Tokyo, June 8.
The incident which occurred at the China Printing and Finishing Company offices in Pootung, in which Mr." Tinkler, a Briton, sustained fatal injuries, "form a manifestation of the anti-Japanese atmosphere in British circles at Shanghai," said Rear-Admiral Kanazawa, spokesman of the Admiralty, at his weekly press conference today.
Replying to a foreign correspondent, he declared that "the incident itself is a small one," but in his view the British people should maintain a calm attitude "because the Cumulative effects of such small incidents could lead to an important development in the situation.
Rear-Admiral Kanazawa said that he felt sorry for Mr. Tinkler, "but deplored the ingomprehensibly, outrageous attitude taken by him in levelling a loaded revolver at the Commander and other high officers of the Japanese landing party and actually firing one shot at them, especially since the Japanese bluejackets had been maintaining peace and order in the Lunchong Cotton Mill area after having reached a full understanding with the British authorities."
There is. not a single, Japanese bluejacket, he added, "bd who regards the attitude of Mr. Tinkler as an insult to the Japanese Navy."—Reuter.
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