At the Japanese press. conference yesterday "an Embassy" spokesman, Issued the "following statement connection with the affair: "In compliance with the British Consul General's request for protecting the Lun Chang Fextile Mill whose workfers went on a strike in the latter part of May, our Naval Landing Party have been on duty since May 23.
'On Tuesday, June 6, there occur ved a fighting' between the strikers and strike-breakers, In order stop this fighting our Naval Landing Party had been doing their best but unfortunately trouble occurred between our bluejackets and. some British employees of the mill, one of whom showed a very insolent attitude and pointed a pistol towards the commanders of the section, company ud the battalion of the Landing Party, and even fired a shot, was quite natural that the blu jackets seeing an act of insult formed (o their amicer wore angered Jand might have shot him on the spot had the commander not stopped them, And such an act might have Mr. Tinkler, he continued, had been severely bayonetied, although they had been given an assurance by the [Japanese authorities on the afternoon of June G that his injuries were not serious. As late as 7 p.m. a message had. been received from the Japan-Jose naval surgeon attending him in leating that there was no cause undue anxiety as his condition had Improved considerably, the Consular official added "At 10 o'clock, however, a message came through that his condition had become suddenly serious and the [Japanese authorities asked if he had any relatives. in Shanghai," he went jon. "I notified the company, who had already heard of his condition from the Japanese, and T requested them to arrange for a doctor to over at once. No obstructions were placed in our way then. On arrival the doctor found. that Mr. Tinkler was suffering from severe internal juries and the only hope of saving his life was an immediate operation."
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