occupied areas for the purpose of their military operations and for the maintenance of peace and order in such territory and if anyone were to come into conflict with the law (Chinese law) in that territory it would be dealt with in the ordinary manner as before, provided that such infraction did not impede the progress of the Japanese military operations and endanger the safety of the Japanese forces. The Japanese were the successors to the Chinese legal authorities in these areas, he added.
The term summary could be applied in Tinkler's case, he said, because the man had endangered the lives of the Japanese forces. The Japanese authorities were empowered to adopt any action they deemed necessary in connection with the execution of their military duties, the maintenance of peace and order; in Occupied territory, and safety measures for the protection of the Japanese forces, quietened down.
Career Every Care Taken An inquest was opened yesterday Asked if it was not the usual procedure to administer a narcotic in such cases, especially in view of the very grave nature of the bayonet wounds, the: spokesman said that this step had been considered but after careful consideration it had been found inadvisable to do this.
He was not in a position to state whether Tinkler had just objected io being treated by 1he Japanese or whether it had been a general objection.
The doctor, who had decided that it was not possible to administer the narcotic, was the same man who had stated that had Tinkled received immediate treatment, he might have dived, he added. Tinkler, he said, had Leen in a state of extreme excite-morning by Mr. C. H. Haines, H.M. Coroner, at the General Hospital. Mr. Robert Cowan, director of the China Printing & Finishing Ca., gave evidence of identification and an autopsy was ordered. The enquiry was adjourned until Wednesday June 14
A. native of Grange-over-Sands the late Mr. Tinkler first came to Shanghai in 1919, joining the Shanghai Municipal Police in August of that year. He had a brilliant military record and was the holder of the Distinguished Conduct Medal, having served with the Royal Fusiliers throughout the world war. He was also recommended for a commission on demobilization, In October of 1930, the deceased ment.
Because he had taken a turn for the worse and because there had been a request, he was handed over to the British authorities to be taken io hospital He added that the Japanese authorities considered the fighting in the morning and events in the afternoon as entirely different situations. "A fight is a fight, lie said, "but after that they did everything possible to treat him."
Asked if the, Japanese surgeons, who had attended Tinkler, would be allowed to give evidence in the British Coroner's Court if requested to do so he stated that he was not aware of a decision either way. Asked if Tinkler had asked to see a British doctor, he replied that as resigned from the S.M.P.. leaving for the United States where he went into business of his own, returning to Shanghai some years later when he joined the China Printing and Finishing Company. Mr. Tinkler was single and lived in Pootung, he had many friends in Shanghai and was exceedingly popular, particularly in sporting circles, having been a good cricketer and having taken great interest in light athletics.
Strike "Deliberately Fomented"
London, June 7.
The mill troubles which led to the killing of Mr. Richard Maurice Tinkler by Japanese bluejackets at Pootung were laid by a British Gov-
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