June 21.
Now that H, M. Coroner has completed hi into the death of Mr, R. and has returned his verdict, it is possible now to make that comment on the whole affair which was not permissible once the inquiry had been open. The whole incident can be divided into two parts, the first, that portion which led up to. the bayonetting of the deceased man, and the fosolgn medical aig, and merely given some tance of which, perhaps, the least said the belter. "The: Japanese, were given "the chance' to place their case before the Coroner's court, and neglected, for reasons best known to themselves, to take advan of it, but as what they have had to say about the matter has been sufficiently broadcast, it fs quite probable that they had nothing more to add to what they have already said. They might also have been reluctant to submit'to the questioning, which would have
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