'A question of the respective spheres of jurisdiction of Shanghat Municipal Police and Japanese mili tary water police was raised yesterday following the action of Mr. E. J. Lees, SMP. inspector, who was "alleged "by the Japanese to have exceeded his authority by going aboard a junk tied up alongside No. 5 pontoon on the Bund, While Japanese military water police were inspecting the junk at about 11.30 o'clock yesterday morning Mr. Lees was said to have gone aboard and to have "interfered with the Japanese police in the execution their duties."
Japanese military water police were said to be maintaining that Shanghai Municipal police have no right to ex-excise their authority on pontoons.
Inspector Lees was said to have been accompanied to the headquarters of the Japanese water police. There the matter was discussed and it was ascertained that Mr. Lees! action was due to a difference of views on policing rights.
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