Peiping, Jan, 7.
It is learned that the incident involving a Japanese sentry anda United States Marine is likely to be settled amicably in the near future and is regarded by neither side as serious.
Tt appears that the Japanese was fo blame and the sentry was fully within his rights in firing, The wound was only slight, the bullet #lancing the chest and not. causing serious injury, contrary to Japanese reports that he was seriously hurt, It seems fairly well established that the Japanese was intoxicated at the time, but an offeial account of the Incident has not yet been released Influx of Chinese Into Canton The Japanese, who was in uniform, was shot on Thursday night when he broke into the Quartermaster's com-Pound of the American Embassy Guard and refused to stop when chal-euged by the Marine sentry.—Reuter, Canton, Jan, 2.
With the inauguration of weekly sailings by foreign vessels from Hong-Kong and Macao, and hi-weekly trips by Japanese Government chartered vessels from Hongkong, the popula-Hon in Canton has shown a further In order not to have too many desstitutes in the-city, the Japanese authorities have issued regulations that all persons arriving in Canton from Hongkong and Macao must have in their possession the sum of HK§20 or "Meanwhile, the searching of foreign arrivals has shown an improvement. Formerly, contents of pockets and handbags' were often turned out for Tur appointment of Mr. Hsu Pu-chih a8 Commissioner of Finance of the Kweichow Provincial Govern ment has been approved by the Executive Yuan at a meeting held in Chungking on January 4," says the "Chinese American Daily News." Mr.
Huang Chen-chung, the report adds, has been appointed Secretary to the Commission of Reconstruction of the Hunan Provincial Government, examination, but now the Japanese only ascertain that no arms are carried. 'The searching of luggage is no worse than a normal Customs' examination—Reuter.
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