An unfortunate incident occurred on Wednesday morning near the No. 4 Pontoon on the Bund when Mr. W. N. Russell, a member of the Purchasing Office of the United States Navy, was involved in a dispute with a Formosan interpreter employed by the Japanese Military Police over the right of the latter "o question the goods being transported in a United States navy lighter.
The Formosan questioned coolies in regard to the ownership and destination of goods they were loading on lighter, but Mr, Russell tried to revent him from doing so, While the Japanese version of the story was that the Formosan was pushed in the chest by Mr, Russell, it was authoritatively learned last night that the other version was that Mr, Russell was pushed first, thrown' to the ground and beaten. American authorities were reported to have said that there were two marines on the lighter, but the Japanese version contended that the marines could not be seen from the pontoon. A settlement of the affair is expected, as an officer of the Japanese Military Police had called on U.S, Naval authorities over the question, China Will Fight to The End Consular Official Gives
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.