Mrs, Lintilhac's Version ths onmt-coa DAY: News"
Editor of the Swy—1_ shall be glad it you will indly publish the following. literal sets about the incident on Garden ridge on afternoon of July 29, which esterday the Japanese Naval Spokes. an. flatly denied," in that englishwoman was" assaulted' by apanese gentries, crossed from Brondway Mansions pout 4.15 p.m. on Friday, walking on western pavement. of Garden ridge until I came io the Japanese nity boxes, when I was' obliged, enforce, to take to the roadway, A gpanese sentry called out, presumbly to me although as' he was dressing me from behind one need be sure of that—and I suppose to to cross to the east side of Bridge; but T ignored him and tinued straight on, it being quite possible to cross over the Bridge wing to the density of the traffe. He ran after me, catching up with e just og I had reached the Voluner Guard (Russian) on the southern If of the Bridge; he very roughly, gitly grabbed my arm, pulling wie ok with him to the alleged Jo e side of the Bridge opposite their nity boxes—meanwhile having en joined by another Japanese ntry who walked alongside menacing attitude displaying a big This disproves the Japanese Spokes-an's_ statement that' no Japanese, 1 made no opposition of any kind, lly realizing the futility of doing as I was being held so tightly and ogged several yards back {0 the, ged, Japanese side of Garden idge, T did, however, look across help, and' caught the eye of a reign Police Sergeant who very jetly crossed over to the western jo where the Japanese were still iding me by the arm, the while talked loudly. and vehemently. Sergeant said something in panese to these men—whose num-had, by this time, grown—the ult being that my arm was more liily grabbed; but when he spoke un, T was released, The Sergeant heated to me that I' should proceed, ich I immediately did, remaining. before, on the western side of the og have since heard that this foreign lice Sergeant, to whom I am deeply elited for having come to my protion, was seriously manhandled and belt, uniform ete,, damaged, The Japanese contention that he:
after me is, again, entirely et veens: as stated above, he crossed m east to west of Bridge when saw me being forcibly held by Japanese; and he never brought back as stated by the Japanese okesman, for the extremely simple ison thai not at any time during whole incident was I anywhere the east side: the traMe on that being far too heavy for me to across, t is true that the Japanese had idea of my identity lor having seen I was relensed—this is the only true part of the monose Naval. Spokesman's state-ni." 'The rest again merely proves ignorant he is of some of his jonas' frequent behaviour; and assertion that an 8. M, Police weant on duty had taken 'a "proative attitude" towards Japanese tries is ridiculous, Mhe S, 'M. ice Sergeant came to the aid of brelgn woman, who, for no reason also ever except their own off issness, was being forcibly held by nese sentries: who had not the litest right, or excuse, for laying, riger on her, have already oMcially reported whole incident to H. M, Consul-toral and {o the S, M. Police, dentally, I have been told that igkew Police Station received ral voluntary reports from. inendent witnesses of whom I do even know the names) and each oborates the Foreign Police Ser-it's statement and mine, might here state that some time T made it @ point" of enquiring Shanghai Municipal omelals ther I was within my rights in the western side of Garden Ige when crossing towards Bund, was told that no Japanese had right to stop me. This has since confirmed by others. No neu-whatever nationality, using S.M.C. public thoroughfare ul occasions, should have to run risk of being assaulted by inese armed forces. wing to the- position of the inese sentry boxes, pedestrians forced into the roadway, there-much safer to face on-ing trafic than to rum the risk cing knocked down by Japanese-en vehicles from behind, am glad to have this opportunity' making public" acknowledgment thanks t0 2 quietly efficient and man who came tomy ald. hal, July 31.
No Published Warnings To the Editor of the "Nontu-Cinwa Dairy News!
Su, With reference to the deplorable incidents so graphically described today in your correspondence and news columns, and your editor ie!
same, it occurs to me that same ye been avoided; at least to some extent, bearing in mind that Japanese regulations in force regarding access to areas North of the Creek have perforce to be accepted and acted up to if pedestrians followed directions of vehicular trac, one can visualize dimeulties Sentries are up against in endeavouring to keep their eyes om traffic Passing in both directions before them, on each side of the bridge, especially at thnes when it is parti cularly congested, They are stationed, there to examine passes of el Chinese and vehicular tram, and in addition, so far as 1 am aware, cholera certificates, from which foreigners are not exempt, although apparently seldom enforced, With regard to the point raised as to the advisability of pedestrians} proceeding in the opposite direction to vehicular trate, there does not appear to be a very great deal in this, bearing in mind that where the necessity arises for leaving the sidewalks and passing before the sentry boxes in the roadway, one is not isolated os there is usually a fairly heavy stream ahead, T have not heard of any regulations governing the procedure of pedestrian traMe over the bridges, but if to facilitate examinations it is necessary that pedestrians should keep to the same side as vehicular traffic proceeding in the same direction, the regulation. should be considered as reasonable. Such regulation should have been announced and) Published in the press long ago and. the Japanese must be held responsible for the incidents referred to for not having done so.
With regard to the Chapoo Bridge incident, described on page 5 of! today's" issue of your paper, the above remarks appear also to have some bearing in so far that sentries would naturally be handicapped in keeping track of everyone passing Lehind them, and, as stated above, the regulations regarding the production of cholera certifteates Fequest, still remains in force, although in my experience, so far as foreigners are concerned' is more honoured in the breach than the: observance, I have frequently passed into the Northern area since it was thrown open, and have not yet experienced trouble of any kind, having invariably Kept to the side of vehicular trafic proceeding in the same direction, Saver, Shanghai, Aug. 1.
Notice Boards Wanted To the Editor of the "Nontit-Cuva Datty News"
Sim—Permit me to say a few words that may help in avoiding such unpleasant incidents. First of all, as [have Previously suggested to one or two of the S.M.C. Japanese guardians on the bridge, why not put up an eye-hitting notice (in English and in Japanese and In Chinese) &t the north end of the bridge, viz: "Keep to the left," and simultaneously prevent pedestrians from entering the bridge on the right side? This might also be done at the
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