Hypodermics Consternation reigned at yesterday's Japanese press conference when at a few minutes after five, Lieut-Cmdr. Isobe strode in, accompanied by an officer I uniform and a charming Japanese nurse.
"Bare your arms," he said, "cholera inoculations are the order of this afternoon's proceedings."
Many faces, who had been ünder fire during the August-November hostilities, blanched, but on Surg.-Cmdr. Oda's mild protest. that there would be no pain, in spite of the sharpness of the needles, slowly cuff-links were loosened and short-sleeves rolled up—British, American, French, Italian, Russian and other representatives of journals from all parts of the world presented a united front and as one man, took the needle with equanimity, "Now you are ready to proceed to any destination within the Japanese lines which your other passes empower you to go," concluded ' Lieut.~Cmadr. Isobe.
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