Because she stated that she was a British subject, the Japanese wife of an Englishman residing in Shanghai was alleged to have been assaulted yesterday morning by a member of the Japanese Consular Police on Garden Bridge. This was the story told to a "North China Daily News" reporter yesterday by Mrs. Davis, wife of Mr. Albert C. Davis, local journalist, of Apartment 45, Denis Apartments, Carter Road.
According to Mrs. Davis, she was proceeding over the bridge at about 10.30 a.m. yesterday to buy provisions in Hongkew when she was stopped by the Japanese Consular policeman, whose name she later ascertained was Takahashi. The policeman, she stated informed her that she had not bowed to the sentry on duty at the bridge who asked who she was.
In reply Mrs. Davis informed the man that she was a British subject who had been married to un Englis! man for 30 years. Following this, she added, she was forcibly dragged into the hut, which stands behind the sentry box on the bridge, and the door was closed.
Mrs. Davis then stated that she was further questioned by the policeman, who asked why she had tocome British as she was of the Japanese race. Replying, Mrs. Davis told the reporter that she asked the man if there was any reason why she should not becrime British: as she was married to an Englishman.
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